STNA - Norwalk Memorial Home - Full time Day Shift

Fisher-Titus Medical Center•Norwalk, OH

About The Position

A State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) works under the supervision or direction of an RN or LPN, assisting staff nurses in the treatment and safe, optimal care of residents in accordance with Fisher-Titus Medical Center and Norwalk Memorial Home methods, policies, and procedures. The position is full time on the day shift at Norwalk Memorial Home, with hours from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Responsibilities

Prepare the unit, resident rooms, and beds for admissions or transfers.
Assist with resident admissions, transfers, and discharges, accompanying residents when necessary; use the call light system as needed.
Provide morning care, including bathing, changing linens, and dressing residents; provide evening and other general care as needed throughout the 24-hour day.
Assist with restorative care.
Accurately record vital signs, weight, height, intake and output, consumption, and other required documentation as directed.
Provide resident care, including positioning, lifting, turning, and ambulating residents, using special equipment as necessary.
Prepare residents for meals; distribute food trays, water, and nourishment; feed residents or assist them to and from the dining room; encourage intake as indicated.
Under supervision, perform general care activities for residents in precautionary situations and provide post-mortem care.
Make rounds on residents and promptly answer resident call lights; practice universal precautions.
Encourage restoration of function and help prevent resident deterioration to the extent possible; encourage residents to attend prescribed therapies.
Handle and care for residents’ clothing and other personal property from admission through discharge.
Transport residents to and from various areas as needed.
Collect specimens and transport them to the proper area as needed.