Certified Nursing Assistant LTC

Mercyhealth Wisconsin and Illinois•Harvard, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides resident care as assigned and per individual resident routine, according to standards of care, under CMS Federal and State Regulations for Skilled Nursing Facilities, and facility policies and procedures. This role involves identifying and documenting resident cognitive patterns, mood, and behavior, recognizing and reporting changes in functioning, and assisting residents with daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, grooming, transfers, ambulating, toileting, and eating. The CNA will also groom residents according to their preferences, understand the care provided by therapists and its relation to their own care, and identify factors underlying resident distress. They will match activities for residents with dementia to their abilities and track specific behaviors. The CNA must identify and document how residents communicate their needs, answer call lights promptly, and document all daily care provided. Responsibilities also include maintaining a clean work and patient environment, managing supplies, floating to various units as needed, participating in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement activities, and providing leadership and training to new CNAs.

Requirements

One year experience as a CNA
Continued education that includes: Communication and Interpersonal Skills, Safety and Emergency Procedures, including Heimlich Maneuver, SNF based CNA skills, Mental Health and Social Services of Residents, Personal Care Skills, Care of Cognitively Impaired Residents, Basic Restorative Services, Promoting Resident’s Independence and Respecting Resident’s Rights, Abuse and Neglect Training, Facility Infection Prevention, Dementia Training
Current CNA Certification in state of practice
Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days

Nice To Haves

Responsibilities

Provides resident care as assigned and per individual resident routine, according to standards of care, under CMS Federal and State Regulations for Skilled Nursing Facilities, and facility policies and procedures.
Identifies and documents in the medical record the resident's usual and current cognitive patterns, mood and behavior, and whether these present a risk to the resident or others.
Identifies and documents how the resident typically displays personal distress such as anxiety or fatigue.
Recognizes a change in the resident and the resident's functioning and describes and reports such changes to the nurse.
Performs and documents daily range of motion exercises.
Assists the resident to transfer from bed to wheelchair.
Assists residents daily with bathing, dressing, grooming, transfers and ambulating through the facility, toileting, and eating.
Assists residents to attend activities of their choice.
Grooms residents as they wish to be groomed.
Describes the care, services and expected outcomes of care they provide.
Have knowledge of the care and services provided by therapists; have an understanding of the expected outcomes of this care and understand the relationship to the care they provide.
Identifies and documents, to the extent possible, factors that may underlie the resident's expressions of distress.
Applies knowledge of lifelong patterns, preferences, and interests for daily activities to enhance quality of life and individualize routine care.
Identifies and understands that the resident with dementia may be responding predictably given the situation or surrounding.
Matches activities for a resident with dementia to his/her individual cognitive and other abilities and tracking the specific behaviors in that resident based on the assessment.
Identifies and documents how the resident communicates physical needs such as pain, discomfort, hunger or thirst, as well as emotional and psychological needs such as frustration or boredom; or a desire to do or express something that he/she cannot articulate.
Answers call lights in a timely and appropriate manner ensuring that all of the residents needs to be provided by C.N.A. are met.
Documents all daily care provided according to Federal and State Regulations and standards of care.
Maintains a clean work and patient environment.
Maintains supplies, including scanning, stocking and ordering new supplies and disposing of expired or damaged supplies.
Floats to various units based on identified needs.
Participates in department Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement activities.
Provide leadership and training to new CNA's.