CNA - Part-Time

PACS•Texas Charter Township, MI

26d

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 direction from supervisors. The role includes attending to residents’ personal care and comfort, monitoring and recording information, reporting changes or concerns, and helping residents with transitions and routine activities. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Must possess at least a 10th-grade education.
Must be a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant 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.
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 and interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule instructions where limited standardization exists.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Ability to assist with the evacuation of residents during emergency situations when necessary.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify residents before providing treatments or serving meals, and perform only procedures for which you have been trained.
Record resident information and care in flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records using authorized abbreviations and informative descriptions.
Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries, skin breakdown, missing residents, and suspected abuse or misappropriation of property to the appropriate supervisor.
Protect resident confidentiality and protected health information, and report suspected unauthorized disclosures or attempts to access the facility’s information system.
Prepare rooms for incoming residents; greet and escort residents, help them settle in, inventory and store possessions, and assist with transfers, discharges, and transportation.
Help maintain a warm, calm, and positive environment for residents.
Participate in nursing reports and regularly scheduled meetings with shift nursing personnel.
Follow established policies concerning blood and body fluid exposure, and report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, or hazardous chemicals.
Make beds, provide covers as requested, and keep residents dry by changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, respirations, weights, and other measurements as instructed.
Check residents frequently, answer calls promptly, and ensure personal care needs are met.
Assist residents with food arrangements, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, keep water pitchers clean and filled, and provide after-meal care.
Assist residents with oral and dental care, bathing, grooming, dressing, and undressing.
Assist residents with preparation for medical tests and physical examinations.
Lift, turn, move, position, and transport residents using beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts as needed.
Perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments as instructed.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents, and record and report data as instructed.
Use only equipment for which you have been trained and report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor or Charge Nurse.
Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report such requests to a supervisor.
Follow work assignments and schedules, cooperate with facility personnel, and notify the facility if late or absent.