Certified Nurses Aide

Campbell Street•Grundy Center, IA

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 attending to residents’ mental health and social service needs, including the needs of cognitively impaired residents. As a member of the interdisciplinary care team, the CNA promotes residents’ independence, autonomous decision-making, dignity, and physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. The role includes monitoring and documenting care, communicating changes and needs to nursing staff, maintaining safety and infection-control practices, protecting resident privacy and confidentiality, and supporting a resident-centered experience.

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, make corrections, and not take feedback personally.
Personability and ability to get along with different personality types and inspire trust with residents, staff, and family members.
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 suspected or observed concerns.
Build respectful relationships and interact competently with residents while following each resident’s Plan of Care.
Perform directed nursing, personal care, and restorative services while respecting residents’ physical, mental, and psychosocial needs, dignity, and independence.
Monitor resident care and outcomes, report changes and responses to interventions to the LPN or RN, and accurately document care.
Take and record vital signs, height, and weight; recognize abnormal changes in body functioning; and report them to the LPN or RN.
Provide directed personal care, including bathing, grooming, mouth care, dressing, toileting, eating and hydration assistance, skin care, transfers, positioning, and turning.
Support nutrition and hydration by assisting residents to and from dining areas, assisting with feeding, monitoring and recording intake and output, offering fluids, serving nourishment as directed, observing dietary restrictions, and following food safety guidelines.
Provide basic restorative services, including self-care training, use of assistive devices, range-of-motion maintenance, positioning, bowel and bladder training, and care of prosthetic and orthotic devices.
Assist nurses with special procedures and related tasks, including critical care sheets and care conferences, as directed.
Help residents participate in activities and resolve grievances or disputes; communicate meaningfully with residents based on their backgrounds and preferences.
Maintain the security of residents’ personal possessions and interact courteously and cooperatively with families, visitors, and interdisciplinary care team members.
Recognize limits of knowledge, skill, and experience and seek assistance with situations beyond the CNA’s competency.
Answer call lights promptly and courteously and use proper body mechanics and safe lifting, positioning, and equipment practices, including transfer belts and mechanical lifts.
Follow infection-control procedures, Standard Precautions, and OSHA bloodborne pathogen guidelines, including handwashing, cleaning and disinfection, and use of appropriate PPE.
Maintain a safe and clean environment and properly handle or dispose of infectious linens and equipment.
Avoid the use of restraints in accordance with DHS nursing home standards.
Maintain complete, secure resident records and follow state and federal requirements, including HIPAA privacy and confidentiality rules.
Promptly report and document incidents and errors involving residents, staff, visitors, or oneself.
Prioritize assignments according to available staffing and resident care acuity; review the departing staff report at shift start, ensure assigned duties are completed, and report off to the nurse when leaving.
Promote the facility’s QAPI program and customer-service culture.
Complete care in accordance with Nursing Assistant Program standards and protect residents’ dignity, privacy, and autonomous decision-making.