Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Cape Cod Healthcare•Falmouth, MA

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant provides personal and basic nursing care to residents, including residents with complex medical needs who require specialized treatments and services. The role supports residents’ comfort, appearance, safety, and daily living needs, and observes and reports changes in their medical status to a Licensed RN. The CNA must work within the scope of practice permitted by their certification and maintain the confidentiality of resident care information and protected health information while adhering to residents’ rights. The position also requires teamwork, tactful communication with residents, families, visitors, personnel, and members of the public, and a willingness to incorporate new methods into nursing practices. The CNA contributes to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities, recommending solutions to management, and supporting the organization’s Pillars of Excellence.

Requirements

Current Massachusetts Nurse’s aide certification.
Basic Life Support Certification for Health Care Providers within 30 days of the start date.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age-related needs of the residents served.
Strong interpersonal, customer service, and time-management skills.
Functions must remain within the Standards of Practice accorded by the nurse assistant certification.
Patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, enthusiasm, and willingness to handle difficult residents.
Ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies or personnel, and the general public.
Ability and willingness to work harmoniously with other personnel.
Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant.
Willingness to seek out new methods and principles and incorporate them into existing nursing practices.
Ability to relate information concerning a resident’s condition.

Nice To Haves

Experience with current office technology and proficiency with computer office applications, including Electronic Medical/Health Records and MS Office.

Responsibilities

Dress, groom, bathe, feed, and provide other personal care to residents, completing and documenting activities of daily living.
Answer call lights; assist with toileting, oral care, nail care, catheter care, wheelchair use, and transportation; turn bedridden patients; and remove trash.
Take and record vital signs, including temperature, pulse, and respiration rate.
Observe residents and report changes in medical status to a Licensed RN, and relate information concerning a resident’s condition.
Provide care for post-operative, orthopedic, neuro-compromised, and cardiopulmonary patients, among others.
Maintain patient safety when caring for residents receiving oxygen therapy or IV infusion therapy, or using saline locks, traction, G-tubes, NG tubes, catheters, or CPM machines.
Clean rooms, change bed linens, and sterilize equipment and supplies using germicides or sterilizers.
Prepare food trays, feed residents, record food and liquid intake and output, and distribute meals and nourishment according to therapeutic diet orders.
Maintain confidentiality of resident care information, report known or suspected unauthorized disclosures, and adhere to residents’ rights.
Work supportively and harmoniously with other personnel and contribute to teamwork.
Make independent decisions when circumstances warrant, within the scope of the role.
Communicate and interact tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies or personnel, and the general public.
Seek out new methods and principles and incorporate them into existing nursing practices.
Perform other work-related or personal nursing care duties as requested.
Challenge current working practices, identify process-improvement opportunities, and present recommendations and solutions to management.
Participate in, support, and promote CCHC Pillars of Excellence and the organization’s culture of continuous improvement.