Job description
New Competitive Rates Available!
QUALIFICATIONS
- Currently enrolled in a school for nursing assistants or have a license as a certified nursing assistant.
- A minimum of 6 months experience as a certified nursing assistant or clinical experience while enrolled
- Must possess a sincere desire to serve the ill, aged and infirm.
- Ability to read, write and speak the English language.
- Possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, and the general
- Willingness to work harmoniously with other personnel.
- Must have patience, tact, cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as be willing to handle residents
- Must be in good general health and demonstrate emotional stability.
- Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and, at times, hostile
GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
GENERAL
- Perform all duties as assigned and in accordance with facility’s established policies and procedures, nursing care procedures and safety rules and regulations.
- Make resident rounds at the beginning of each shift and every two hours thereafter to administer quality nursing care.
- Verify the identification of a resident before administering nursing care or serving food, to assure that appropriate care is being provided to the correct resident. Report missing ID bands to admission coordinator immediately.
- Make beds, clean bedside and overbed tables.
- Serve drinking water as required. Assure that water pitchers are cleaned, filled with fresh drinking water
- Dress residents neatly and in their own clothing. Assist residents in dressing as necessary.
- Assist in preparing residents for meals (taking to/from dining room, serving trays, placing bibs, assisting
- Serve nourishment in accordance with established facility procedures.
- Feed residents who cannot feed themselves.
- Assure that resident’s food is accessible and self-help devices are available as needed.
- Prepare residents for therapy, activities, physician visits, religious services, etc., to include transporting residents to/from such activities.
- Keep incontinent residents clean and dry as possible at all times. Change bed linens, diapers and clothing as often as necessary.
- Do not permit residents to smoke in bed.
- Assure that the nurse’s call system is attached to the bed and within easy reach at all times when
- Answer residents’ call lights promptly.
- Check for food in residents’ room. Ensure that food is kept in a sealed container.
- Report all complaints to the Charge Nurse.
- Report any resident abuse immediately (ie., harsh/abusive language, unnecessary roughness, etc.)
- Report any medication found in the resident’s room. Take to the Charge Nurse immediately.
- Report all hazardous conditions and faulty equipment to the Charge Nurse immediately.
- Report any bruise, skin tears, incidents or accidents to the Charge Nurse immediately.
- Attend in-service educational programs, on the job training programs and meetings as directed.
- Other related duties as may become necessary or as directed by the Charge Nurse, RN Supervisor,
CLINICAL
- Wash hands before and after caring for each resident.
- Place residents in correct and comfortable position. Head of bed elevated at 30° for all residents on
- Assist residents with dental and mouth care. Clean dentures after each meal. Keep dentures clean and
- Record resident’s food and nourishment intake as directed.
- Perform after meal care as required – cleaning resident’s hands, face, clothing, dentures, etc.
- Assist residents to/from bathroom. Offer bedfast residents bedpans and urinals. Clean and store such
- Check and document bowel movements and character of stools every shift.
- Bathe residents as assigned and in accordance with established facility procedures (encourage showers
- Comb and brush resident’s hair daily. Shampoo hair on shower days.
- Clip and trim fingernails.
- Shave male residents daily or as needed.
- Keep hair under arms and face on female residents clean-shaven as necessary or instructed. Trim hair in
- Observe and report the presence of reddened areas on bony prominences.
- Keep drainage bag off the floor when resident is in bed or in wheelchair.
- Apply Vaseline or A & D ointment to dry skin in accordance with established policies.
- Move and turn bedfast residents at least every two hours and record such information on CNA notes.
- Observe disoriented and comatose residents and notify Charge Nurse immediately.
- Apply postural support properly. Check with Charge Nurse for type of restraint to be used.
- Apply hand roll or splint to residents with contractures as outlined within the facility’s established
- Follow infection control procedures in accordance with established facility policy when isolation
- Chart required information every shift.
- Complete Intake and Output documentation on all residents with orders before the end of each shift.
- Other related duties as may become necessary or as directed by the Charge Nurse, RN Supervisor,
CONSUMER SERVICE
- Presents professional image to consumers through dress, behavior and speech.
- Adheres to Company Standards for resolving consumer concerns.
- Ensures that all consumer/resident rights are protected.
About Roseville Point Health & Wellness Center
Revenue: $1 to $5 million (USD)
Size: 1 to 50 Employees
Type: Company - Private
Website: www.rosevillepoint.com