CNA

PACS

26d

About The Position

The CNA 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 assisting with personal care and daily activities, monitoring residents and reporting changes or concerns, maintaining accurate records, and helping residents settle into or move between rooms. The CNA must perform only procedures and use equipment for which they have been trained, protect residents’ confidential information, and report incidents, safety concerns, and suspected abuse or unauthorized disclosures. The position requires a minimum 10th-grade education and a state license as a Certified Nursing Assistant. CPR is preferred. The employee must be able to meet the described physical demands, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 25 pounds and assisting with resident movement and possible emergency evacuation. The work environment typically has low to moderate noise. The employer is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

Minimum education of 10th grade.
Must hold a Certified Nursing Assistant license 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, diagram, or schedule instructions.
Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and talk, and to read or hear.
May need to assist in resident evacuation 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, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin breakdown, and suspected or known abuse or property misappropriation to the appropriate supervisor or administrator.
Protect residents’ health information and report suspected or known unauthorized disclosures or attempts to access the facility information system.
Perform only nursing procedures and use only equipment for which the CNA has been trained; report defective equipment.
Prepare residents’ rooms for arrival, greet and escort residents, introduce them to roommates and personnel, help them become comfortable, and inventory, mark, store, pack, or transport their belongings as needed.
Help transport residents to new rooms, receiving areas, and vehicles, including loading and unloading as necessary.
Maintain a warm, calm, and positive atmosphere; participate in nursing reports and scheduled meetings to identify and address service issues.
Follow established policies for blood and body-fluid exposure, and report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, or hazardous chemicals.
Make beds, add covers as requested, 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 ensure residents’ personal care needs are met.
Assist residents with meal 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, hair care, dressing, undressing, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
Help residents prepare for medical tests and physical examinations, and assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents using 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’ refusals of treatment and report such requests to a supervisor.
Follow work assignments and schedules, cooperate with facility and interdepartmental personnel, and notify the facility when late or absent.
Assist with evacuation of residents during emergencies when necessary.