CNA

PACS • Napa, CA

5d

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 supervisor direction. The role includes assisting residents with personal care, mobility, meals, room transitions, and preparation for medical procedures, while observing and reporting changes in condition and maintaining accurate records. The CNA helps foster a calm, warm, and respectful environment and protects residents’ privacy, safety, and dignity.

The position requires a minimum of a 10th-grade education and a state-issued Certified Nursing Assistant license. CPR is preferred. The employee may occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds and may need to assist with resident evacuation during emergencies. The work environment is usually low to moderately noisy. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• Minimum of a 10th-grade education.
• Must be licensed as a Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with state law.
• 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 effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems involving a variety of concrete variables and limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule-form instructions.
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear; prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer and frequent use of office equipment are also described.

Nice To Haves

• CPR certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify residents before providing treatments or serving meals, as necessary.
• Use facility-authorized abbreviations and make informative, descriptive entries in flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records.
• Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions, complaints and grievances, accidents and incidents, suspected information-system access, occupational exposures, injuries of unknown source, skin breakdown, abuse allegations, and missing residents to the appropriate supervisor or facility contact.
• Protect the confidentiality of resident information and promptly report known or suspected unauthorized disclosures.
• Perform only nursing procedures and use only equipment for which the employee has been trained; report defective equipment.
• Prepare rooms for incoming residents; greet and escort residents, introduce them to roommates and personnel, help them get comfortable, inventory and mark possessions, and store clothing.
• Assist residents with packing, room transfers, transport to receiving areas, and loading or unloading vehicles as necessary.
• Help maintain a warm, calm, and positive environment; attend and participate in nursing reports and scheduled meetings to identify and address service issues.
• Follow work assignments, schedules, established policies, and instructions; cooperate with facility and interdepartmental personnel; notify the facility when late or absent.
• Make beds and provide requested extra covers; check on residents frequently, answer calls promptly, and ensure personal care needs are met.
• Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, and respirations; weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Assist residents with food arrangements, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, keep water pitchers clean and filled, and provide after-meal care.
• Assist residents with dental and mouth care, bathing, grooming, dressing, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
• Assist residents with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transportation between beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts.
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests and physical examinations; 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 those requests to a supervisor.
• Assist with resident evacuation during emergency situations when necessary.

What This Job Offers

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