Certified Nurses Assistant

PACS

20h

About The Position

The Certified Nurses Assistant provides assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with each resident’s assessment and care plan and as directed by supervisors. The role supports residents’ personal care, comfort, safety, and daily needs while following facility policies and procedures and maintaining the confidentiality of resident information. The assistant documents care and observations, monitors and reports changes in residents’ conditions, responds to resident calls, and works with nursing and other facility personnel to maintain services. The position also assists with resident admissions, transfers, discharges, meals, mobility, restorative procedures, and preparation for examinations and medical tests. The role has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

At least a 10th-grade education.
Licensed Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with state laws.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from managers and employees.
Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems involving concrete variables and limited standardization.
Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule-form instructions.
Ability to meet the described physical demands, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 25 pounds and regularly sitting, standing, walking, talking, reading, or hearing.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify residents before administering treatments or serving meals when necessary.
Use only facility-authorized abbreviations and record information clearly and descriptively on flow sheets, notes, and charts.
Report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, and suspected or known information-security or privacy violations to the appropriate supervisor or Administrator.
Perform only nursing care procedures and equipment use for which the employee has been trained.
Prepare residents’ rooms and welcome, orient, and make residents comfortable during admissions; inventory, mark, store, pack, and transport residents’ belongings as needed for admissions, room changes, or discharges.
Maintain a warm, calm, and positive atmosphere and participate in nursing reports and regularly scheduled meetings with nursing personnel to identify and address service issues.
Follow policies for exposure to blood and body fluids and report occupational exposures to infectious materials or hazardous chemicals.
Make beds, provide requested bed covers, and keep residents’ water pitchers clean, filled, and within reach.
Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, respirations, weight, and measurements as instructed.
Frequently check residents who cannot call for help, answer calls promptly, and check that personal care needs are met in accordance with residents’ wishes.
Assist residents with meals, identify food arrangements when needed, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, and provide after-meal care.
Assist residents with dental and mouth care, bathing, hair care, dressing, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
Assist residents with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transfers to and from beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts; assist with loading and unloading vehicles as necessary.
Assist residents in preparing for medical tests and physical examinations and perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments as instructed.
Observe residents for pressure areas, skin breakdown, injuries of unknown source, and other concerns; record and report observations as instructed.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
Immediately notify the Nurse Supervisor or Charge Nurse if a resident leaves or is missing from the facility.
Report defective equipment, allegations of resident abuse, and misappropriation of resident property.
Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report such requests to a supervisor.
Cooperate with facility and inter-departmental personnel, follow work assignments and schedules, and notify the facility when late or absent.
Maintain confidentiality of resident care information, including protected health information, and report suspected unauthorized disclosures.
Assist in evacuating residents during emergency situations when necessary.