CNA - Assisted Living

PACS

2d•$19 - $22

About The Position

The CNA provides assigned assisted-living residents with routine daily care and services in accordance with each resident’s assessment and care plan, established policies and procedures, and supervisor direction. The position supports residents’ comfort, personal care, safety, mobility, meals, and daily routines while helping maintain a calm, welcoming environment. The CNA documents and reports relevant observations, incidents, changes in condition, complaints, and safety concerns to appropriate facility personnel, and maintains confidentiality of resident information.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent.
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 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, handle situations with limited standardization, and interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule instructions.
Proficiency in Microsoft Suite products.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

Use PCC to ensure correct resident information when assisting with ALDS, meals, and related tasks.
Report changes in residents’ conditions, complaints, grievances, accidents, incidents, injuries, skin breakdown, and other concerns to the appropriate director, nurse, or supervisor.
Complete notes, SPAs, incident reports, intake and output records, measurements, and other documentation as instructed.
Maintain the confidentiality of resident information and report suspected or known unauthorized disclosures or attempts to access the community’s information system.
Perform only care tasks and use only equipment for which the employee has been trained; report defective equipment.
Prepare rooms and beds, welcome and escort residents, introduce them to roommates and others, help them settle in, inventory and store possessions, and assist with transfers, discharges, and transportation to or from vehicles.
Maintain a warm, calm, and positive environment and cooperate with nursing and other facility personnel, including participating in nursing reports and scheduled meetings as instructed.
Answer resident calls promptly, frequently check residents unable to call for help, and routinely ensure residents’ personal care needs are met according to their wishes.
Assist residents with meals and food arrangements, keep water pitchers clean, filled, and accessible, and provide after-meal care.
Assist with dental and mouth care, bathing, grooming, dressing, undressing, hair and nail care, shaving, eye and ear care, and keeping residents clean and dry.
Assist residents with toileting and bowel and bladder functions; keep incontinent residents clean and dry; and check and report bowel movements as instructed.
Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents using appropriate equipment and procedures.
Perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments as instructed; use protective and adaptive equipment as directed; and assist with medical tests and physical examinations.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents, record and report data as instructed, and immediately notify the Nurse if a resident leaves or is missing from the facility.
Weigh and measure residents and take and record temperatures, pulse, and respirations as instructed.
Assist with end-of-life and post-mortem care as instructed.
Follow policies concerning exposure to blood and body fluids and report occupational exposures to infectious materials and hazardous chemicals.
Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report those requests to a supervisor.
Notify the facility when late or absent from work and follow assigned tasks and work schedules.