CNA - Part-Time

PACS•Auburn, WA

4d•$18 - $19

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 and supervisors’ directions. The role includes assisting residents with personal care, meals, mobility, room transitions, and preparation for medical procedures; monitoring and recording residents’ condition and care; and promptly reporting changes, incidents, complaints, safety concerns, and suspected policy violations. The CNA follows facility policies, protects residents’ confidential health information, uses only authorized procedures and equipment, and helps maintain a calm, comfortable, and respectful environment. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

At least a 10th-grade education.
Must hold a state-licensed Certified Nursing Assistant credential in accordance with state law.
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 interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduled instructions.
Ability to occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.
Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear; prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer and frequent use of office equipment are required.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify residents before administering treatments or serving meals, as necessary.
Use authorized abbreviations and accurately record information in flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records.
Report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries, skin breakdown, missing residents, and suspected abuse or property misappropriation to the appropriate supervisor.
Protect residents’ protected health information and report suspected or known unauthorized disclosure or information-system access.
Perform only nursing care procedures and use equipment for which the CNA has been trained; report defective equipment.
Prepare residents’ rooms and assist residents with arrival, room changes, discharge, belongings, and transportation, including loading or unloading vehicles as necessary.
Help create a warm, calm, and positive environment and cooperate with nursing and other facility personnel.
Attend and receive nursing reports and meet with shift nursing personnel as scheduled.
Make beds and provide daily personal care, including mouth care, bathing, grooming, dressing, and keeping residents and linens clean and dry.
Measure and record temperatures, pulses, respirations, weight, and height as instructed.
Check residents regularly, promptly answer calls, and ensure residents’ personal care needs are met according to their wishes.
Assist residents with meals, food identification, and after-meal care; record food and fluid intake and report changes in eating habits.
Keep residents’ water pitchers clean, filled, and within easy reach.
Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents using beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, and other equipment.
Assist residents in preparing for examinations and medical tests, and perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments as instructed.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
Honor residents’ refusal of treatment and report such requests to a supervisor.
Follow established work assignments, schedules, exposure-control procedures, and policies for reporting occupational exposures; notify the facility when late or absent.
Assist with resident evacuation during emergencies when necessary.