CNA - Full-Time

PACS

3d • $15 - $17

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 as directed by supervisors. The role supports residents’ daily personal-care needs, comfort, safety, and well-being, while observing and reporting relevant changes and maintaining accurate records and confidentiality. The position is full-time, with evening sessions and night shifts available. The stated pay range is $15.00–$17.00, plus shift differential.

Requirements

• At least a 10th-grade education.
• A current Certified Nursing Assistant license in accordance with state law.
• 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, work with concrete variables in situations with limited standardization, and interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduled instructions.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 25 pounds; regularly sitting, standing, walking, talking, reading, or hearing; and prolonged computer use.
• Frequent use of office equipment, including copier/scanner/fax, telephone, and calculator.

Nice To Haves

• CPR certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify residents before administering treatments or serving meals when necessary.
• Record information using only facility-authorized abbreviations and make informative, descriptive entries in flow sheets, notes, and charts.
• Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions, observed accidents and incidents, complaints and grievances, unknown-source injuries, skin tears, pressure areas, and skin breakdown to the appropriate supervisor.
• Maintain resident confidentiality and protected health information; report suspected or known unauthorized disclosures, information-system access attempts, abuse allegations, and misappropriation of resident property.
• Perform only nursing procedures and use equipment for which the employee has been trained; report defective equipment.
• Prepare rooms for incoming residents; greet and escort residents, introduce them to roommates and others, help them get comfortable, inventory and mark possessions, store clothing, and assist with packing and transfers or discharge.
• Help transport residents to new rooms or receiving areas and assist with loading or unloading them from vehicles when necessary.
• Promote a warm, calm, and positive environment and participate in nursing reports and scheduled discussions with nursing personnel to identify and address problems or improve services.
• Follow policies concerning exposure to blood and body fluids; report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, or hazardous chemicals.
• Make beds and add covers as requested; measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, and respirations, and weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Frequently check residents who cannot call for help, promptly answer calls, and routinely check that residents’ personal-care needs are being met according to their wishes.
• Assist residents with food arrangements, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, keep water pitchers clean and filled, and perform after-meal care.
• Assist residents 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; 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 information as instructed.
• Immediately notify the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse if a resident leaves or is missing from the facility.
• Honor residents’ requests to refuse treatment and report those requests to a supervisor.
• Follow assigned work schedules and tasks, cooperate with facility personnel to maintain nursing services, and notify the facility of lateness or absence.
• Assist with evacuation of residents during emergency situations when necessary.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED