CNA

PACS

6d•$24 - $29•Onsite

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 and supervisor direction. The role includes assisting with personal care, meals, mobility, transfers, monitoring, and comfort, while observing residents and reporting changes or concerns to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse. The CNA must follow facility procedures, protect resident privacy, and perform only care procedures and use equipment for which they have been trained.

Requirements

At least a 10th-grade education.
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, and schedule-based instructions.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Ability to assist with evacuating residents during emergencies when necessary.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification

Responsibilities

Identify residents before providing treatments or serving meals, and document care and observations accurately using facility-approved abbreviations.
Report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries, suspected abuse, missing residents, and equipment defects to the appropriate supervisor.
Protect confidential resident information and report suspected unauthorized disclosure or attempts to access facility information systems.
Prepare rooms and welcome, escort, and orient residents; help inventory, store, pack, and transport their possessions during room transfers or discharge.
Promote a calm, warm, and positive environment, and cooperate with nursing and other facility personnel.
Attend and receive nursing reports and participate in scheduled discussions to identify and address service issues.
Make beds and provide 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 call lights 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, and provide after-meal care.
Prepare residents for medical tests and physical examinations, and assist with lifting, turning, positioning, transfers, and transportation using appropriate equipment.
Perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments as instructed.
Observe for pressure areas, skin breakdown, injuries of unknown source, and changes in disoriented or comatose residents; record and report findings as instructed.
Follow policies for exposure to blood and body fluids and report occupational exposures involving infectious materials or hazardous chemicals.
Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report them to a supervisor.
Follow assigned tasks, work schedules, facility policies, and procedures, and notify the facility when late or absent.