Certified Nurse Aides- CNA

• Accountable for personal care (i.e. grooming, bathing, catheter care, pericare, and dressing), and observation of residents within patient care policy guidelines;

• Identify and report any condition requiring management attention;

• Change bed linen and maintain appropriate grooming supplies in resident room;

• Ambulate and transfer residents, utilizing appropriate assistive devices and body mechanics;

• Record resident vital signs, weights, and measurements, intake and output, food consumption, and other information as assigned;

• Routinely turn and position residents;

• Perform range of motion and reality orientation with residents as directed.

Qualifications:
 

• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification from state;

• Basic computer knowledge;

• Ability to record information and perform technical procedures;

• Good communication skills with excellent self-discipline and patience;

• Ability to perform work tasks within the physical demand requirement as outlined below;

• Genuine care for and interest in elderly and handicapped people;

• Ability to comply with the Patient Bill of Rights and the Employee Responsibilities;

• Ability to lift, bend, and twist repetitively with minor assistance.

•Ability to comply with Company and departmental safety policies and procedures.

Physical Demands:

Sitting: 0-1 hours in an 8 hour work shift.

Standing: 3-7 hours in an 8 hour work shift. Alternates continuous to walking.

Walking: 3-7 hours in an 8 hour work shift. Alternates occasionally to standing.

Lifting: 50 lbs.