Cna Jobs in Milwaukee, NC

About The Position

Requirements

• At least a 10th-grade education.
• A current Certified Nursing Assistant license in accordance with state law.
• 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 concrete variables and limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule-based instructions.
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear regularly; prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer and frequent use of office equipment are also required.

Nice To Haves

• CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Identify residents before providing treatments or serving meals, as necessary.
• Use only facility-authorized abbreviations and make informative, descriptive entries in flow sheets, notes, charts, and other records.
• Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin tears, pressure areas, and skin breakdowns to the appropriate supervisor.
• Protect resident confidentiality and protected health information; report suspected or known unauthorized disclosure, system access attempts, abuse, or misappropriation of resident property.
• Perform only nursing care procedures and use only equipment for which the CNA has been trained; report defective equipment.
• Prepare rooms for incoming residents, greet and escort residents, introduce them to roommates and personnel, make them comfortable, and inventory, mark, store, pack, or transport their belongings as needed.
• Help residents transfer between rooms and assist with loading and unloading residents from vehicles when necessary.
• Maintain a warm, calm, and positive environment, and participate in shift nursing reports and meetings to identify and address problems or improve services.
• Follow policies for exposure to blood and body fluids, and report occupational exposures to infectious materials or hazardous chemicals.
• Make beds, add covers as requested, and measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, respirations, weights, and measurements as instructed.
• Frequently check residents who cannot call for help, answer calls promptly, and routinely check that personal care needs are being met in accordance with residents’ wishes.
• 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 with dental and mouth care, bathing, grooming, dressing, undressing, and changing wet or soiled clothing and linens.
• Prepare residents for medical tests and physical examinations; assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts.
• Perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special treatments as instructed.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report information as instructed.
• Immediately notify the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse if a resident leaves or is missing from the facility.
• Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report those requests to a supervisor.
• Follow work assignments and schedules, cooperate with facility and inter-departmental personnel, and notify the facility when late or absent.
• Assist with evacuating residents during emergency situations when necessary.