CNA

About the Role

Provide routine daily nursing care and services to assigned residents in accordance with their assessment and care plan, under the direction of supervisors.

Responsibilities

• Identify residents using wristbands or photo cards before administering treatments or serving meals.
• Use only authorized abbreviations when recording information.
• Report all changes in resident’s condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse promptly.
• Record entries on flow sheets, notes, and charts in an informative and descriptive manner.
• Report all accidents and incidents observed during the shift.
• Maintain confidentiality of resident’s protected health information and report violations.
• Report unauthorized attempts to access the facility’s information system.
• Perform only nursing care procedures for which you have been trained.
• Prepare resident’s room for admission (e.g., bed made, name tags, admission kit available).
• Greet residents, escort them to their room, and introduce them to roommates and staff.
• Inventory and mark resident’s personal possessions as instructed.
• Assist residents with packing personal possessions for room transfers or discharges.
• Transport residents to new rooms or receiving areas and assist with loading/unloading from vehicles.
• Maintain a warm, personal, and calm environment for residents.
• Meet regularly with nursing personnel to identify and correct problem areas or improve services.
• Report all resident complaints and grievances.
• Participate in and receive nursing reports as instructed.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Perform routine tasks such as making beds, measuring vital signs (TPRs), and weighing residents.
• Check on residents unable to call for help frequently and answer resident calls promptly.
• Assist residents with meals, including identifying food arrangements and recording food/fluid intake.
• Keep residents’ water pitchers clean, filled, and within easy reach.
• Perform after-meal care (e.g., removing trays, cleaning residents).
• Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Follow work assignments and schedules to complete tasks.
• Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel to maintain nursing services.
• Notify the facility of lateness or absence from work.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, or hazardous chemicals.
• Assist residents with daily functions (e.g., dental care, bathing, dressing).
• Keep residents dry by changing gowns, clothing, and linens when wet or soiled.
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests (e.g., lab work, x-rays).
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Prepare residents for physical examinations.
• Check residents routinely to ensure personal care needs are met.
• Observe and report pressure areas, skin breakdowns, or injuries of unknown source.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents and report data as instructed.
• Perform special treatments as instructed.
• Report any resident leaving or missing from the facility immediately.
• Use only equipment you have been trained to use and report defective equipment.
• Maintain confidentiality of all resident care information.
• Report allegations of resident abuse or misappropriation of property.
• Honor resident’s refusal of treatment and report such requests to supervisors.

Requirements

• Minimum 10th grade education.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Ability to apply mathematical concepts (fractions, percentages, ratios) to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems with limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Licensed Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in accordance with state laws.
• CPR certification preferred.

Physical Demands

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Prolonged use of desktop or laptop computer.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear.
• Frequent use of office equipment (copier, scanner, fax, telephone, calculator).
• May assist in evacuating residents during emergencies.

Work Environment

• Noise level is usually low to moderate.