CNA-(7-3)FT

PACS

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, facility policies and procedures, and supervisor direction. The role supports residents during admissions, transfers, discharges, meals, personal care, medical preparation, and daily activities while promoting a calm, warm, and respectful environment. The CNA observes residents, records care and measurements, responds to calls, and promptly reports changes in condition, incidents, complaints, injuries, skin issues, missing residents, and suspected abuse or privacy violations. The position requires following confidentiality and safety requirements and performing only procedures for which the employee has been trained. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Must have at least a 10th-grade education.
Must be a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with state law.
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 meet the position’s physical demands, including occasional lifting or moving of up to 25 pounds; prolonged computer use; and regularly sitting, standing, walking, talking, reading, or hearing.
May need to assist with evacuating residents during emergencies.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify residents before providing treatments or serving meals, as necessary.
Use only facility-authorized abbreviations and record information descriptively and accurately in flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records.
Report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries, skin breakdown, missing residents, suspected abuse, and suspected privacy or information-system violations to the appropriate personnel.
Perform only nursing care procedures and equipment use for which the employee has been trained; report defective equipment.
Prepare rooms for incoming residents; greet and escort residents, introduce them to others, help them become comfortable, inventory and store possessions, and assist with packing and transportation during transfers or discharges.
Maintain a warm, positive, calm environment and cooperate with nursing and other facility personnel; participate in nursing reports and scheduled shift meetings.
Follow policies for blood and body-fluid exposure and report occupational exposures to blood, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals.
Make beds, add requested covers, check residents routinely, answer calls promptly, and ensure residents’ personal care needs are met.
Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, respirations, weights, and measurements as instructed.
Assist residents with meal arrangements and after-meal care; record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, and keep water pitchers clean, filled, and accessible.
Assist with dental and mouth care, bathing, grooming, dressing, undressing, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
Assist residents with preparation for medical tests and physical examinations, and perform assigned special, restorative, and rehabilitative procedures.
Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents using beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, and other authorized equipment.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
Honor residents’ requests to refuse treatment and report those requests to a supervisor.
Maintain confidentiality of resident-care information and promptly report known or suspected unauthorized disclosures.
Follow work assignments and schedules and notify the facility when late or absent.