Part-Time CNA

PACS

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant provides assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with their assessments and care plans, facility policies and procedures, and supervisor directions. The CNA helps residents with personal care, meals, mobility, comfort, room transitions, and preparation for examinations or medical tests. The role includes monitoring residents, documenting care and observations, and promptly reporting changes, incidents, complaints, suspected abuse, safety issues, or other concerns to the appropriate nursing supervisor. The position requires maintaining resident confidentiality, following infection-control and safety procedures, and using only care procedures and equipment for which the employee has been trained. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. The employee must be a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant under applicable state laws and have at least a 10th-grade education. CPR certification is preferred. Work involves regular sitting, standing, walking, and communication, occasional lifting or moving of up to 25 pounds, and may require assisting with resident evacuation during emergencies. The work environment is generally low to moderately noisy.

Requirements

At least a 10th-grade education.
Current state licensure as a Certified Nursing Assistant, 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.
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 handle concrete variables where standardization is limited.
Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduled instructions.
Ability to meet the described physical demands, including occasional lifting or moving of up to 25 pounds and regular sitting, standing, walking, and communication.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification.

Responsibilities

Identify residents before providing treatments or serving meals when necessary.
Use only facility-authorized abbreviations and record entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records in an informative, descriptive manner.
Report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, pressure areas, skin breakdown, missing residents, suspected abuse, misappropriation of property, information-security concerns, and other required matters promptly to the appropriate supervisor or administrator.
Protect resident health information and report known or suspected unauthorized disclosures or access to facility information systems.
Perform only nursing care procedures and equipment tasks for which trained; follow policies, procedures, work assignments, schedules, and supervisor instructions.
Prepare rooms for incoming residents; greet and escort residents; introduce them to roommates, other residents, and personnel; help them get comfortable; inventory and mark possessions; store clothing; assist with packing and transfers or discharge; transport residents and assist with vehicle loading and unloading as needed.
Maintain a warm, calm, and welcoming atmosphere, and participate in scheduled discussions with nursing personnel to identify problems and improve services.
Participate in and receive nursing reports as instructed.
Follow policies for exposure to blood and body fluids and report occupational exposures to infectious materials or hazardous chemicals.
Make beds and add covers as requested.
Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, respirations, weight, and other measurements as instructed.
Frequently check residents who cannot call for help, answer calls promptly, and routinely ensure personal care needs are met according to residents’ wishes.
Assist residents with food arrangements, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, keep water pitchers clean, filled, and within reach, and provide after-meal care.
Assist with dental and mouth care, bathing, hair care, dressing and undressing, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
Help residents prepare for medical tests and physical examinations; perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments as instructed.
Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents using beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, and other equipment.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report those requests to a supervisor.
Notify the facility when late or absent.
Cooperate with other departments and facility personnel to maintain nursing services.
Assist with resident evacuation during emergencies when necessary.