FT CNA-12 Hour Shifts

PACS

5d

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 direction from supervisors. The role supports residents’ personal care, comfort, safety, meals, mobility, admissions, transfers, and discharges, and observes and reports changes in residents’ condition and care needs. The position also requires accurate documentation, protection of confidential resident information, and cooperation with nursing and other facility personnel. The role is full-time and identified as involving 12-hour shifts.

Requirements

• Must possess at least a 10th-grade education.
• Must be a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with state laws.
• 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, and to present information 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, and interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduled instructions.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 25 pounds and regularly sitting, standing, walking, talking, reading, or hearing.
• Ability to use a desktop or laptop computer and office equipment, including a copier/scanner/fax, telephone, and calculator.

Nice To Haves

• CPR certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify residents before administering treatments or serving meals, as necessary.
• Use only facility-authorized abbreviations when recording information and make informative, descriptive entries in flow sheets, notes, and charts.
• Report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin breakdown, suspected abuse, property misappropriation, and missing residents to the appropriate supervisor or facility contact.
• Protect resident health information and report suspected or known unauthorized disclosures or attempts to access facility information systems.
• Perform only nursing procedures and use only equipment for which the employee has been trained; report defective equipment.
• Prepare rooms for new residents; greet and escort residents; introduce them to roommates, other residents, and personnel; and help make them comfortable.
• Inventory, mark, and store residents’ personal possessions and assist with packing, room transfers, discharges, and transportation, including loading and unloading vehicles as necessary.
• Promote a warm, calm, and positive environment and participate in nursing reports and scheduled meetings to identify and address service issues.
• Follow policies for exposure to blood and body fluids and report occupational exposures to infectious materials and hazardous chemicals.
• Make beds and provide routine personal care, including oral care, bathing, grooming, dressing, changing soiled clothing and linens, and keeping residents dry.
• Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, respirations, weights, and measurements as instructed.
• Frequently check residents who cannot call for help, answer calls promptly, and routinely check that personal care needs are met according to residents’ wishes.
• Assist residents with meals, identify food arrangements when needed, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, keep water pitchers clean and filled, and provide after-meal care.
• Prepare residents for medical tests and physical examinations; assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents; and perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments as instructed.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
• Honor residents’ refusal of treatment and report such requests to a supervisor.
• Follow work assignments and schedules, cooperate with facility and interdepartmental personnel, and notify the facility when late or absent.
• Assist with resident evacuation during emergencies when necessary.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with low monthly premium payments for employees and dependents.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.
• Paid vacation accruing at 4 hours per month.
• 48 full-time annual recurring sick-day hours, prorated based on hire date.
• Seven paid holidays each year.

What This Job Offers

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