KEY POSITION SPECIFIC ROLES & RESPONSIBILTIES

· Follows resident care/treatment plans, documents noted changes in a resident’s physical, psychosocial, mental, or emotional conditions according to community policy and procedure.

· Understands residents’ charts, doctor’s orders and residents’ plan of care.

· Complies with long-term care federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.

· Follow standard precautions and works within OSHA guidelines.

· Ensure that residents and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring, compassionate and dignified manner which recognizes the individual’s needs and rights.

· Remains aware and takes special precautions to ensure a clean, safe environment for residents and staff.

· Assist residents with activities of daily living (ADL) in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort, under the direction of a licensed nurse.

· Follows all shift routines, policy and procedures regarding accurate performance of vital signs, weights, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, using speech, language, or other functional communication system etc.

· Answers resident call lights promptly for assigned residents and willingly supports team in answering call lights for unassigned residents.

· Turns, lifts, positions and transports residents into and out of bed, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, according to care plan.

· Assist resident in transferring using a transfer belt, device or appropriate lift whiling maintaining resident safety at all times. Willingly supports team in use of two person lifts, etc.

· Ensure the residents are clean, neatly dressed, and well-groomed.

· Neatly makes and changes bed linen.

· Assists the resident with the restorative nursing program including but not limited to, passive and active range of motion and ambulation as appropriate.

· Reports proactively and promptly to the nurse any illnesses, rashes, bruises, changes in the resident’s overall physical, psychosocial, mental, or emotional conditions / status.

· Recognizes the potential for or actual skin problems and repots to the nurse as required.

· Reports to nurse all incidents/accidents that occur involving residents, co-workers and visitors.

· Delivers meals and assists residents with eating. Records accurate food and fluid intake.

· Report any chewing or swallowing difficulty to the nurse on duty.

· Reports any equipment malfunction to designated employee.

· Attend and participate in scheduled nursing meetings.

· Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

· Education

o Successfully completion of Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program at an accredited school, college or university.

· Experience

o Previous experience as a CNA (preferred)..

o CPR certified.

· Availability & Attendance

o Flexible work schedule (mornings, afternoons, nights, weekends, holidays, etc.)

o Follows all attendance policies and procedures, including proper timeclock usage.

· Other

o Compliance with infectious disease policies and procedures related to, but not limited to tuberculosis screening of health-care workers.

Benefits available for FT employees. Experience credit up to 10 years can be granted for qualified applicants. Starting pay is $15.88/hour. Pay goes up once certified.