CNA - Full Time

PACS

4d • $23 - $25

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 supervisors’ instructions. The role supports residents’ personal care, comfort, safety, and daily needs, and documents and reports relevant observations and changes to nursing supervisors. This 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 laws.
• 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 involving concrete variables and limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduled instructions.

Nice To Haves

• CPR certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify residents as needed before administering treatments or serving meals.
• Record information clearly and descriptively using only facility-authorized abbreviations.
• Report changes in residents’ conditions, observed accidents and incidents, complaints and grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin tears, pressure areas, missing residents, and allegations of abuse or property misappropriation to the appropriate supervisor.
• Protect residents’ health information and report suspected unauthorized disclosures or attempts to access facility information systems.
• Perform only nursing procedures and use only equipment for which the employee has been trained.
• Prepare rooms for new residents; greet and escort residents; introduce them to roommates and facility personnel; and help make them comfortable.
• Inventory, mark, store, pack, and transport residents’ belongings as needed during admissions, room transfers, or discharges.
• Help maintain a warm, calm, and positive atmosphere and cooperate with nursing and other facility personnel.
• Participate in nursing reports and scheduled meetings to identify problems and improve services.
• Follow assigned work schedules, notify the facility of lateness or absence, and complete tasks according to facility policies and supervisors’ instructions.
• Follow policies concerning exposure to blood and body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals, and report occupational exposures.
• Make beds and provide daily personal care, including dental and mouth care, bathing, grooming, dressing, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
• Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, respirations, weights, and measurements as instructed.
• Frequently check residents who cannot call for help, answer calls promptly, and routinely ensure personal care needs are met.
• Assist residents with meals, identify food arrangements when needed, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, maintain clean and filled water pitchers within reach, and provide after-meal care.
• Prepare residents for medical tests and physical examinations, and assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting them.
• Perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments as instructed.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
• Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report such requests to a supervisor.
• Report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor or Charge Nurse.
• Assist with resident evacuation during emergencies when necessary.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed