About The Position
The Certified Nursing 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, mobility, meals, and transitions within or out of the facility, while observing and reporting changes in condition and maintaining accurate records. The CNA follows facility procedures, protects residents’ confidential health information, uses only equipment and care procedures for which they have been trained, and cooperates with nursing and other facility personnel. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. The work environment is usually low to moderate in noise level.
Requirements
- At least a 10th-grade education.
- Licensed as a Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with state laws.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or 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 scheduled instructions.
- Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear regularly and use a desktop or laptop computer for prolonged periods.
- Ability to use office equipment including copier/scanner/fax, telephone, and calculator.
Nice To Haves
- CPR certification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Identify residents before administering treatments or serving meals as necessary.
- Use only facility-authorized abbreviations and make informative, descriptive entries in flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records.
- Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin tears, pressure areas, skin breakdowns, suspected abuse, and missing residents to the appropriate supervisor.
- Protect residents’ confidential and protected health information and report suspected unauthorized disclosure or access to facility information systems.
- Perform only nursing procedures and equipment use for which the CNA has been trained and report defective equipment.
- Prepare rooms for incoming residents; greet and escort residents; introduce them to roommates and personnel; help them become comfortable; inventory, mark, and store belongings; and assist with packing and transfers or discharge.
- Help maintain a warm, calm, and positive environment for residents.
- Participate in nursing reports and scheduled meetings with nursing personnel to identify and address problems or improve services.
- Follow policies for exposure to blood and body fluids and report occupational exposures to infectious materials and hazardous chemicals.
- Make beds, provide requested extra covers, and keep residents dry by changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
- Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, respirations, weights, and measurements as instructed.
- Frequently check residents who cannot call for help, answer calls promptly, and routinely ensure personal care needs are met according to residents’ wishes.
- Assist residents with food arrangements, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, keep water pitchers clean and filled, and provide after-meal care.
- Assist with dental and mouth care, bathing, grooming, dressing, and undressing.
- Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents between beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, and other locations.
- Assist residents in preparing for medical tests and physical examinations; perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments as instructed.
- Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report information as instructed.
- Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report such requests to a supervisor.
- Follow assigned work schedules, notify the facility when late or absent, and cooperate with other departments and facility personnel.
- Assist with resident evacuation during emergencies when necessary.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
