Certified Nurses Aide- Weekend Package

Campbell Street•Norwalk, IA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Nurses Aide (CNA) provides direct routine care to residents in accordance with each 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. Under the supervision of an LPN or RN, the CNA performs basic nursing, personal care, and restorative services while responding to residents’ mental health and social service needs, including the needs of cognitively impaired residents. As part of the interdisciplinary care team, the CNA helps promote residents’ independence, autonomous decision-making, dignity, and highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. The role also involves documenting care, communicating changes and needs to nurses, maintaining a safe and clean environment, and following applicable safety, infection control, confidentiality, and regulatory requirements.

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 not take feedback personally.
Ability to get along with a range of personality types and inspire trust with residents, staff, and families.
Ability to actively listen with the goal of understanding.
Ability to clearly speak and proficiently read, write, and understand English.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Provide resident care that protects residents from abuse, mistreatment, neglect, and misappropriation of property, and promptly report any concerns or incidents.
Build positive resident relationships and provide resident-centered care that respects each resident’s dignity, rights, needs, preferences, and independence.
Complete directed nursing tasks, including taking and recording vital signs and height and weight, observing changes in body functioning, and reporting changes to the LPN or RN.
Provide personal care, including bathing, grooming, mouth care, dressing, toileting, eating and hydration assistance, skin care, transfers, positioning, and turning.
Assist with nutrition and hydration, including feeding assistance, monitoring and recording intake and output, serving nourishment as directed, and following dietary restrictions and food safety guidelines.
Provide basic restorative services, including supporting self-care, using assistive devices, maintaining range of motion, supporting bowel and bladder training, and caring for prosthetic and orthotic devices.
Assist nurses with special procedures, critical care sheets, and care conferences as directed.
Help residents access and participate in activities and assist with grievances or disputes.
Communicate resident needs, changes, and responses to interventions to primary caregivers and the LPN or RN; interact courteously with families, visitors, and the interdisciplinary care team.
Maintain residents’ personal possessions and recognize when a situation is beyond the CNA’s knowledge, skill, or experience.
Promptly answer call lights and use proper body mechanics and safe lifting, positioning, and equipment procedures, including transfer belts and mechanical lifts.
Follow infection control, Standard Precautions, OSHA, and PPE procedures; maintain a safe and clean resident and facility environment.
Avoid the use of restraints in accordance with applicable nursing home standards.
Document care and maintain complete, secure resident records in accordance with state and federal regulations and HIPAA.
Promptly report and document incidents and errors involving residents, staff, visitors, or self.
Prioritize assignments based on available staffing and resident acuity; review departing staff reports, complete assigned duties, and report off to the nurse at the end of the shift.
Support and follow facility QAPI goals and customer service practices.