CNA

PACS

22d • Onsite

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 supervisor direction. The role includes supporting residents’ comfort, safety, personal care, nutrition, mobility, and transitions, while observing and reporting changes or concerns to nursing supervisors. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

The CNA records care and observations clearly, protects resident confidentiality, follows infection-control and safety procedures, and performs only care procedures and equipment use for which they have been trained. The role also involves coordinating with nursing and other facility personnel to maintain services that meet residents’ needs.

The work environment has a usually low-to-moderate noise level. The employee may occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds and may need to assist with resident evacuation during emergencies. The employee regularly sits, stands, walks, and communicates, and uses office equipment and a desktop or laptop computer.

Requirements

• At least a 10th-grade education.
• 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 occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Regular ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear.
• Prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer and frequent use of office equipment, including copier/scanner/fax, telephone, and calculator.

Nice To Haves

• CPR certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify residents before administering treatments or serving meals when necessary.
• Use only facility-authorized abbreviations and record entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records in an informative, descriptive manner.
• Report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin tears, pressure areas, skin breakdown, treatment refusals, and allegations of abuse or misappropriation to the appropriate supervisor or facility contact.
• Protect resident information and report suspected or known unauthorized disclosures or attempts to access the facility information system.
• Perform only nursing care procedures and use only equipment for which the employee has been trained; report defective equipment.
• Prepare rooms for incoming residents, greet and escort residents, introduce them to roommates and facility personnel as appropriate, and help them get comfortable.
• Inventory, mark, and store residents’ personal possessions and clothing; assist with packing and transport during room transfers or discharge, including loading and unloading vehicles as needed.
• Help create a warm, calm, and positive atmosphere throughout the unit and shift.
• Meet with nursing personnel to help identify and address problem areas and improve services; participate in and receive nursing reports as instructed.
• Follow established policies for exposure to blood and body fluids and report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals.
• Make beds and add extra covers as requested.
• Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, and respirations; weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Frequently check residents who cannot call for help, promptly answer calls, and routinely check that residents’ personal care needs and wishes are being met.
• Assist residents with food arrangements, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, keep water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water within reach, and provide after-meal care.
• Assist residents with dental and mouth care, bathing, hair care, dressing, undressing, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
• Help residents prepare for medical tests and physical examinations; assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents in and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts.
• Perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments as instructed.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
• Immediately notify the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse if a resident leaves or is missing from the facility.
• Honor residents’ requests to refuse treatment and report those requests to a supervisor.
• Follow work assignments and schedules, notify the facility of lateness or absence, and cooperate with other departments and facility personnel to maintain nursing services.
• Assist with evacuation of residents during emergency situations when necessary.

What This Job Offers

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