Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A)- Mill Run Health & Rehabilitation Center
About The Position
The Certified Nursing Assistant provides nursing and nursing-related services to residents in accordance with each resident's comprehensive assessment and plan of care. Care is provided to meet residents' physical, mental, and psychosocial needs and help them attain or maintain the highest practicable level of functioning. The CNA maintains a homelike environment, promotes resident rights, and supports residents in maintaining independence and control to the greatest extent possible. The role involves direct personal care, assistance with activities of daily living and designated unsterile procedures, monitoring and reporting changes in residents' conditions, and documenting care-related information. The CNA follows facility policies and procedures, including infection control and universal precautions, and uses personal protective equipment when indicated.
Requirements
- High school graduate or GED.
- Successful completion of a State-approved nurse aide training and competency evaluation program within four months of hire, or successful completion of such a program with no break in service of 24 months or longer.
- Acceptable verification from the State Nurse Aide Registry concerning abuse, neglect, mistreatment of residents, or misappropriation of resident property.
- Ability to perform essential job functions without posing a specific, current risk of substantial harm to the health and safety of self or others.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and complete duties and projects within allotted time.
- Ability to recognize changes in residents' conditions through physical symptoms, verbal expression, or observed changes in mental or psychosocial status.
- Ability to function in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
- Ability to perform repeated pulling, pushing, bending, stooping, lifting, and supporting; remain predominantly standing while working; and lift and position patients of various heights and weights. No lifting restrictions.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience providing personal care to impaired individuals in a health care setting.
Responsibilities
- Perform basic patient care, including bathing, feeding, and assisting with activities of daily living and designated unsterile procedures such as enemas, sitz baths, intake and output, and blood pressure checks.
- Respond promptly to patients' needs.
- Make occupied and unoccupied beds and maintain an orderly environment.
- Distribute nourishments.
- Maintain patients' personal and oral hygiene, including hair, nails, mouth, and back care.
- Provide direct care to residents to improve or maintain their abilities according to their plans of care.
- Assist with planning, implementing, and evaluating plans of care for assigned residents.
- Report information about residents' conditions, responses to interventions, and suggestions for alternative approaches to the Unit Charge Nurse.
- Document and revise residents' FYI records as needed.
- Follow facility policies and procedures, including infection control policies and universal precautions, and properly use personal protective equipment when indicated.
- Maintain confidentiality of resident and facility information.
- Maintain a clean, well-groomed personal appearance and wear the uniform required by the facility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
