Restorative Certified Nursing Assistant

Optalis Healthcare • Allen Park, MI

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About The Position

The Restorative Certified Nursing Assistant carries out individualized Restorative Nursing Programs to help residents preserve or improve physical independence and self-care abilities. The role includes assisting with exercises, mobility and transfers, activities of daily living, restorative devices, bowel and bladder programs, and dining. The CENA documents restorative activity and resident changes and works with nurses and therapists on delegated therapy-maintenance tasks. Other duties may be assigned; the listed duties are not all-inclusive.

Responsibilities

• Administer active and passive range-of-motion exercises and general strengthening routines according to individualized Restorative Nursing Programs.
• Assist residents with bed mobility, safe mechanical or manual transfers, standing, and ambulation to maximize physical independence.
• Guide and cue residents during activities of daily living, including dressing, grooming, eating, and swallowing, to preserve self-care abilities.
• Fit, monitor, and maintain restorative devices, such as splints, braces, cones, specialized cushions, and positioning aids.
• Implement and support established bladder and bowel retraining protocols.
• Assist residents with dining for meals.
• Track daily restorative activity minutes, record vital signs and weights, and chart progress or changes in resident motivation and condition for nurses and therapists.
• Partner with physical therapists, occupational therapists, and charge nurses to carry out delegated therapy-maintenance tasks.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed