Certified Nursing Assistant

BETHESDA HEALTH AND HOUSING•Willmar, MN

About The Position

Provides quality, efficient, and compassionate personalized care to residents as a primary caregiver. The Certified Nursing Assistant supports residents’ well-being by supervising or assisting with activities of daily living and meeting other care needs according to care plans. The role includes personal care, mobility and restorative assistance, meal support, documentation, communication with nursing staff, and maintaining a safe and orderly environment. Shifts vary according to facility needs and include an every-other-weekend schedule and holiday rotation. The position requires successful completion of an approved nursing assistant training program and competency evaluation, or an approved competency evaluation within four months of employment. Employees must complete at least 12 hours of in-service education annually. Previous healthcare or geriatric healthcare experience is desirable. The role involves frequent bending and stooping, prolonged standing, and working with residents who may have a wide range of emotional and care needs, including occasional aggression.

Requirements

Successfully complete an approved nursing assistant training program and competency evaluation, or complete an approved competency evaluation within four months of employment.
Complete at least 12 hours of in-service education per year.
Read and write in English and read, understand, and follow directions.
Use a computer and complete assigned documentation.
Use equipment such as tubs, lifts, and splints; take vital signs; and use transfer devices, safety procedures, and proper lifting techniques.
Understand basic health and recognize changes in residents.
Follow resident-care rules and guidelines, including transfer and cleaning procedures, and comply with safety procedures.
Communicate effectively and interpret or explain procedures or activities to residents to enlist and maintain their cooperation.
Work effectively with coworkers in a team setting and complete tasks on time while assisting others.
Show respect for residents and staff and demonstrate genuine interest and willingness to work with cognitively impaired and/or geriatric-aged clients.
Demonstrate time-management skills and the ability to change work assignments on short notice and work within time constraints.
Meet the physical demands of frequent bending and stooping and prolonged standing.
Patient handlers must sign and comply with the Skilled Nursing Facility Safe Patient Handling Policy.

Nice To Haves

Previous healthcare or geriatric healthcare experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

Provide direct resident care according to care plans, including bathing, oral and denture care, hair care, dressing, toileting, and other personal care.
Communicate with residents by explaining and instructing, listening, and encouraging cooperation; provide privacy and assistance to residents and visitors.
Perform rounds and provide toileting, turning, repositioning, and other needed care, including checking residents with bowel or bladder incontinence at least every two hours.
Answer resident call lights promptly and pleasantly, assist with bowel and bladder care, and help keep residents clean, comfortable, and appropriately dressed.
Take temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, and weights when requested or as assigned; report significant changes or concerns promptly to the nurse.
Participate in rehabilitation and restorative care, including ambulation, range-of-motion exercises, repositioning, and assisting with urine and stool specimens as ordered.
Assist residents to and from meals, feed residents who need assistance, monitor dining rooms, offer alternatives when residents dislike a meal, and provide between-meal nourishment.
Document meal monitoring, intake, vital signs, bowel and bladder information, behaviors, and other assigned care in the designated systems and records.
Maintain unit order and safety by making beds, changing soiled linens, replenishing supplies, passing fresh ice water, managing laundry tasks, and keeping hallways clear.
Read 24-hour report sheets, provide verbal shift reports to nurses, and answer telephone and intercom communications professionally and relay messages promptly.
Follow residents’ rights and safety requirements, report suspected abuse or neglect and other incidents, use safe transfer and lifting practices, clean spills, and follow infection-control procedures.
Clean and disinfect tubs after use and sanitize them at the end of the shift; store supplies and chemicals properly, including locking items with hazardous-use warnings.
Attend required in-services and floor meetings, participate in performance evaluations and employee involvement activities as requested, and assist with orientation of new personnel when assigned.
Maintain a cooperative and professional attitude, support coworkers, accept constructive feedback, maintain personal health, and report to and leave work on time.