CNA

PACS

22d

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 position supports residents’ personal care, comfort, safety, nutrition, mobility, and transition needs, while observing and reporting changes in condition, injuries, incidents, complaints, and other concerns to nursing supervisors. The CNA follows facility policies and procedures, maintains resident confidentiality, and performs only care procedures and equipment use for which they have been trained. The position requires a minimum of a 10th-grade education and a state license as a Certified Nursing Assistant. CPR is preferred. The employee must be able to read and interpret written information, write reports and correspondence, apply basic mathematical concepts, and solve practical problems. Physical demands include occasionally lifting or moving up to 25 pounds; regularly sitting, standing, walking, and communicating; and prolonged computer use. The employee may need to assist with resident evacuation during emergencies. The work environment is usually low to moderate in noise level.

Requirements

Must possess at least a 10th-grade education.
Must hold a Certified Nursing Assistant license 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, and to 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 and interpret instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear as required by the job.
Ability to use a desktop or laptop computer for prolonged periods and frequently use office equipment, including a copier/scanner/fax, telephone, and calculator.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify residents before administering treatments or serving meals, as necessary.
Use only facility-authorized abbreviations and record information in an informative, descriptive manner on flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records.
Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions, observed accidents and incidents, complaints and grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin tears, pressure areas, missing residents, and suspected abuse or property misappropriation to the appropriate supervisor.
Protect resident health information and report suspected or known unauthorized disclosure or attempts to access facility information systems.
Perform only nursing care procedures and use only equipment for which the CNA has been trained; report defective equipment.
Prepare rooms for incoming residents, welcome and escort residents, introduce them to roommates and facility personnel, help them get comfortable, and inventory, mark, store, pack, or transport their possessions as needed.
Help load and unload residents from vehicles when necessary and transport residents to new rooms or receiving areas.
Maintain a warm, calm, and positive atmosphere for residents.
Participate in nursing reports and scheduled meetings with nursing personnel to identify problems and improve services.
Follow policies concerning exposure to blood and body fluids and report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals.
Make beds and add covers as requested.
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 verify that personal care needs are being met in accordance with residents’ wishes.
Help residents identify foods on their trays and record food and fluid intake; report changes in eating habits.
Keep water pitchers clean, filled with fresh water, and within residents’ reach; provide after-meal care.
Complete assigned work according to established policies, procedures, work assignments, and schedules; cooperate with facility and interdepartmental personnel; and notify the facility when late or absent.
Assist residents with oral and dental care, bathing, hair care, dressing, undressing, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
Prepare residents for medical tests and physical examinations.
Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents in and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts.
Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures and special treatments as instructed.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report requests to a supervisor.
Assist with resident evacuation during emergency situations when necessary.