Registered Long Term Care CNA

WVU Medicine•Fairmont, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Long Term Care CNA provides assigned patients with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with their assessments and plans of care, as directed by supervisors. The role supports adult and geriatric patients with hygiene, activities of daily living, mobility, feeding, and other care needs; records observations and care information; and follows applicable policies and procedures. The position is full-time, with three 12-hour shifts per week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., for 36 scheduled hours per week. Work weekends, holidays, and all shifts is stated as a requirement.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Current Certified Nursing Assistant certification issued by the state where services are provided, or certification due within three months of hire. In West Virginia, this is Nurse’s Aide Certification through the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
State criminal background check and federal background check if applicable, as required for regulated areas.
Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
Ability to comprehend and follow oral and written instructions and procedures.
Effective reading and comprehension skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Math skills for calculation of medications.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including frequent walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, and feeling; regularly lifting, moving, and positioning patients of all weights; hearing and visual acuity within normal range; and heavy work involving exertion over 100 pounds occasionally, up to 50 pounds frequently, and up to 20 pounds constantly.
Ability to work weekends, holidays, and all shifts.

Nice To Haves

One year of nursing assistant experience in long-term care.

Responsibilities

Record entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records accurately and descriptively according to policy and procedures.
Measure and record patients’ temperatures, pulse, and respirations according to policy and procedures.
Provide care appropriate to adult and geriatric patients’ physical, psychosocial, communication, safety, and education needs, following established age-specific standards.
Use vital signs instrumentation, K-pads, scales, oxygen tanks, drainage systems and suction, SCDs, CPM machines, and bladder scanners according to their manuals.
Assist patients with daily hygiene, including dental and mouth care, bathing, hair care, backrubs, nail care, and shaving.
Clean and clip patients’ nails, except for diabetic patients, according to policy and procedure.
Turn and position bedfast patients every two hours and as needed; assist with bowel and bladder functions and bladder maintenance or bowel and bladder retraining programs.
Answer call bells promptly according to policy and procedure.
Assist with care of dying patients and provide postmortem care according to policy and procedure.
Provide perineal and indwelling catheter care during the shift and as necessary according to policy and procedure.
Assist patients with activities of daily living, with or without adaptive equipment, as instructed by a therapist or nurse.
Serve food trays, assist with feeding as indicated, record food and fluid intake, and help patients with visual impairments identify food on their trays.
Serve between-meal and bedtime snacks.
Lift, turn, move, position, and transport patients into and out of beds, chairs, baths, and wheelchairs using proper body mechanics.
Report allegations of patient abuse or misappropriation of patient property according to federal requirements and policy and procedure.
Report observed accidents and incidents during the shift in which they occur, according to policy and procedure.
Assist patients with specialized feeding techniques as recommended by a speech therapist and in accordance with policy and procedure.
Assist with ambulation, gait training, and CPM administration as instructed by a physical therapist.
Apply orthopedic devices, such as AF orthoses, abduction braces, and hinge-joint immobilizers, as instructed by a physical therapist.
Use safety equipment and supplies, including mechanical lifts and Steady devices, when moving patients who require assistance from more than one person.