Certified Nursing Assistant

SRM MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC • Fayetteville, AR

20d • $18 - $18 • Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant enhances and improves the SRIM experience by providing heartfelt care to residents and their families and demonstrating the organization’s Golden Rule value. The role attends to residents’ daily living needs, including assistance with activities of daily living, meal service, light housekeeping, and laundry, while encouraging independence. The position also supports a dignified, safe, clean, and caring community environment and works collaboratively with residents, families, visitors, associates, and management.

The role includes supervising employees in the Resident Services Department, including training, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, and addressing complaints and problems. The employee may also be essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and may be required to remain at the community until released by a supervisor.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED, or one to two years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small-group situations to customers, clients, and other employees.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including regularly standing, walking, using hands, reaching, and talking or hearing; frequently stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, and tasting or smelling; occasionally sitting and climbing or balancing; and occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with activities of daily living, including dressing, grooming, peri-care, toileting, and hygiene.
• Interact with residents at all levels of care with empathy, kindness, compassion, and respect.
• Observe and report changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being to a supervisor.
• Serve and assist residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Initiate and participate in leisure activities listed on the activity calendar.
• Maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and secure environment for residents, families, visitors, and associates.
• Perform general housekeeping duties according to established cleaning schedules, and provide housekeeping or laundry services to maintain a clean and sanitary community.
• Respond promptly and courteously to requests for assistance, phone calls, and requests from family members and visitors.
• Communicate effectively in a language each resident can understand.
• Ensure residents or their responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.
• Identify and report safety hazards promptly, use safe working habits and body mechanics, and help prevent situations that could cause harm or falls.
• Assist associates when requested or required and work as a team with associates and management to accomplish assignments.
• Follow established policies and procedures during emergencies; serve as essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and remain at the community until released by a supervisor.
• Maintain a positive and respectful attitude toward work issues, policies, procedures, residents, families, visitors, associates, and management.
• Comply with attendance and call-off policies, participate in training, in-service sessions, and mandatory meetings, and follow the dress code.
• Refer inquiries about resident care from families and visitors to the immediate supervisor.
• Comply with HIPAA regulations.
• Assist with training and mentoring new employees.
• Take initiative, seek additional information, offer solutions and suggestions, and willingly take on special projects or assignments outside regular duties.
• Perform other reasonable duties as assigned or requested.
• Directly supervise Resident Services Department employees in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws, including training employees, planning and assigning work, directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, and addressing complaints and resolving problems.

What This Job Offers

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