KC-CNA (7am-3pm) Full Time

McCrite Plaza • Kansas City, MO

5d

About The Position

The Nursing Assistant’s primary function is to provide basic patient care to help residents with activities of daily living. This position will perform duties such as bathe, dress, move residents as directed or needed. As a L1MA/CMT, this position will administer medications as directed and chart reactions toward the medications.

Physical and Other Requirements:  Primarily this position works in residents' rooms as well as other areas and is subject to lifting, transporting, and supporting residents.  In addition, this position interacts with residents, family members, staff, etc., under all conditions and circumstances and must be constantly alert for resident safety. This position is also subject to exposure to infectious diseases, conditions, etc., including the Hepatitis B viruses. This position operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.  This position requires the following abilities as essential to for the position:
Ability to sit, stand, bend, stoop, stretch, crawl, crouch, kneel, balance, finger, grasp, push, pull, reach, or walk.

Ability to lift people/objects from a lower to higher posi­tion or moving people/objects along a horizontal level but from position to position. This includes lifting and carrying weights in the 35 to 50 pound range

Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, bend, stoop, stretch, crawl, crouch, kneel, balance, finger, grasp, push, pull, reach, or walk.
• Ability to lift people/objects from a lower to higher posi­tion or moving people/objects along a horizontal level but from position to position. This includes lifting and carrying weights in the 35 to 50 pound range

Responsibilities

• Provide direct resident care as assigned, to assist with daily living activities, and perform nursing care as noted below: Take mail to resident.
• Take meal tray to resident.
• Conduct security checks and provide first aide assistance.
• Answer call lights within designated timeframe.
• Help resident get to and from places such as his/her apartment to dining room, activity room, beauty shop, etc.
• Give baths or showers to residents.
• Complete oral hygiene and toileting.
• Assist with dressing the resident.
• Pamper resident if asked (i.e. converse with resident, play cards, take a walk).
• Conduct resident rounds daily and complete charting on residents.
• Check on sick residents periodically.
• Provide assistance in catered/assisted living dining room.
• Responsible for the safety of residents under his/her supervision.
• Participate in facility continuing education programs as required.
• Follow facility procedures for admission, discharge, and transfer of residents.
• Listen to resident, family, or physician concerns and initiate corrective action and/or report concerns to DON.
• Operate hydration cart and provide to residents as scheduled or requested.
• Must be able to work any shift as directed by the DON.
• Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Operate computers programmed with software needed to record, store, and analyze resident information; operate copy/fax/printer machines to send documents and produce documents.
• Perform other related duties as directed by the DON

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees