Nursing Assistant Full Time

PACS

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 and the direction of supervisors. The role supports residents’ personal care, comfort, safety, mobility, nutrition, and daily routines, while observing and reporting changes or concerns to nursing supervisors. The position requires maintaining residents’ confidentiality, following facility policies and procedures, and performing only care procedures and equipment use for which the employee has been trained. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. Candidates must have at least a 10th-grade education and hold a state-licensed Certified Nursing Assistant credential. CPR is preferred. Work involves regular sitting, standing, walking, and communication; occasional lifting or moving of up to 25 pounds; and may include assisting with resident evacuation during emergencies. The work environment’s noise level is usually low to moderate.

Requirements

At least a 10th-grade education.
Licensed Certified Nursing Assistant credential 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.
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 involving concrete variables where standardization is limited.
Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammed, or scheduled instructions.
Ability to occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.
Ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear as regularly required by the job.
May need to assist in resident evacuation during emergencies.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify residents before administering treatments or serving meals, as necessary.
Use only facility-authorized abbreviations when recording information and make informative, descriptive entries in flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records.
Promptly report resident condition changes, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin tears, pressure areas, skin breakdown, abuse allegations, property misappropriation, and missing residents to the appropriate supervisor or administrator.
Protect residents’ health information and report suspected or known unauthorized disclosure or attempts to access facility information systems.
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 others as appropriate; and help them get comfortable.
Inventory, mark, and store residents’ personal possessions and clothing; assist with packing and transporting residents during room transfers or discharge, including vehicle loading and unloading as necessary.
Help create a warm, calm, and positive atmosphere for residents.
Attend scheduled meetings with nursing personnel to help identify and address problems or improve services; participate in and receive nursing reports as instructed.
Follow policies concerning blood and body fluid exposure and report occupational exposures involving blood, body fluids, infectious materials, or hazardous chemicals.
Make beds and provide extra 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 ensure personal care needs are met in accordance with residents’ wishes.
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.
Complete assigned work and schedules, cooperate with other departments and facility personnel, and notify the facility when late or absent.
Assist with dental and mouth care, bathing, grooming, dressing, and undressing; keep residents dry by changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
Help residents prepare for medical tests and physical examinations.
Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into 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’ requests to refuse treatment and report those requests to a supervisor.
Assist with resident evacuation during emergency situations if necessary.