Certified Nursing Asst.

PACS • Great Neck Plaza, NY

7d • $16 - $19

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 daily activities, while observing and reporting changes in condition and maintaining accurate records and confidentiality of resident information.

The position follows facility policies and procedures, works cooperatively with nursing and other facility personnel, and performs only care procedures and uses only equipment for which the employee has been trained. The role has no supervisory responsibilities. A licensed Certified Nursing Assistant is required; CPR is preferred. The minimum education requirement is a 10th-grade education.

Requirements

• At least a 10th-grade education.
• Must hold a Certified Nursing Assistant license 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 and work with concrete variables in situations with limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduled instructions.
• Ability to meet the position’s physical demands, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 25 pounds and regularly sitting, standing, walking, talking, reading, or hearing.

Nice To Haves

• CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Identify residents before administering treatments or serving meals, as necessary.
• Use only facility-authorized abbreviations and record entries in flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records in an informative, descriptive manner.
• Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents and incidents, complaints and grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin breakdown, missing residents, defective equipment, and suspected abuse or misappropriation of resident property to the appropriate supervisor or facility contact.
• Protect residents’ health information and confidentiality, and report suspected unauthorized disclosure or attempts to access the facility information system.
• Perform only nursing care procedures for which trained, and use only equipment for which trained.
• Prepare rooms for incoming residents; greet and escort residents; introduce them to roommates and facility personnel; help make them comfortable; inventory, mark, store, pack, and transport personal possessions as needed.
• Maintain a warm, calm, and welcoming atmosphere and participate in nursing reports and regularly scheduled discussions to identify and address service issues.
• Make beds and provide extra covers as requested.
• Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, and respirations; weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Frequently check residents who cannot call for help, answer calls promptly, and routinely ensure personal care needs are being met in accordance with 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, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests and physical examinations, and perform assigned restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments.
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents between beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, and other locations.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
• Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report such requests to a supervisor.
• Follow policies concerning exposure to blood and body fluids, and report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, or hazardous chemicals.
• Follow assigned work schedules and notify the facility when late or absent.
• Cooperate with nursing and other facility personnel to maintain adequate resident services.
• Assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations when necessary.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED