CNA

Responsibilities

• Assist with daily living activities.
• This includes delivering meals to patients, turning and ambulating patients and providing plenty of fresh water, as well as extra nourishment between meals.
• Help patients with personal hygiene.
• Provide patients with bedpans, help with baths, shampoos and showers.
• Provide adjunct care for the patient, including ice packs, non-sterile dressings and therapeutic baths.
• Check vital signs and record daily information in the patient’s chart.
• Assist the nurses and other staff as needed.

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team and to handle multiple tasks safely and effectively
• Good communication skills, including the ability to communicate sensitive information with empathy (“bedside manner”)
• High tolerance for working under pressure and handling critical situations with a cool head

Requirements

• CNA (Required)