Certified Nursing Assistant

Job Summary:

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to join our team at the University Health & Rehabilitation Center. The successful candidate will provide high-quality nursing care to residents in a long-term care environment, promoting their rights, dignity, and freedom of choice.



Responsibilities:

Provide individualized attention to residents, encouraging their ability to maintain or attain the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial wellbeing.
Knowledgeable of the individualized care plan for residents and provide support according to the care plan, contributing to the care planning process by providing specific information and observations of the residents' needs and preferences.
Attend to the individual needs of residents, including assistance with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, colostomy care, prosthetic appliances, transferring, ambulation, range of motion, communicating, or other needs in keeping with the individuals' care requirements and scope of practice.
Maintain the comfort, privacy, and dignity of each resident in the delivery of services, interacting with residents in a manner that displays warmth and promotes a caring environment.
Promptly report incidents or evidence of resident abuse or violation of residents' rights to the charge nurse or administrative staff.
Assist in maintaining a safe, neat, and clean environment, reporting environmental deficiencies to the charge nurse such as lighting or equipment problems.
Protect the personal belongings of each resident, promptly reporting missing items according to established policy and participating in efforts to locate missing items.
Observe residents for changes in condition or behavior and promptly report these changes to appropriate licensed nursing personnel.
Provide care that maintains each resident's skin integrity to prevent pressure ulcers, skin tears, and other damage by changing incontinent residents, turning, repositioning immobile residents, and applying moisturizers to fragile skin, etc.
Answer residents' call bells promptly and courteously.
Perform various tasks assigned by the charge nurse, including vital signs, residents' weights, applying creams/ointments, collecting specimens, etc.
Assist with orienting residents and their families to the nursing home upon admission and to the unit when transfers occur.
Assist and ****** residents for appointments such as beauty shop, activities, church services, etc.
Complete certified nursing assistant records while using proper coding of activities of Daily Living (ADLs), documenting care provided or other information in keeping with department policies.
Follow prescribed safety and infection control procedures, including thorough hand washing, use of disposable gloves where indicated, and proper disposal of soiled materials.
Support an atmosphere which promotes a homelike environment.
Assist in the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) process.


Qualifications:

A high school diploma or equivalent; successful completion of a state-approved Nursing Assistant Certification course or other education which meets state certification requirements.

Hold current Nursing Assistant Certifications in the state in which they are practicing.

Knowledgeable of resident rights and ensures an atmosphere which allows for the privacy, dignity, and well-being of all residents in a safe, secure environment.

CPR (American Heart Association) certification.



Work Environment:

This job operates in a health care setting, requiring regular walking to various locations around the care center.

May be exposed to virus, disease, and infection from patients and specimens in the working environment.

May be required to work extended periods of time at a video display terminal.

May experience traumatic situations, including psychiatric and deceased patients.