CNA

PACS

16d • $26 - $28

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant provides assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with their assessments and care plans, supervisor direction, and facility policies and procedures. The role supports residents’ personal care, comfort, mobility, nutrition, safety, and transition needs, while observing and reporting changes in condition and documenting care accurately. The CNA must protect resident confidentiality, report incidents and suspected violations, and perform only procedures and use equipment for which they have been trained.

This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Applicants must have at least a 10th-grade education and hold a Certified Nursing Assistant license in accordance with state law. CPR certification is preferred. The stated salary range is $26–$28 per hour.

Requirements

• At least a 10th-grade education.
• A current Certified Nursing Assistant license in accordance with state law.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to present information effectively 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.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule-based instructions.
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear regularly; prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer and frequent use of office equipment are also required.

Nice To Haves

• CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Identify residents before providing treatments or serving meals, as necessary.
• Use only facility-authorized abbreviations and make informative, descriptive entries in flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records.
• Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin tears, pressure areas, and skin breakdowns to the appropriate supervisor.
• Protect resident confidentiality and protected health information; report suspected or known unauthorized disclosure, system access attempts, abuse, or misappropriation of resident property.
• Perform only nursing care procedures and use only equipment for which the CNA has been trained; report defective equipment.
• Prepare rooms for incoming residents, greet and escort residents, introduce them to roommates and personnel, make them comfortable, and inventory, mark, store, pack, or transport their belongings as needed.
• Help residents transfer between rooms and assist with loading and unloading residents from vehicles when necessary.
• Maintain a warm, calm, and positive environment, and participate in shift nursing reports and meetings to identify and address problems or improve services.
• Follow policies for exposure to blood and body fluids, and report occupational exposures to infectious materials or hazardous chemicals.
• Make beds, add covers as requested, and measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, respirations, weights, and measurements as instructed.
• Frequently check residents who cannot call for help, answer calls promptly, and routinely check that personal care needs are being met in accordance with residents’ wishes.
• Assist residents with food arrangements, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, keep water pitchers clean and filled, and provide after-meal care.
• Assist with dental and mouth care, bathing, grooming, dressing, undressing, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
• Prepare residents for medical tests and physical examinations; assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into 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 information as instructed.
• Immediately notify the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse if a resident leaves or is missing from the facility.
• Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report those requests to a supervisor.
• Follow work assignments and schedules, cooperate with facility and inter-departmental personnel, and notify the facility when late or absent.
• Assist with evacuating residents during emergency situations when necessary.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed