CNA

PACS

28d

About The Position

The CNA provides assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with resident assessments and care plans, supervisor direction, and applicable regulations, policies, and guidelines. The role includes direct resident care, documenting and reporting resident information, supporting independence and rehabilitation, and helping maintain residents’ physical, social, and psychological well-being. The position is a day shift from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., with every other weekend and holiday required.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent.
Must be at least 16 years of age.
Current active CNA license.
Work every other weekend and holiday.

Responsibilities

Perform assigned day-to-day nursing assistant functions and specific tasks according to work assignments and established nursing procedures; assist in other areas as needed and perform other duties as assigned.
Participate in and receive the nursing report at the start of duty.
Observe residents and report their conditions, changes, incidents, unusual findings, and information about procedures to nursing staff or an appropriate supervisor.
Become familiar with residents’ daily needs and preferences, and review care plans daily for changes to care routines.
Record data such as food and fluid intake, eating habit changes, temperatures, pulse, respirations, and bowel records in the computer, kiosk, flow sheets, notes, or charts.
Help maintain a physical, social, and psychological environment conducive to residents’ welfare and best interests.
Provide direct resident care, including dental care, dressing and undressing, hair and nail care, shaving, bowel and bladder care, catheter care, repositioning, transportation, bathing, specimen collection, and instructed special treatments.
Provide nursing care in privacy and respond to call lights promptly.
Keep residents clean and dry; change wet or soiled clothing, gowns, and linens; make occupied and unoccupied beds; and keep bed linens smooth to avoid wrinkles under residents.
Cooperate with facility and interdepartmental personnel to maintain nursing services that meet residents’ needs.
Help prepare resident rooms for arrivals and store residents’ clothing as instructed.
Encourage residents to perform activities of daily living to help restore independence; assist with walking and self-help devices as instructed.
Provide daily range-of-motion exercises and perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
Prepare residents for meals, assist with feeding, serve food trays and snacks, and provide after-meal care.
Keep water pitchers clean, filled with fresh water, and within residents’ reach.
Check rooms for food items and ensure food is properly stored and unauthorized items are addressed.