CNA

Position Summary

Provides basic nursing care to residents within the scope of the nursing assistant responsibilities and performs basic nursing procedures under the direction of the licensed nurse supervisor.

Principal 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 beginning and end of shift
• Ability to comply with Company and departmental safety policies and procedures
• Account for personal care (i.e. Grooming, bathing, catheter care, and dressing), and observation of residents within patient care guidelines
• Identify and report 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 exercise
• 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

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk or hear
• Frequently required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and 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. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.