Full Time CNA

About the Role

Provide routine daily nursing care and services to assigned residents in accordance with each resident’s 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 facility abbreviations when recording information.
• Report all changes in resident 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 immediately.
• Maintain confidentiality of resident’s protected health information and report any suspected violations.
• Report unauthorized attempts to access the facility’s information system.
• Perform only nursing care procedures for which you have been trained.
• Prepare resident rooms for new admissions (e.g., bed made, name tags, admission kit available).
• Greet residents, escort them to their rooms, and introduce them to roommates and staff.
• Inventory and mark resident’s personal possessions as instructed; assist with packing/unpacking during transfers or discharges.
• Transport residents to new rooms or receiving areas; assist with loading/unloading residents to/from vehicles.
• Maintain a warm, calm, and positive environment for residents.
• Participate in shift meetings to identify and address problem areas or service improvements.
• Report all resident complaints and grievances.
• Follow established policies for exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Perform routine tasks such as making beds, measuring vital signs (TPRs), and weighing residents as instructed.
• Check on residents unable to call for help frequently; answer resident calls promptly.
• Assist residents with meals (e.g., identifying food arrangements, recording food/fluid intake).
• Keep residents’ water pitchers clean, filled, and within reach.
• Perform after-meal care (e.g., removing trays, cleaning residents).
• Follow work assignments and schedules to complete assigned tasks.
• Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel to maintain nursing services.
• Notify the facility of late arrivals or absences.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, or hazardous chemicals per facility policies.
• Assist residents with daily functions (e.g., dental care, bathing, dressing, grooming).
• Keep residents dry by changing wet or soiled gowns, clothing, and linens.
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests (e.g., lab work, x-rays, therapy).
• 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.
• Monitor disoriented and comatose residents; record 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 operate; report defective equipment.
• 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 documents, reports, and regulations.
• Ability to write reports, correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Basic mathematical skills (fractions, percentages, ratios, proportions).
• Ability to solve practical problems in situations 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 computers.
• 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

• Low to moderate noise levels.

Pay

$24–$30 per hour.