Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)

Description

***Full Time Night Shift 7:00 pm to 7:00 am

***IA experience preferred but will train

***$2,000 Sign on Bonus

Job Title: Certified Nurse’s Aide

Department: Med/Surg

Reports To: Director of Nursing/Charge Nurse

Position Summary: Provide direct individualized personal care to residents and maintain positive physical and psychosocial environment for residents under the supervision of a licensed nurse. CNA’s report directly to the charge nurse.

Qualifications:

• Must have active nursing assistance certification
• Must be in good standing with the state of Kansas

Responsibilities:

• Meet attendance and punctuality guidelines
• Adhere to dress code; no t-shirts, tank tops, cut offs, open-toed shoes or jeans (with the exception of Friday) are allowed.
• Attend required monthly department meetings and All Staff in-service programs
• Treat residents, resident families and co-workers with respect and courtesy
• Complete mandatory education by due dates (i.e. CareLearning courses)
• Follow acknowledged and signed Standards of Behavior
• Adhere to policies and procedures
• Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies
• Addresses and responds to residents and staff in a pleasant, respectful manner
• Works as a team member and maintains a positive attitude
• Maintains confidentiality of resident’s information and honors resident’s privacy
• Appropriately shares resident information with the charge nurse and during report at shift change
• Treats residents with dignity and respect at all times
• Strictly adheres to resident’s rights
• Assist with the individualization process of ADL’s for each resident
• Assist other CNAs even when not assigned a hall
• Able to change work area as requested to maintain best interest of the facility
• Uses imagination and offers new ideas to implement more effective and suitable methods
• Performs documentation of tasks appropriately
• Assists residents to and from designated activities
• Assists residents to and from hair appointments and assist with transfers as needed
• Maintain the ADL (Activities of Daily Living) flow-sheet and notebook system for each designated hall
• Provides or assists with scheduled bath care for residents
• Provides or assists with daily oral care
• Dresses residents appropriately for the weather and resident’s preference
• Provides or assists residents with hair care
• Offers and provides back rubs
• Provides appropriate skin care in correlation and under supervision of charge nurse
• Provides appropriate positional change as per care plan
• Provides clean linens to each resident weekly by housekeeping and PRN by nursing staff
• Weighs and records vital signs as per care plan in correlation with charge nurse
• Provides or assists with toileting or incontinence care as per care plan
• Reports alterations in resident’s normal elimination pattern to charge nurse in timely manner
• Provides adequate hydration each shift and snacks for nutrition to residents
• Assist with drinks and meals in dining room and assisted meal room
• Participates in Quality Assurance measures