Full and Part-Time Positions Available

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education

• Successful completion of CNA education program and exam within 4 months of hire date

Availability & Attendance

• Flexible work schedule (mornings, afternoons, nights, weekends, holidays, etc.) which may include hours beyond eight hours in a day, or 40 hours in a week.
• Follows all attendance policies and procedures, including punctuality and proper timeclock or timesheet reporting.

Other

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

KEY 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.
• Ensures 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.
• Assists 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.
• Assists residents 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 reports 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.
• Reports any chewing or swallowing difficulty to the nurse on duty.
• Reports any equipment malfunction to designated employee.
• Attends and participates in scheduled nursing meetings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.