CNA FULL TIME

Purpose of Your Job Position: The primary purpose of your job position is to provide each of your assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident’s assessment and care plan, and as may be directed by your supervisors. Job Function: Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from your responsibility if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position. Administrative Functions: • Use the wristband or photo to identify residents before administering treatments, serving meals, etc., as necessary. • Record all entries on flow sheets (ADLs. I&Os, percentage of meals eaten, vitals, bowel & bladder) in an informative, descriptive and legible manner. Record additional entries as requested/required by the charge nurse. • Use only authorized abbreviations established by this facility when recording information. • Report all changes in the resident’s condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical. • Report all accidents and incidents observed shift as they occur. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Functions: • Ensure that the resident’s room is ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, etc.). • Greet residents and escort them to their room. • Introduce resident to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate. • Make resident comfortable (i.e., put to bed, get water, etc.). • Show the resident the bathroom and whether it is shared or not. • Orient the resident to call light system. • Inventory and mark the resident’s personal possessions. Hang or fold and store as needed. • Explain facility laundry procedures. • Store resident’s clothing. • Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged. • Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area. • Assist with loading/8unloading residents from vehicles as necessary. Personnel Function: • Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors. • Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks. • Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel to ensure that nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents. • Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift. • Meet with your shift’s nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services. • Report all complaints and grievances made by the resident. • Notify the facility when you will be late or absent from work. Inform the facility as soon as you are aware that you will not be able to report for duty. It is best to give us at least 2 hours before the beginning of the shift to find your replacement. • Notify your charge nurse when leaving for a break or meal period and inform her/him when you return. Ensure that someone will be responsible for your assignments while you are gone. • Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals to your supervisor. Complete an incident report. Personal Nursing Care Function: • Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty. Personal Nursing Care Function: • Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty. • Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids. • Assist residents with daily dental and mouth care (i.e., brushing teeth/dentures, oral hygiene, special mouth care, etc.).