Certified Nurse Aide (71526)

About the role

Come join an amazing team! Our care teams are true caregivers. They serve patients with dedication and compassion and are the heart of our patients’ care and recovery. Whether providing direct care or operational support, Priority Management seeks people who share our commitment to providing excellent care to our patients and residents.

Responsibilities

• Provides residents’ personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths.
• Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding residents as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning residents.
• Affords assistance with lifting, positioning and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc., in keeping with specific resident safety needs; participates in meal service including serving, clearing, and cleaning the dining room; assures that residents are positioned appropriately for meals; assures that appropriate utensils are within reach of residents; serves food trays and assists with feeding as indicated; delivers and documents all a.m., p.m., and bedtime snacks and supplements; provides hydration to all residents according to center policy.
• Provides resident comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transports residents; answers resident call lights and requests; reports observations of the resident to nursing supervisor.
• Maintains resident stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information.
• Protects company’s integrity by keeping resident information confidential.
• Serves and protect the center’s community by adhering to professional standards, company policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.
• Reviews care plans routinely to determine if changes in the residents’ care routines have been made.
• Participates in and receives nursing report upon reporting for duty and during shift change.
• Makes beds (occupied and unoccupied); changes bed linens and keeps linens tight to avoid wrinkles from forming under residents; handles linens according to infection control guidelines.
• Assists residents with bowel and bladder functions.
• Maintains cleanliness of resident units, central bathing area, treatment and supply rooms, workrooms and linen closets; cleans bedpans, urinals and commodes; washes basins and emesis basins; sanitizes bathtub after each resident’s use; cleans floors if resident is incontinent; wipes spilled foods and liquids.
• Provides post-mortem care as instructed.

Qualifications

• Must have valid certification in good standing
• High School graduate preferred