Nursing Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Maintains high standards for work areas, attitude and appearance
• Understands that honest and ethics are essential in the performance of duties
• Willing to learn and grow
• Demonstrates maturity in judgement and behaviors
• Must be a supportive team member, contribute to and be an example of teamwork and team concept
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health and safety of other individuals in the workplace
• Accepts and responds to constructive criticism
• Able to work a flexible schedule
• Maintains predictable and reliable attendance
• High School Diploma or HSE
• An active and valid HHA certification required
• Proficiency with computers and standard office software
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care primarily to the geriatric population

Nice To Haves

• Current Nursing Assistant certification in New York State desired

Responsibilities

• Documents all cares provided in EMR
• Reports all changes in the residents condition to the LPN
• Agrees not to disclose assigned user ID code and password for accessing resident/facility information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator
• Agrees not to disclose residents protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure
• Reports any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access facilitys information system
• Performs all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors
• Cooperated with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel to ensure that nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents
• Creates and maintains an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift
• Meets with nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services
• Reports all complaints and grievances made by the resident
• Reports occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals to your supervisor
• Reports known or suspected incidents of fraud to the Administrator/Corporate Compliance Officer
• Ensures that departmental computer workstations left unattended are property logged off or the password protected automatic screen-saver activates within established facility policy guidelines
• Participates in and receive the nursing report for duty
• Assists resident with all grooming tasks each shift, including but not limited to, oral/dental care, bathing, dressing, hair care, shaving, nail care
• Assists resident with bowel and bladder functions and any incontinence care, ensuring residents are dry
• Assists in transporting residents to/from appointments, activity and social programs, etc., as necessary
• Assists with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, etc. as per ISP, using proper body mechanics.
• Assists residents to walk with or without self-help devices as instructed
• Weighs and measures residents as instructed
• Answers residents calls as promptly as feasible, ensuring that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently
• Assist with the care of a dying resident and provide post-mortem care as instructed
• Making and changing beds
• Prepares residents for meals (i,e., take to bathroom, wash hands, comb hair, raise beds, position tables, place clothing protectors or napkins, take to/from dining room, etc.)
• Serves food trays. Assists with feeding as indicated (i.e., cutting foods, feeding, assist in dining room supervision, etc.)
• Assists residents with identifying food arrangements (i.e., informing resident with sight problems of foods that are on his/her tray, where it is located, if it is hot/cold, etc.)
• Assists with between meal and bedtime snacks as requested
• Performs after meal care (i.e., remove trays, clean residents hands, face, clothing, take to bathroom, brush teeth, clean dentures, etc.)
• Checks rooms for food articles (i.e., food in proper container, unauthorized food items, etc.)
• Attends and participates in scheduled training and educational classes to maintain current certification as a Home Health Aide
• Attends and participates in scheduled orientation programs and activities
• Attends and participates in facility in-service training programs as instructed
• Washes hands before and after performing any service for the resident
• Keeps the nurses call system within easy reach of the resident
• Immediately notifies the LPN of any resident leaving/missing from the facility
• Follows established safety precautions in the performance of all duties
• Reports any communicable or infectious disease to the Director of Nursing Services and/or to the Infection Control Coordinator
• Follows established isolation precautions and procedures
• Wears and/or uses safety equipment and supplies (e.g., gait belt, mechanical lifts, etc.) when lifting or moving residents as per ISP
• Reports missing/illegible labels and SDSs to your supervisor
• Uses only the equipment you have been trained to use in a safe manner
• Reports defective equipment to the LPN
• Informs the LPN of your equipment and supply needs
• Maintains the confidentiality of all residents care information including protected health information. Report known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of such information
• Ensures that you treat all residents fairly, and with kindness, dignity, and respect, knocking before entering room, ensuring privacy for all care provided
• Reporting all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property
• Honors the residents refusal of treatment request. Report such requests to your supervisor
• Completes all required training and in-services
• All other duties as assigned