Certified Nursing Assistant - Full Time

Primary Responsibilities

• Assisting residents with Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s)
• Bathing, dressing, toileting and dining residents
• Documenting resident care
• Maintaining a clean and safe home-like environment

Qualifications

• Completed 80-hour certification courses in Geriatric Nursing or enrolled
• Passed Virginia NACEP test after completion of 80-hour certification course
• Current Nursing Assistant license through Virginia Board of Nursing
• CPR and First Aid certification or ability to obtain
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with confidential information and maintain its integrity
• Ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to detail and have good organizational skills
• Ability to work in stressful environment and deal with medical emergency situations
• Strong customer service skills; maintain a hospitality approach to engaging with all individuals

Requirements

• Communicate with staff at beginning and end of each shift to relay vital information about the shift and any residents concerns
• Anticipate resident’s needs to help prevent resident falls
• Adhere to hand hygiene and isolation precautions to prevent transmission of organisms
• Bathe residents according to preference and schedule
• Ensure that residents are covered during bathing process
• Provide tub bath, shower or bed bath regularly
• Use poncho while transporting in hallway
• Provide foot and nail care with every bath
• Transfer, lift and turn residents using good body mechanics and proper protocol
• Absorb and assist residents to change positions according to care plans
• Report complaints of pain to nurse assigned to resident
• Use gentle handling to prevent skin tears, abrasions and lacerations; if these occur or are observed, report to nurse immediately
• Provide toileting needs according to individual resident needs
• Accurately record this information daily
• Report changes in resident elimination to nurse promptly
• Encourage and allow residents to walk to and/or from meals, bathroom activities, etc. given current ambulation orders
• Give or supervise mouth care to each resident as assigned at least once per shift
• Answer resident call bells in a timely manner, responding to calls bells within 3-6 minutes on a consistent basis
• Observe residents for changes and/or problems and report them immediately
• Report all changes and/or problems to staff nurse promptly
• Absorb and assist in keeping C.N.A. care plans current and accurate
• Maintain resident rooms neat and uncluttered
• Straighten closets, bedside stand, dress, etc.
• Correct safety issues regarding resident-care environment or equipment and complete maintenance or housekeeping requests as appropriate to keep environment free of unnecessary risks
• Correct immediately or report them to supervisor
• Prepare residents and transport them to beauty shop, physical therapy, activities and for scheduled outside appointments as needed
• Have residents ready and to appointed places consistently
• Record/report vital signs and pertinent information
• Document care given accurately
• Report all abnormal temperature and blood pressure results to staff nurse promptly
• Record resident information on mood/behavior forms, ADL flow sheets and daily care flow sheets
• Serve residents trays; feed residents requiring assistance and encourage residents as needed
• Provide bib/cover-up if needed
• If feeding is required, complete in an unhurried manner and feed in appropriate serving order
• Serve trays within 15 minutes of arrival to unit
• Operate patient care equipment such as, but not limited to, electric and manual high/low hospital bed, wheelchair, mechanical lifts, scales, thermometers, etc. in order to perform essential job duties on a daily basis
• Take direction from staff nurse and ensure assignments/instructions are understood and carried out
• Utilize time to best advantage to meet job requirements and residents’ needs
• Complete items on “to do” sheets and return list to staff nurse prior to end of scheduled shift
• Advise staff nurse well in advance of shift end if items will not be able to be completed