Cna Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Current Certified Nursing Assistant certification issued by the state where services are provided, or certification due within three months of hire. In West Virginia, this is Nurse’s Aide Certification through the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
• State criminal background check and federal background check if applicable, as required for regulated areas.
• Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
• Ability to comprehend and follow oral and written instructions and procedures.
• Effective reading and comprehension skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Math skills for medication calculations.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including frequent walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, and feeling; regularly moving and positioning patients of all weights; normal-range hearing and vision; and heavy work involving exertion above 100 pounds occasionally, up to 50 pounds frequently, and up to 20 pounds constantly.

Nice To Haves

• One year of nursing assistant experience in long-term care.

Responsibilities

• Record accurate, informative entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, and other documentation according to policy and procedure.
• Measure and record patients’ temperatures, pulse, and respirations according to policy and procedure.
• Provide care appropriate to adult and geriatric patients’ physical, psychosocial, communication, safety, and educational needs.
• Use vital signs instrumentation, K-pad, scales, oxygen tanks, drainage systems or suction, SCDs, CPM machine, and Bladder Scanner according to their manuals.
• Assist patients with daily hygiene, including dental and mouth care, bathing, hair care, backrubs, nail care, and shaving.
• Provide nail cleaning and clipping, except for diabetic patients as specified by policy.
• Turn and position bedfast patients every two hours and as needed; assist with bowel and bladder functions and maintenance or retraining programs.
• Answer call bells promptly according to policy and procedure.
• Assist with care of dying patients and provide postmortem care according to policy and procedure.
• Provide perineal and indwelling catheter care during the shift and as needed.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living, with or without adaptive equipment, according to therapist or nurse instructions.
• Serve food trays, assist with feeding as indicated, record food and fluid intake, and help patients with visual impairments identify food on their trays.
• Serve between-meal and bedtime snacks.
• Lift, turn, move, position, and transport patients to and from beds, chairs, baths, and wheelchairs using proper body mechanics.
• Report allegations of patient abuse or misappropriation of patient property according to federal requirements and policy.
• Report observed accidents and incidents during the shift in which they occur according to policy and procedure.
• Assist patients with specialized feeding techniques recommended by the speech therapist and consistent with policy and procedure.
• Assist with ambulation, gait training, and CPM administration as instructed by the physical therapist.
• Apply orthopedic devices, including AF orthosis, abduction braces, and hinge joint immobilizers, as instructed by the physical therapist.
• Use safety equipment and supplies, including mechanical lifts and Steady devices, when moving patients who require assistance from more than one person.