CNA

About the role

The Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) plays a crucial role in providing high-quality routine daily nursing care to residents and patients, ensuring their comfort, safety, and well-being.

Responsibilities

• Care Management and Service Delivery - 80%
• Provides daily resident and patient care in accordance with the nursing procedures and as instructed by the Charge Nurse.
• Maintains the Plan of Care for the resident or patient.
• Performs Activities of Daily Living (ADL) including personal hygiene, elimination, comfort and safety, ambulation, lifting, skin care, nutrition, and hydration.
• Affords assistance with the care of the dying resident and provides post-mortem care.
• Monitors and reports the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdown.
• Applies nursing treatments as required.
• Carries out daily rehabilitative/restorative procedures as needed.
• Creates and maintains a warm and calm environment throughout the unit.
• Responds promptly to resident calls.
• Operations Management - 10%
• Checks rooms for all medications and unauthorized food items, reporting findings to the Charge Nurse.
• Maintains resident and patient rooms, work areas/equipment in a clean, sanitary, and safe manner, following established infection control/standard precautions, and reporting hazardous conditions immediately.
• Attends care conferences, all-employee, and departmental meetings as scheduled or directed.
• Shares observations and insights that can improve departmental operations.
• Administration and Reporting - 10%
• Measures and records all entries, such as ADL coding, intake/output, temperatures, weight, etc., in the electronic medical record (EMR) or as directed by the Charge Nurse.
• Reports all changes in resident’s or patient’s condition to the Charge Nurse as soon as practical.
• Reports all concerns and complaints voiced or shared by residents, patients, or family members.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) in good standing on the Ohio Department of Health Nurse Aide Registry required.
• No prior experience required; on-the-job training provided.

Other Requirements

• Able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Subject to sitting, standing, walking, lifting up to 50 pounds, working weekends, evenings, and holidays as required.
• Exposure to various conditions, infectious waste, diseases, and potential exposure to the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses.
• Subject to risk category for exposure to bloodborne diseases - I.