Certified Nursing Assistant - SNF- Riverton (56000)

Rocky Mountain Care Group•Riverton, UT

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Rocky Mountain Care in Riverton, Utah, provides skilled rehabilitation and nursing care focused on each patient’s rehabilitation and personal needs. The facility offers nursing care and rehabilitation services, including physical therapy, speech therapy, and lymphedema therapy, with the goal of helping patients return to their prior living arrangements. Outpatient therapy is also available when needed. The Certified Nursing Assistant provides services to assigned patients in accordance with care plans, facility policies, and supervisor direction. The role supports nursing and other staff, assists residents with daily living and mobility, helps with meals and nutritional supplements, monitors and reports changes in residents’ condition, and documents care. The position also requires compliance with facility policies, safety and infection-control procedures, confidentiality requirements, and applicable regulations. Other tasks related to the essential duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Certified Nursing Assistant in good standing with the state; the description also notes this is preferred, not required.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Current CPR/BLS certification.
Current Food Handler Permit when applicable.
No disciplinary action in effect against the CNA certification.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Basic computer skills, including the ability to navigate electronic medical record systems.
Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant.
Ability to work supportively as a team member and communicate information about residents’ conditions.
Ability to deal tactfully and professionally with personnel, patients, family members, visitors, government agencies, and the public, including difficult or emotional situations.
Patience, tact, strong listening skills, and the ability to handle conflict with professionalism and courtesy.
Positive interpersonal relationship skills with people of all ages and cultures.
Must not pose a threat to the health and safety of others in the workplace.
Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday and to walk, stand, sit, bend, and stoop for extended periods.
Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, perform overhead lifting, and make other common physical movements required for the position.
Hand and finger dexterity to perform resident care.
Ability to lift, move, push, or pull a minimum of 35 pounds.
Ability to assist in evacuating patients during emergencies.
Meet facility health requirements, including medical and physical examinations and immunity-status checks for infectious diseases.
Skilled nursing or assisted living facility experience as a CNA is preferred, but not required.

Nice To Haves

At least one year of experience as a certified nursing assistant in a skilled nursing facility or assisted living facility.

Responsibilities

Provide supportive services to nurses, medication technicians, and other staff as needed, and perform assigned duties.
Assist residents with activities of daily living in accordance with care plans and facility policies and procedures.
Assist residents with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transportation to and from beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts.
Coordinate dining services at assigned mealtimes, including setup and cleanup, meal-tray delivery, feeding assistance, and meal-intake documentation.
Deliver nutritional supplements at assigned times, assist residents as needed to ensure intake, and document intake.
Assist with weighing patients according to facility policy, record weights, and report weight changes to nurses and supervisors.
Help track residents’ skin condition and report pressure areas, skin breakdown, or skin tears to nurses and supervisors.
Assist nursing staff with toileting program activities.
Complete daily flow sheets and document each resident’s progress as directed by a supervisor.
Keep nurses and supervisors informed of factors that interfere with assigned work, such as resident refusal or reassignment to a nursing unit.
Report changes in residents’ conditions to their nurses and supervisors.
Treat patients with dignity and respect and promote and protect their rights.
Follow facility policies and procedures, standards of business conduct, and state and federal regulations and guidelines.
Follow safety, hygiene, and infection-control procedures; use proper lifting and body mechanics; and report occupational exposures, work-related injuries, and illnesses as required.
Maintain confidentiality of protected health information and report policy violations, confidentiality breaches, retaliation, discrimination, and suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment, or misappropriation of property to the appropriate personnel.
Protect patients from abuse and cooperate with investigations.
Participate in life-safety and emergency drills and training, and fulfill assigned responsibilities during facility emergency-plan activation, including assisting with patient evacuation.
Complete assigned training and skills competency requirements as a condition of employment.
Attend care-plan meetings for assigned patients and participate in QAPI or facility-assessment activities as needed.
Accept CNA assignments as staffing needs require and perform assigned CNA duties in accordance with facility policies and procedures.
Work beyond normal or assigned hours, including weekends and holidays, when necessary.