Certified Nursing Asst

Description

THIS POSITION IS LOCATED IN BLYTHEVILLE, AR

About the role

The Certified Nursing Assistant supports medical staff in administering care to residents with various injuries, illnesses or disabilities. The position requires patience, compassion, and a desire to care for the elderly in a gentle and empathetic manner.

Responsibilities

• Provides supportive services to nurse(s) and other staff as needed and performs duties as assigned.
• Affords assistance to residents with or performs activities of daily living for residents in accordance with care plans and established policies and procedures.
• Affords assistance to residents with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
• Coordinates dining room services at assigned mealtimes, including set-up and clean-up, meal tray delivery, feeding assistance, and documentation of meal intake.
• Delivers nutritional supplements to residents at assigned times and affords assistance as necessary to ensure intake.
• Documents intake accordingly.
• Affords assistance with weighing residents according to facility policy, and records weight in designated locations.
• Reports weight changes to nurse and supervisor.
• Affords assistance with tracking the condition of the resident’s skin.
• Reports any presence of pressure areas, skin breakdown or skin tears to nurse and supervisor.
• Affords assistance with carrying out toileting program activities.
• Completes flow sheets daily to indicate that the specified task was done.
• Documents the progress of each resident as directed by supervisor.
• Keeps nurse and supervisor informed of factors that interfere with being able to perform the work as assigned (i.e., resident refusal, reassigned to nursing unit).
• Reports changes in a resident’s condition to the resident’s nurse and supervisor.

Requirements

• Certified Nursing Aide in good standing with the certification board or is a graduate of a state-approved nursing assistant training program and passed a state-approved competency examination (written and skills) within 120 days of employment
• Required: High School Graduate/GED preferred.
• Preferred: Current CPR/BLS certification.
• Preferred: At least one year of experience as a certified nursing assistant in long-term care.
• Must be able to express self adequately in written and oral communication and to communicate effectively in an interdisciplinary care setting with residents, families, and staff members.