Nursing Assistant PT/PRN (New Rates)

PACS•North Royalton, OH

About The Position

The 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 supports residents’ personal care, comfort, safety, mobility, meals, admissions, transfers, and discharge needs, while observing and reporting changes or concerns to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse. The position also requires accurate documentation and protection of residents’ confidential health information. The role requires a minimum 10th-grade education and a current Certified Nursing Assistant license in accordance with state law. CPR is preferred. The employee must be able to perform the listed duties with or without reasonable accommodation. The work environment generally has low to moderate noise. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Minimum 10th-grade education.
Must hold a Certified Nursing Assistant license 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 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 scheduled instructions where standardization is limited.
Ability to meet the position’s physical demands, with reasonable accommodations where applicable, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 25 pounds and regularly sitting, standing, walking, talking, reading, or hearing.
Must perform nursing care procedures and operate equipment only after receiving appropriate training.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify residents before providing treatments or serving meals when necessary.
Use only facility-authorized abbreviations and document entries accurately and descriptively on flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records.
Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin tears, pressure areas, skin breakdowns, suspected abuse, property misappropriation, missing residents, and other concerns to the appropriate supervisor.
Protect residents’ health information and report suspected unauthorized disclosures or attempts to access facility information systems.
Perform only nursing care procedures and use only equipment for which the employee has been trained; report defective equipment.
Prepare rooms and welcome residents; introduce them to roommates, other residents, and personnel; help them settle in and maintain an atmosphere of warmth and calm.
Inventory, mark, store, pack, and transport residents’ possessions as needed for admissions, room changes, transfers, or discharge.
Participate in nursing reports and scheduled meetings with nursing personnel to identify and address problems or 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, provide extra covers as requested, and keep residents dry by 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 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, hair care, dressing, and undressing.
Assist with resident lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transportation between beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, and other locations.
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.
Notify the facility if late or absent, follow work assignments and schedules, and cooperate with personnel across departments to maintain nursing services.
Assist in evacuating residents during emergency situations as necessary.