CNA

PACS•Fort Walton Beach, FL

14d

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 CNA supports residents with personal care, meals, mobility, comfort, room transfers, and preparation for medical tests and examinations; observes residents and reports changes or concerns to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse. The role also requires accurate documentation, protection of resident information, and cooperation with facility personnel. Multiple shifts are available: days, evenings, or nights. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

At least a 10th-grade education.
Must be a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant 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.
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 and interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule-based instructions.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Ability to use a desktop or laptop computer and 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 when necessary.
Use only facility-authorized abbreviations when recording information and document entries informatively and descriptively.
Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents and incidents, complaints and grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin breakdown, allegations of abuse or misappropriation, missing residents, and other concerns to the appropriate supervisor.
Protect residents’ health information and report suspected unauthorized disclosure or access to facility information systems.
Perform only nursing procedures and use only equipment for which trained; report defective equipment.
Prepare rooms for incoming residents; greet and escort residents; introduce them to roommates and personnel; help make them comfortable; inventory, mark, and store possessions; and assist with packing, room transfers, discharge, and vehicle loading or unloading as needed.
Maintain a warm, positive, calm environment and cooperate with facility personnel to maintain nursing services.
Attend and receive nursing reports, meet with nursing personnel as scheduled, and follow assigned work schedules, tasks, policies, and procedures.
Make beds and provide requested extra covers.
Measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, and respirations; weigh and measure residents as instructed.
Frequently check residents who cannot call for help, answer calls promptly, and routinely check that personal-care needs are met.
Assist residents with meal arrangements, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, maintain clean and filled water pitchers within reach, and provide after-meal care.
Assist with dental and mouth care, bathing, grooming, dressing, undressing, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
Assist residents with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transportation in and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts.
Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures and special treatments as instructed.
Assist residents in preparing for medical tests and physical examinations.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
Follow policies for exposure to blood and body fluids and report occupational exposures to infectious materials or hazardous chemicals.
Honor residents’ refusals 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.