CNA, Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center (PT Evenings)

Requirements

• Assists with physical care of residents including oral hygiene, weighing residents, showering/bathing residents, transferring and repositioning residents, assisting with dressing and grooming activities and restorative nursing procedures.
• Cares for resident's clothing and property as necessary.
• Passes trays and feeds residents.
• Monitors routine vital signs.
• Changes linens and makes beds.
• Keeps licensed staff informed of unit-related problems and resident-related problems or changes in resident condition.
• Reports and/or responds to unsafe environmental conditions and infractions of safety and infection control policies.
• Helps maintain supplies and equipment.
• Transports residents to and from nursing areas.
• Auxiliaries in admission procedures and the regulation of visits.
• Applies prosthetics, orthotics, and splints as necessary.
• Participates in report at change of shift.
• Documents care rendered to residents daily.
• Assists the physician and nurse as directed.
• Collects urine and stool specimens as necessary.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Completion of Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation Program required.
• Six months experience as a Nurse Aide in a geriatric setting preferred.
• CPR Certification preferred.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills required for effective interaction (including promoting and maintaining positive relationships) with patients, visitors or other hospital personnel.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient information.
• Willing to rotate to other units as necessary.