CNA 3-11 Full Time

PACS•Los Angeles, CA

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 the facility, while observing and reporting changes or concerns to nursing supervisors. The CNA follows facility policies and procedures, maintains resident confidentiality, and performs only care procedures and equipment use for which they have been trained. This position requires a minimum of a 10th-grade education and a state-licensed Certified Nursing Assistant. CPR is preferred. The physical demands include occasional lifting or moving of up to 25 pounds, prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer, and regular sitting, standing, walking, talking, reading, or hearing. The employee may need to assist with resident evacuation during emergencies. The work environment’s noise level is usually low to moderate.

Requirements

At least a 10th-grade education.
Current license as a Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with state laws.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and 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 use a desktop or laptop computer for prolonged periods and regularly sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear.
Ability to use office equipment, including a copier/scanner/fax, telephone, and calculator.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification.

Responsibilities

Identify residents before providing treatments or serving meals, as necessary.
Use only facility-authorized abbreviations and record information in an informative, descriptive manner on flow sheets, notes, and charts.
Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin tears, pressure areas, skin breakdowns, and allegations of abuse or property misappropriation to the appropriate supervisor or administrator.
Protect resident health information and report suspected or known unauthorized disclosures or attempts to access facility information systems.
Perform only nursing care procedures and equipment use for which trained, and report defective equipment.
Prepare rooms for incoming residents; greet and escort residents; introduce them to roommates and personnel; help them get comfortable; inventory and mark possessions; store clothing; and assist with packing and transfers or discharge.
Help transport residents between rooms and receiving areas and assist with loading and unloading residents from vehicles when necessary.
Promote a warm, calm, and positive environment throughout the unit and shift.
Participate in scheduled discussions with nursing personnel to identify problems and improve services, and participate in and receive nursing reports as instructed.
Follow policies on exposure to blood and body fluids and report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals.
Make beds, provide requested extra covers, and keep residents dry by changing wet or soiled clothing, gowns, and linens.
Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, respirations, weights, and measurements as instructed.
Frequently check residents unable to call for help, answer calls promptly, and routinely ensure personal care needs are being 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, hair care, dressing, and undressing.
Assist residents with preparation for medical tests and physical examinations; assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents; and perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
Perform special treatments as instructed and honor residents’ refusals of treatment, reporting those requests to a supervisor.
Immediately notify the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse if a resident leaves or is missing from the facility.
Follow work assignments, schedules, and established policies and procedures; cooperate with facility and interdepartmental personnel; and notify the facility when late or absent.
Assist in evacuating residents during emergency situations when necessary.