CNA Full-Time

PACS•Deerfield Beach, FL

13d

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 supports residents’ personal care, comfort, safety, nutrition, mobility, and daily activities while observing, documenting, and promptly reporting changes or concerns to nursing supervisors. The CNA also helps residents with admissions, transfers, and discharges and contributes to a calm, warm, and supportive unit environment. The position requires a state-licensed Certified Nursing Assistant and at least a 10th-grade education. CPR is preferred. The work includes regular resident interaction and physical activity, occasional lifting or moving of up to 25 pounds, and possible assistance evacuating residents during emergencies. The work environment is usually low to moderate in noise. The role has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Must have at least a 10th-grade education.
Must hold a Certified Nursing Assistant license 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.
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 in situations with limited standardization.
Ability to interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule-based instructions.
Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Must be able to sit, stand, walk, and communicate, and to read or hear regularly.
May need to assist in evacuating residents during emergencies.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification is preferred.

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.
Report changes in residents’ conditions, observed accidents and incidents, complaints and grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin breakdown or pressure areas, and missing residents to the appropriate supervisor.
Protect residents’ confidential and protected health information, report suspected unauthorized disclosure or information-system access, and report allegations of resident abuse or misappropriation of property.
Perform only nursing care procedures and use only equipment for which trained; report defective equipment.
Prepare rooms for incoming residents; greet and escort residents; make them comfortable; introduce them to roommates and others as appropriate; inventory, mark, store, pack, and transport their belongings during admissions, transfers, or discharges; and assist with vehicle loading and unloading as necessary.
Help maintain a warm, calm, and positive environment, and participate in scheduled meetings and nursing reports as instructed.
Follow policies on exposure to blood and body fluids, and report occupational exposure to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, or hazardous chemicals.
Make beds and provide requested bedding; measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, respirations, weight, and measurements as instructed.
Check residents frequently, answer calls promptly, and routinely ensure their personal care needs are met in accordance with their wishes.
Assist residents with food arrangements, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, keep water pitchers clean, filled, and within reach, and provide after-meal care.
Assist with dental and mouth care, bathing, hair care, dressing and 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; and perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments as instructed.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report such requests to a supervisor.
Complete assigned duties according to work assignments, schedules, facility policies, procedures, and supervisor instructions; cooperate with facility and interdepartmental personnel; and notify the facility when late or absent.
Assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations when necessary.