Cna-Nh

Covenant Health•Tazewell, TN

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant provides direct care to nursing-home residents, assisting LPNs and RNs with hands-on care, activities of daily living, and specified technical tasks under the supervision of the charge nurse. The CNA performs care within the scope of practice and is not permitted to perform invasive procedures or apply topical medications. The role includes supporting residents’ physical, emotional, socioeconomic, and spiritual needs as part of the nursing-care plan; maintaining a safe, clean, and orderly care environment; documenting care and observations; and reporting significant changes in residents’ condition or concerns about safety, abuse, neglect, or mistreatment. The position is full-time, 80 hours per pay period, on the day shift at Claiborne Medical Center’s nursing home.

Requirements

Tennessee CNA licensure is required upon hire. Out-of-state hires must have a Tennessee CNA license in process, as reflected on the state website, upon hire.
CPR is required.
Must possess excellent interpersonal skills.
Must be able to read with comprehension, write legibly, and perform basic arithmetic computations.
Must understand and have knowledge of resident care.
Education must be sufficient to meet the standards for the required license or certification; no specific minimum education is stated.

Responsibilities

Follow established hospital and departmental policies, procedures, objectives, quality-assurance programs, and safety standards.
Measure and record residents’ temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, weight, height, and intake and output.
Encourage residents to turn, cough, breathe deeply, and use incentive spirometry as specified in the plan of care.
Ambulate residents; assist them in and out of bed and into wheelchairs; and transport them when necessary.
Attend to residents’ nutritional needs, including distributing meal trays, feeding residents, and filling and distributing water pitchers.
Provide morning or evening care, including bathing, oral hygiene, hair care, back care, dressing, changing bed linen, cleaning bedside furniture, and straightening rooms.
Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans, and emesis basins, and record intake and output; change disposable briefs.
Help maintain a safe environment by reporting malfunctioning equipment and appropriately handling linen and storing supplies.
Provide general care, including positioning, lifting, and turning residents; assisting with bedpans, urinals, or commodes; and applying or removing TED hose stockings and sequential compression devices.
Empty and clean ostomy bags according to procedure.
Collect urine, stool, and sputum specimens as ordered.
Perform range-of-motion tasks and assist with ambulatory devices as specified in residents’ plans of care.
Perform accuchecks after receiving on-the-job training.
Promptly answer resident call lights and respond to resident requests.
Report significant changes in residents’ conditions to an LPN or RN.
Maintain clean and orderly resident and work environments, and document or maintain resident records as appropriate.
Gather equipment for oxygen setup; check connections, placement, and proper functioning; and ambulate residents receiving oxygen.
Set up suction equipment and check that it functions properly.
Demonstrate knowledge and competency in providing age-specific care and perform skills on the CNA checklist.
Participate in nursing-care planning to meet residents’ physical, emotional, socioeconomic, and spiritual needs.
Report malfunctioning equipment, suspected abuse, mistreatment or neglect, and suspected criminal activity to appropriate managerial staff.
Complete required annual education assignments, work toward goals and objectives, and participate in quality-improvement initiatives as requested.
Perform other assigned duties that do not exceed the scope of practice.