CNA – The Heartland Assisted Living

About the role

Current Opening: One Full-Time position (32 hours / week)

Responsibilities

• Encourage socialization among residents.
• Practice safety in working around and with equipment, chemicals, tools and utensils.
• Assist in keeping the environment safe for residents.
• Follow the resident service plan in providing services to residents.
• Encourage and remind residents to participate in activities.
• Safely deliver medications to residents under the guidance of the Heartland RN.
• Actively participate in and promote activities to pique residents’ interest.
• Aid residents with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, hygiene and mobility in accordance with policy, state regulations and resident personal service plan.
• Contribute information to the Heartland RN to assist in the development and revision of each resident’s assistance plan.
• Clean residents’ apartments on assigned days and as outlined in the resident service plan.
• Complete personal laundry for residents according to the resident service plan and based on determined care level.
• Encourage and allow residents independence with personal laundry as desired by each resident.
• Strip and make residents’ beds weekly: launder residents’ linens and towels, fold and return them to residents.
• Complete overall facility cleaning tasks according to policy.
• Help ensure that the facility remains exceptionally clean and in good repair.
• Provide safe transportation to residents as needed.
• Escort resident to/from vehicle as needed.
• Actively participate in discussions to improve the overall well-being of the residents and the Heartland Community.
• Aid in preparing meals, serving meals, table set-up, bussing tables during breakfast, lunch (mid-day meal) and supper (evening meal).
• Maintain all assigned logs.
• Document care in resident chart according to Heartland Policy and/or Protocol.
• Respond to resident emergencies; provide first-aid assistance per protocol and/or RN guidance and arrange for appropriate medical attention/follow-up if needed such as calling RN or 911.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED
• Current CNA certificate granted by the state of Wyoming
• BLS for Healthcare Provider
• Participate in continuing education as provided by Powell Valley Healthcare as approved by the board of nursing to maintain current certifications.

Skills and Abilities

• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole number, common fractions, and decimals.
• Understand the basic metric system.
• Evaluate a situation and report findings to RN and/or Director.
• Read and comprehend simple instructions and memos.
• Write simple correspondence.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with members of the Health Care Team.
• Solve practical problems and work under the direction of the licensed nursing staff.

Physical Demands/Requirements

• Regularly lifting or move objects weighing 10 to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Reaching, handling, feeling, talking, hearing, stooping, bending, crouching, walking, standing, and working with equipment.
• Subject to inside and possibly outside weather conditions.
• The employee is also subject to exposure to blood and body fluids, proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical shock, exposure to burns and radiant energy, exposure to explosives, exposure to toxic chemicals and biological agents.