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Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

West Haven Healthcare • Full-time • West Covina, CA, US • $20 - $24 / hour • 1m ago

SUMMARY

Under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse, the Certified Nursing Assistant assists in the direct resident care including vital signs, bathing, beds, and all other activities of daily living.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Taking Resident Vital Signs: Ensures that resident’s temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, and O2 saturation are taken and recorded as per instruction. Knows normal standards and appropriately reports abnormalities in a timely manner. Asks resident if they are in pain and reports to nurse as indicated.

2. Monitoring of fluid and food intake: Ensures that fluid and food intake and output is appropriately measured and recorded.

3. ADL’s: Performs activities of daily living skills for residents including bathing, oral hygiene, care of hair, oral feedings, positioning, transfers (able to demonstrate using total body lift and easy stand lift), etc.

4. Responsiveness to change in resident status: Ensures that any change in resident condition or unusual circumstances is reported immediately to the charge nurse.

5. Administering Basic Life Support: Recognizes and communicates cardiopulmonary arrest or other emergency situations and initiates basic life support when appropriate.

6. Isolation techniques: Practices correct isolation techniques to maintain a safe environment and to control the spread of infection (ex- proper hand washing techniques).

7. Showers & Weights: Performs shower and accurately measures and records resident weight.

8. Resident Transports: Accompanies residents to treatment centers if needed; assists transporters in moving residents in/out of vehicle when necessary.

9. Equipment Cleanliness: Maintains the cleanliness of various instruments and equipment per hospital policy.

10. Keeping resident rooms clean: Keeps resident rooms in clean and orderly condition; makes beds, replaces soiled linen; straightens bedside tables and prepares the room for occupancy.

11. Restocking supplies in resident rooms: Assists in restocking rooms with supplies and equipment as directed.

12. Shift reports/notes: Exchanges and communicates resident care information via charge nurse and shift report.

13. Daily resident care activities: Prioritizes and completes resident care activities and meets all resident needs within shift parameters.

14. Documentation: Completes all required documentation of resident care per shift.

15. Audit Deficiencies: Corrects audit deficiencies of medical records within allotted time frames.

16. Conflict resolution: Resolves, with assistance from charge nurse, areas of concern or conflict with resident’s families and/or co-workers in a professional, proactive and courteous manner.

17. Instructions/Directions from Supervisors: Accepts direction from supervisors and other management team members in a positive and professional manner.

18. This position serves as a member of the overall team and as such is required to maintain a positive attitude towards all team members and residents. In addition, this position must function as a positive supporter of the facility policies and procedures at all times following the lead of the management team, administrative team and the facility administrator.

19. Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned by the Administrator.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to fulfill each essential duty with a strong degree of professionalism. This position requires a detail-oriented professional with excellent communication skills. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

· Minimum of H.S. degree or equivalent.

· Long-Term care experience preferably in a sub-acute setting

· Must be certified as a Certified Nursing Assistant in the State of California.

· Must be certified in CPR.

· Must maintain current certification in good standing during employment with this facility in accordance to the State Board.

LANGUAGE/REASONING AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

· Must possess ability to speak, read and write English effectively.

· Must possess skills to clearly communicate professionally in writing, in person, and on the telephone.

· Must possess ability to speak, read and write English, effectively. Possess basic math skills.

· Must possess emotional maturity, reliability, tact, integrity, and good judgment.

· Must possess an understanding of the facility’s Mission, vision, values, goals and philosophy.

· Must possess ability to interact effectively with team members, residents, families and visitors.

· Must possess knowledge of licensing standards.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

The demands and environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job, Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

· The physical demands and work environment described herein is representative of those that generally must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· Work primarily involves standing, walking, twisting, reaching, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and lifting/transferring of residents on a regular basis.

· This position requires using arm, leg and back muscles frequently and for extended periods of time, and also involves using both hands and legs regularly.

· Vision abilities required by this job include good vision and depth perception, both near and far as well as ability to distinguish basic shades and colors.

· The noise level in the hospital work environment is usually moderately quiet; however, at times, due to the nature of clients treated at this facility, occasional loud outbursts by residents may be expected.

· The employee is required to hear within normal range and at a conversation level.

· The employee is required to have the ability to express or exchange ideas frequently and the ability to understand communication of others with or without adaptive devices.

· This position requires performing simple repetitive tasks regularly and performing complex or varied tasks often.

· This position requires that employee have the ability to accept and carry out responsibilities on a regular basis under the guidance and direction of a nursing supervisor.

· This position requires the employee to work with hands in water and occasionally with or near chemicals.

· This position requires the employee to regularly work with equipment with moveable parts.

· This position does not require: use of hand tools, working with ladders/scaffolding, working below ground.

· This position requires the employee to work 8 hours per day up to five days per week. Additional hours may be requested by the employer based upon staffing need

EXPOSURE/INFECTION CONTROL:

This position has a Personnel Exposure Risk Index rating of “High” for potential exposure to blood borne pathogens. See facility Exposure Control Plan for more information on the Personnel Exposure Risk Index along with identified personal protective equipment required to be worn by employees with a “High” rating for potential exposure.

In addition, this position requires that employee:

20. Must be knowledgeable of and practice infection control techniques and standard (Universal) precautions at all times.

21. Must obtain a tuberculosis test at the time of hire and on an annual basis thereafter.

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