CNA Part-Time / PRN

The Orchards / Harvest Therapy • Chester, WV

8d • Onsite

About The Position

For over the last seventy years, The Orchards have continued the traditional values inspired by the Fox Family: respect for one another, concern for each resident’s well-being, and encouragement of individual interests and enjoyment of life’s pleasures. These values are a gift The Orchards staff members share every day with residents and each other. Summary Under the direction of the nursing staff, cares for residents at Stone Pear Pavilion while keeping them safe and comfortable during their activities of daily living by performing the following duties.

Requirements

• Certificate upon completion of an approved nurse's aide certification curriculum.
• Complete annual state mandated training requirements (Regular In-services as well as any external training).
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, procedure manuals and resident charting notes and directives.
• Ability to write routine reports, correspondence and perform resident charting.
• Ability to complete all assigned paperwork and charting.
• Ability to speak effectively with residents, family members, or employees in group or one-on-one situations.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals when determining a resident's weight loss or gain.
• Ability to estimate volume and percentages when documenting resident dietary and nourishment intake or output data.
• Ability to apply common sense and understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions as given by the supervisor.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations dealing with the care of the residents, such as changing the order of duties needed to be carried out for a resident who sleeps a little later of assessing the best way to handle an agitated resident on a given day and still take care of their needs.
• Certified Nurse Assistant certification.
• A Certified Nurse Assistant is required to work 8 hours and take 12 hours of training annually.
• Certified Nurse Assistant skills specific to geriatric residents are needed.
• May need additional skills with special-need geriatric residents such as those with dementia, Alzheimer's or those requiring skilled health care.
• Ability to use resident lift equipment.
• A Tuberculosis testing are required annually.
• The ability to get along with others and engage them in activities
• The ability to concentrate for extended periods of time
• The ability to remain calm in emergency situations
• The ability to shift focus from one task to another
• Regularly required to stand or walk throughout the facility.
• Regularly required to: 1) complete duties and provide therapeutic touch; 2) reach with hands and arms; and 3) balance to: use the telephone or computer, use medical equipment to assess resident vital signs, prepare residents to be lifted, operate the Sit to Stand Maxi/Hoyer lifts, lift or assist a resident out of a chair or bed, feed residents, serve meals, make beds and change linens, dress residents, fold laundry, turn door knobs, reposition chair alarms, assist or perform personal hygiene care for resident (brushing teeth, bathing or showering, drying after bath or shower), manipulate walkers and wheelchairs, assist residents when walking, store clean linens in closets, push residents in wheelchairs, and put away dishes, glasses, etc.
• Regularly required to stoop, kneel, or crouch during the following tasks: Bend at a 45-degree angle to lift or re-position a resident in their wheelchair Bend at a 45 - 90 degree angle to awaken and help a resident from bed Bend at a 45 - 90 degree to talk to, feed, cleanse, etc. a bedridden resident Bend at a 45 - 90 degree angle to change residents’ bed linens Bend or kneel when drying a resident after a shower Stoop or kneel when pulling on socks, shoes, pants, etc. Stoop or kneel to tie shoes, put on slippers, etc. Bend, stoop or kneel to pick up food, clothing or other items from the floor Stoop, kneel, crouch, and bend when leading the daily exercise activity Stoop, kneel, or crouch when communicating with residents
• Required to talk or hear on an on-going basis when communicating with various individuals.
• Frequently required to use his/her senses of taste and smell to ensure that food is tasty and edible and to detect odors within the unit and emanating from the residents or their belongings.
• Occasionally required to sit at a desk when charting and at a table to feed residents.
• Frequently lifts and/or moves up to 100 pounds when assisting a resident out of bed or a chair with the aid of lift equipment or assist of two and when transporting residents by wheelchair.
• Occasionally lifts and/or moves more than 100 pounds when assisting or transporting heavier residents with the aid of lift equipment or the assist of two.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus in situations such as but not limited to the following: Reading and writing reports (close vision and the ability to adjust focus) Recording of vital signs (close vision and the ability adjust focus) Watching over residents for their safety and monitoring their behavior (close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision) Keeping hallways and rooms safe (distance vision, close vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus) Measuring liquids for input and output recording (close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus) Reading thermometers (close vision and ability to adjust focus) Assessing residents' skin texture and color (close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus) Observing resident’s breathing pattern from doorway at evening rounds (depth perception, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus) Dressing a resident or to identify proper adult protection for incontinence as they are color and size coordinated (close vision and color vision) Using devices to check color-coded wander guard bracelets (color vision, close vision, and ability to adjust focus) Assisting residents in walking with walker (close vision, distance vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus)

Responsibilities

• Provides care and services to residents as defined by individualized care plans.
• Care and services include, but are not limited to: ADL assistance, mobility assistance, positioning assistance and feeding assistance.
• Performs random rounds on each resident every two hours, starting upon arrival and finishing just prior to the end of the shift.
• Takes and records temperature, pulse and respiration rates, and food and fluid intake and output, as directed.
• Participates in resident activity program.
• Documents care provided to residents using approved documentation method.
• Reports any change in resident condition to the charge nurse immediately.
• Assists with stocking supplies in clean utility rooms.
• Attend meetings and training sessions required for the position

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree