Full-Time Nightshift 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.
• Protect resident’s protected health information; report suspected or known 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 (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; 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.
• Check on residents unable to call for help frequently; answer resident calls promptly.
• Assist residents with meals, including identifying food arrangements and recording food/fluid intake.
• Provide after-meal care (e.g., removing trays, cleaning residents).
• Keep residents’ water pitchers clean, filled, and within easy reach.
• Perform daily care functions (dental/mouth care, bathing, dressing, combing hair).
• Keep residents dry by changing gowns, clothing, and linens when wet or soiled.
• Assist residents with medical tests and physical examinations.
• Lift, turn, move, position, and transport residents using proper techniques and equipment.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Observe and report pressure areas, skin breakdowns, and 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.
• Maintain confidentiality of all resident care information; report unauthorized disclosures.
• Report allegations of resident abuse or misappropriation of property.
• Honor resident’s refusal of treatment and report such requests to supervisors.
• Follow work assignments and schedules to complete assigned 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 materials per facility policies.

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.