CNA - Assisted Living

PACS • Saint Peters, MO

1d • $19 - $21

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, applicable facility policies, and supervisor direction. The role supports residents’ personal care, comfort, safety, and daily needs; records and reports observations; and helps maintain a calm, welcoming environment. The CNA must perform only procedures and use equipment for which they have been trained, and must protect residents’ confidential health information and report suspected violations, abuse, incidents, and other concerns through established channels.

This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Applicants must have at least a 10th-grade education and hold a state-licensed Certified Nursing Assistant credential. CPR is preferred. Pay is $19–$21 per hour, depending on experience.

Requirements

• At least a 10th-grade education.
• Licensed Certified Nursing Assistant credential 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 communicate 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 and interpret written, oral, diagrammed, or scheduled instructions.
• Ability to occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, and hear regularly; prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer and frequent use of office equipment are also required.

Nice To Haves

• CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Identify residents before administering treatments or serving meals when necessary.
• Use facility-authorized abbreviations and record clear, informative entries in flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records.
• Report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin breakdown, missing residents, and suspected abuse or misappropriation of property to the appropriate supervisor or administrator.
• Protect residents’ confidential and protected health information, and report suspected unauthorized disclosure or access to facility information systems.
• Perform only nursing procedures and equipment use for which the employee has been trained; follow facility policies, procedures, and work assignments.
• Prepare rooms for incoming residents; greet and escort residents; introduce them to roommates and personnel; help them get comfortable; inventory and mark possessions; store clothing; and assist with packing and transfers or discharge.
• Help create a warm, calm environment and cooperate with nursing and other facility personnel to maintain resident services.
• Participate in scheduled meetings and receive or provide nursing reports as instructed.
• Follow policies concerning exposure to blood and body fluids and report occupational exposures to infectious materials or hazardous chemicals.
• Make beds, provide requested bed covers, and keep residents dry by changing wet or soiled clothing, gowns, and linens.
• Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, respirations, weights, and other data as instructed; record and report food and fluid intake and changes in eating habits.
• Check residents frequently, answer calls promptly, and routinely ensure personal care needs are met in accordance with residents’ wishes.
• Assist residents with meals, food identification, water pitchers, and after-meal care.
• Assist with dental and mouth care, bathing, hair care, dressing, and undressing.
• Help residents prepare for medical tests and physical examinations; perform special treatments and restorative or rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents using beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, and vehicles as needed.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
• Honor residents’ refusal of treatment and report such requests to a supervisor.
• Notify the facility when late or absent and assist with resident evacuation during emergencies when necessary.

What This Job Offers

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