Position Summary:

Perform direct resident care duties under the supervision of licensed nursing personnel. This person will assist with promoting a compassionate physical and psychosocial environment for the residents.

Qualifications:

• Must be a Certified Nursing Aide (CNA) in good standing with the state. Must maintain a current certification in the state throughout employment
• Must achieve 12 hours of in service education annually as required by federal regulations (as well as meet state requirements, if exceeds federal)
• Ability to maintain regular attendance

Essential Functions:

• Properly use and maintain facility equipment
• Maintain residents’ rooms in neat, orderly and clutter-free manner
• Ensure residents are given correct diet
• Support residents’ participation in activity programs
• Directly respond, within scope, to needs and concerns of residents and family members including call lights
• Ensure residents’ right to privacy (visual and auditory)
• Provide resident care as directed by care plan and/or nursing staff
• Ensure residents’ comfort while assisting them in achieving their highest practicable level of functioning
• Participate in collecting data needed for the accurate completion of the MDS and the plan of care
• Provide input to the Nurses for development of the plan of care and information gathered from care giving activities

The responsibilities and duties section is the most important part of the job description. Here you should outline the functions this position will perform on a regular basis, how the job functions within the organization and who the job reports to.

Examples of CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) responsibilities Assist with daily living activities. This includes delivering meals to patients, turning and ambulating patients and providing plenty of fresh water, as well as extra nourishment between mealsHelp patients with personal hygiene. Provide patients with bedpans, help with baths, shampoos and showers Provide adjunct care for the patient, including ice packs, non-sterile dressings and therapeutic baths Check vital signs and record daily information in the patient’s chart Assist the nurses and other staff as needed Adhere to professional standards, follow policies and procedures and abide by federal, state and local requirements, as well as Joint Commission standards