Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Our Certified Nursing Assistants provide basic nursing care to residents within the scope of nursing assistant responsibilities and perform basic nursing procedures under the direction of the licensed nurse supervisor. Hiring for 2PM - 10PM and 10PM - AM CNA shifts. Sign-on bonus paid in installments.

Responsibilities

• Participates in and receives nursing report upon reporting for duty and documents information accurately
• Assists with lifting, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
• Assists residents in ambulation with or without self-help devices as instructed
• Accurately measures and records temperatures, pulses, respirations, and blood pressures (TPRs and B/P) as instructed
• Ensures that residents’ personal care needs are being met in accordance with residents’ wishes
• 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
• Advises charge nurse of resident(s) condition at the beginning and end of shift
• Accounts for personal care (i.e., grooming, bathing, catheter care, and dressing) and observation of residents within patient care guidelines
• Identifies and reports any condition requiring management attention
• Provides hydration to all residents according to center policy
• Ensures all protected health information is kept confidential
• Reports all allegations of resident abuse, neglect, and/or misappropriation of resident property
• Provides range of motion exercises
• Assures that residents are positioned appropriately for meals
• Serves food trays and assists with feeding as indicated
• Delivers and documents all a.m., p.m., and bedtime snacks and supplements
• Performs miscellaneous tasks as required by policy or nurse supervisor
• Ability to comply with Company and departmental safety policies and procedures

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk or hear
• Frequently required to use hands or fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, pull/push, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance and 51-100 pounds with assistance
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment with minimal exposure to dust, chemicals, or noise. Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.