FT NIGHT STNA

PACS

About The Position

The STNA provides assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with each resident’s assessment and care plan, supervisor direction, and facility policies and procedures. The role includes assisting residents with personal care, mobility, meals, comfort, room transitions, and preparation for examinations and treatments. The STNA observes residents, records relevant information, promptly reports changes or concerns, and protects the confidentiality of resident information. This is a night position with no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Must have at least a 10th-grade education.
Must be a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with state laws.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and 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 limited standardization and interpret written, oral, diagrammed, or scheduled instructions.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Ability to assist with resident evacuation during emergencies when necessary.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify residents before providing treatments or serving meals, and perform only nursing procedures for which the employee has been trained.
Record information accurately and descriptively in flow sheets, notes, charts, and other required records using facility-authorized abbreviations.
Promptly report changes in resident condition, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, pressure areas, skin breakdown, suspected abuse, property misappropriation, and missing residents to the appropriate supervisor.
Protect resident health information and report suspected or known unauthorized disclosure or access to facility information systems.
Prepare rooms for admissions; greet and escort residents; introduce them to roommates and personnel; make them comfortable; inventory and store possessions; and assist with room transfers, discharge packing, and transportation.
Help maintain a warm, calm, and positive environment, and cooperate with facility and inter-departmental personnel to maintain nursing services.
Attend and participate in nursing reports and scheduled meetings with nursing personnel.
Make beds, provide extra covers as requested, and keep residents who cannot call for help under frequent observation.
Answer resident calls promptly and routinely check that residents' personal care needs are being met.
Measure and record temperatures, pulses, respirations, weights, and other measurements as instructed.
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, grooming, dressing, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
Help residents prepare for medical tests and physical examinations; perform assigned restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments.
Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents in and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
Honor resident refusals of treatment and report them to a supervisor.
Follow blood and body-fluid exposure procedures and report occupational exposures to infectious materials or hazardous chemicals.
Use only equipment for which the employee has been trained and report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor or Charge Nurse.
Follow assigned work schedules and notify the facility when late or absent.