Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, providing personal care to and positioning patients, and monitoring patients’ vital signs and personal supplies.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Tasks

• Implements the policies and procedures of Credo Senior Living.
• Assists residents with instrumental activities of daily living and activities of daily living as indicated by residents’ needs and the policies of Credo Senior Living.
• Communicates with residents and reports any variances to the Director or RN/LPN.
• Practices the standard precautions of infection control.
• Adheres to procedures for fire, life safety, disaster, work safety, and other emergency procedures indicated.
• Provides personal care, including baths, back rubs, oral hygiene, shampoos, nail care, and linen changes as indicated.
• Assists the resident with dressing needs.
• Records resident vital signs and weight and reports any changes to the Director or RN/LPN.
• Monitors residents’ supplies and provides a list to either the family or the Director or RN/LPN.
• Monitors, reports, and records resident incontinence. Assists with toileting.
• Participates and assists residents in building activities.
• Accompanies residents on out-of-the-building appointments if necessary.
• Works scheduled shift including overtime, scheduled weekends, holidays, and rotating shifts when necessary.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists with preparing the dining room and serving meals.
• Participates in housekeeping and laundry services as indicated.
• Participates in Credo Senior Living staff meetings and in-services. Must maintain twelve (12) in-service hours per year.
• Performs other duties assigned by the Director or RN/LPN as required for the position.

QUALIFICATIONS

Completion of state requirements for a certified nurse aide course. Holds a certification as required by state regulation. Clinical experience working with the elderly.

Physical Demands

• Ability to stand, walk, engage in a full range of motion; ability to lift/carry medium weight (up to 35 pounds) and engage in pushing and pulling light weight; must have normal peripheral vision, normal vision and hearing (after correction); and must have normal depth perception and sense of touch. Ability to move about with reasonable accommodation, reach, turn, twist, and touch.
• Must be able to operate building equipment.
• Must be able to provide personal care to residents, ambulating, lifting, toileting, and turning individual of at least 150 pounds.

REPORTS TO: Director or RN/LPN

Pay: From $16.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Referral program

Work Location: In person

Salary : $16