Job description
POSITION TITLE: Certified Nurse Aide 2p-10p Shift
DEPARTMENT: Nursing
REPORTS TO: DON/ADON/Charge Nurse
POSITION PURPOSE:
Ensures that resident’s personal care needs are being met in accordance with Residents’ wishes and Care Plan Objectives
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF POSITION:
· Answers signal lights, bell, or intercom system to determine residents’ needs and nurses call lights are within reach of resident
· Ensures that residents’ who are unable to call for help are checked frequently
· Gives direct residents as necessary in their activities of daily living
· Explains procedures to residents
· Assists residents as necessary in their activities of daily living
· Assists residents with bowel and bladder functions
· Assists residents in preparation for and transporting to appointments, activities and social programs
· Assists with lifting, positioning and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc, in keeping with specific resident’s safety needs
· Provides incontinent care as needed
· Dresses resident appropriate to the current weather
· Notifies Supervisor if resident needs clothing
· Changes bed linens
· Handles linens according to infection control guidelines
· Feeds residents requiring help and record meal intake
· Delivers and documents all snack and supplements
· Offers fluids to residents frequently to ensure that residents are hydrated where designated by care plan
· Reviews and implements daily nursing as outlined by resident Care Plan or nurse managers
· Transports residents or assists residents with mobility needs
· Turns and repositions bedfast residents, alone or with assistance
· Takes and records temperatures, blood pressure, pulse rates, respiration rates, height, weight, and food and fluid intake and output, as directed
· Monitors resident’s activities and reports any irregularities of resident performance to nurse managers
· Reports all changes in residents’ conditions to supervisor
· Cleans instruments and equipment and returns to proper area after use
· Maintains cleanliness of residents’ units, central bathing area, treatment and supply rooms, workrooms, and linen closets
· Provides post-mortem care as instructed
· Accurately records all care as directed
· Participates and attends periodic in-services and staff meeting
· Understands and adheres to the guidelines of “Residents Rights”
· Perform additional duties as assigned
Education/requirements:
Ability to communicate with residents and nursing staff. Ability to speak, read, and write English. Prior experience as LTC nursing assistant preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Successful completion of State Approved Nursing Assistant Training and Competency Evaluation Program. Good Standing in the state registry is required.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $16.00 - $19.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Geriatrics
Physical setting:
- Long term care
- Nursing home
- Rehabilitation center
Standard shift:
- Evening shift
Supplemental schedule:
- Holidays
Weekly schedule:
- Rotating weekends
Work Location: In person
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