Cna Jobs in Brooklyn Park, MD

About The Position

Requirements

• Current Massachusetts Nurse’s aide certification.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Basic Life Support Certification for Health Care Providers within 30 days of the start date.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age-related needs of the residents served.
• Strong interpersonal, customer service, and time management skills.
• Ability to function within the standards of practice accorded by Nurse Assistant certification.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with current office technology and proficiency with computer office applications, including Electronic Medical/Health Records and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Dress, groom, bathe, and feed patients, and take and record vital signs.
• Complete activities of daily living (ADL) functions and document care provided.
• Answer call lights; assist with toileting, oral care, nail care, catheter care, wheelchair use, and transportation; turn bedridden patients; report patient changes; and take out trash.
• Provide simple or uncomplicated patient care while caring for medically complex patients and residents requiring specialized treatment and services.
• Bathe and dress bed patients, comb their hair, and attend to their comfort and personal appearance.
• Clean rooms and change bed linen.
• Take and record temperature, pulse, and respiration rate.
• Sterilize equipment and supplies using germicides or sterilizers.
• Prepare food trays, feed patients, and record food and liquid intake and output.
• Maintain confidentiality of resident care information, including protected health information; report known or suspected unauthorized disclosures; and adhere to residents’ rights.
• Monitor and observe patients and report changes in medical status to a Licensed RN.
• Provide care for post-operative, orthopedic, neurologically compromised, cardiopulmonary, and other patients.
• Maintain patient safety when caring for patients receiving oxygen therapy or IV infusion therapy, or using saline locks, traction, G-tubes, NG tubes, catheters, and CPM machines.
• Contribute to and model teamwork and the team concept.
• Make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
• Apply knowledge of therapeutic diets and distribute meals and nourishment according to specific orders.
• Communicate tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies and personnel, and the general public.
• Work harmoniously with other personnel and handle difficult residents with patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, and enthusiasm.
• Seek out new methods and principles and incorporate them into existing nursing practices.
• Relate information concerning a resident’s condition.
• Perform other related work or personal nursing care duties as requested.
• Challenge current working practices, identify process improvement opportunities, and present recommendations and solutions to management.
• Participate in, support, and promote CCHC Pillars of Excellence and the organization’s culture of continuous improvement.