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About The Position

Requirements

• Must possess, as a minimum, an 10th grade education.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Must be a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with laws of the state.
• Regularly required to sit, stand; walk and talk, read or hear.
• Frequent use of all office related equipment to include copier/scanner/fax, telephone, and calculator.

Nice To Haves

• CPR Preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide routine daily nursing care and services to assigned residents according to their assessment and care plan.
• Identify residents before administering treatments or serving meals.
• Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, and charts in an informative and descriptive manner.
• Report all changes in resident condition, accidents, and incidents to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse promptly.
• Maintain resident confidentiality and report any suspected violations.
• Perform only trained nursing care procedures.
• Prepare resident rooms for new admissions.
• Greet residents, escort them to their rooms, and introduce them to others.
• Assist residents with packing personal possessions for transfers or discharge.
• Transport residents to new rooms or receiving areas, and assist with loading/unloading from vehicles.
• Create and maintain a warm, personal, and positive atmosphere, and a calm environment.
• Participate in shift meetings to identify and correct problem areas and improve services.
• Report all resident complaints and grievances.
• Participate in and receive nursing reports.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Make beds, put extra covers on beds as requested.
• Measure and record resident temperatures, pulses, and respirations (TPRs), and weigh and measure residents.
• Ensure residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Answer resident calls promptly.
• Check residents routinely to ensure personal care needs are met.
• Assist residents with identifying food arrangements and record food/fluid intake, reporting changes in eating habits.
• Keep resident water pitchers clean, filled, and within reach.
• Perform after-meal care.
• Follow work assignments and schedules.
• Cooperate with inter-departmental and facility personnel.
• Notify the facility when late or absent.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals.
• Assist residents with daily functions such as dental and mouth care, bathing, grooming, and dressing.
• Keep residents dry by changing gowns, clothing, and linens when wet or soiled.
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests and physical examinations.
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Observe and report pressure areas and skin breakdowns to prevent bedsores.
• Report injuries of an unknown source, including skin tears.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record/report data.
• Perform special treatments as instructed.
• Immediately notify the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse of any resident leaving or missing from the facility.
• Report defective equipment.
• Report all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property.
• Honor resident refusal of treatment requests and report them to the supervisor.