Certified Nurses Aide

Campbell Street•Des Moines, IA

About The Position

The Certified Nurses Aide (CNA) provides direct routine care to residents under the supervision of an LPN or RN and in accordance with the resident’s Plan of Care, Nursing Assistant Program standards, the Resident’s Bill of Rights, and the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program. The CNA provides basic nursing, personal care, and basic restorative services while attending to residents’ mental health, social service, and cognitive needs. As part of the interdisciplinary care team, the CNA promotes independence, autonomous decision-making, and residents’ highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. The schedule is 6 AM to 6 PM, including every other weekend. Campbell Street describes its workplace as supportive of employees’ personal and professional growth and offers flexible scheduling, same-day pay, career-growth opportunities, and a range of employee benefits.

Requirements

Completion of a state-approved Nursing Assistant Program for the state in which the facility operates.
Current certification and listing on the state Registry.
Ability to welcome constructive feedback, course-correct, and avoid taking feedback personally.
Personability and the ability to get along with different personality types and inspire trust among residents, staff, and families.
Ability to actively listen with the goal of understanding.
Ability to clearly speak, read, write, and understand English.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a skilled nursing and/or assisted living community.

Responsibilities

Provide ongoing resident care and promptly report suspected or witnessed abuse, mistreatment, neglect, or misappropriation of resident property.
Build quality relationships with residents and communicate in a competent, respectful, resident-centered manner in accordance with each resident’s Plan of Care.
Provide directed nursing, personal care, and restorative services while respecting residents’ dignity, rights, privacy, and independence.
Monitor resident care and outcomes, document them accurately, and report changes or responses to interventions to the LPN or RN.
Take and record vital signs, height, and weight; recognize and report abnormal changes in body functioning; and care for residents who are actively dying, as directed.
Assist with bathing, grooming, mouth care, dressing, toileting, eating, hydration, skin care, transfers, positioning, and turning.
Support residents’ nutrition and hydration, including assisting with meals, monitoring and recording intake and output, offering fluids, serving nourishment as directed, and following dietary restrictions and food-safety practices.
Provide basic restorative services, including supporting self-care, using assistive devices, maintaining range of motion, turning and positioning, bowel and bladder training, and caring for prosthetic and orthotic devices.
Assist nurses with special procedures and participate in critical care documentation and care conferences as directed.
Help residents attend activities and resolve grievances or disputes; communicate with residents about their backgrounds, preferences, likes, and dislikes.
Maintain the care and security of residents’ personal possessions and interact courteously with families, visitors, and members of the interdisciplinary care team.
Recognize the limits of personal knowledge, skills, and experience and seek assistance with situations beyond CNA competency.
Answer call lights promptly and courteously; use proper body mechanics and follow safe lifting, positioning, and equipment-use practices, including use of transfer belts and mechanical lifts.
Follow infection-control procedures, Standard Precautions, OSHA bloodborne-pathogen guidelines, handwashing requirements, cleaning schedules, and PPE practices.
Maintain a safe and clean environment and properly handle or dispose of infectious linens and equipment; avoid the need for restraints in accordance with applicable standards.
Document care and incidents or errors promptly, maintain complete and secure resident records, and comply with state and federal requirements, including HIPAA and confidentiality rules.
Prioritize work assignments according to staffing and resident acuity; review the departing staff report at shift start, ensure assigned duties are completed, and report off to the nurse at shift end.