Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION
To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the ACE NURSES/AIDES REGISTRY LLC’s Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values integrity, patient centered, respect, accountability, and compassion must
guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.
SUMMARY:
A member of the ACE NURSES nursing staff who is highly involved in the delivery of quality nursing care. The Employee will work in conjunction with the Supervisory Nursing and Administrator to meet the client's needs and/or resolve problems. Personal Support Services refer to the provision of personal assistance, standby assistance, supervision or cues for persons with inability to perform one or more of the following basic Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s): eating, dressing, bathing, toileting, transferring in/out of bed and/or chair, ambulating, and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL’s) such as light house keeping.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. DUTIES:
1. Provides nursing care according to established policies and procedures.
2. Arrives to work on a timely manner and keeps absences down to a minimum.
3. Adheres to the dress code and comes to work prepared (watch, pen, badge, nursing smock)
4. Reports on and off duty to the Supervisory Nursing and Administrator.
5. Receives report and client’s assignment from the Supervisory Nurse and satisfactorily completes the assignments
by the end of his / her shift including documentation of care.
6. Reports to the Supervisory Nursing and Administrator of any unusual findings noted while giving care.
7. Completes additional task as requested.
8. Assumes responsibility for all clients entrusted with, especially when the assigned caregiver in absence of the
primary caregiver.
9. Alerts the Supervisory Nursing / Administrator immediately of any procedures or duty that needs clarification or
instruction.
10. Adjusts to charges in the routines to meet client/ resident's needs.
11. Adjust and adheres to changes in policies and procedures as revised by the Agency.
12. Checks the master schedule to see when he/she is scheduled to work.
13. Requests time off, and vacation according to the Agency policies and procedures.
14. Clock in/out, document notes sign and have timesheets electronically
15. Works holidays according to Agencies’ policies and procedures
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Ability to read and write, follow verbal and written instructions, and complete legible written reports of care given
2. Completion of one of the following training requirements:
documentation of nurse aide certification from the Georgia Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulations
Division ; or
3. successful completion of a competency examination for nurse aides or of a health care or personal care credentialing program approved by the Healthcare Facility Regulations Division, Private Home Care Providers Section, or