Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Elk River Health and Nursing Center, Ardmore
Monday to Thursday
6 PM - 6 AM
Shift Differential Available
Equal Employment Opportunity
As a Certified Nursing Assistant you will:
Perform direct resident care duties under the supervision of licensed nursing personnel. Assist with promoting a compassionate physical and psychosocial environment for the residents.
Essential Job Functions
This facility expects its employees to promote an atmosphere of teamwork with other employees and hospitality and comfort for its residents. Therefore, the following list of duties is not all-inclusive:
- Provide residents' personal care (i.e., grooming, bathing, dressing, oral care, etc. daily and as needed.
- Change bed linen and maintain appropriate grooming supplies in the resident room on a regular basis.
- Ambulate and transfer residents, utilizing appropriate assistive devices and body mechanics.
- Record resident vital signs, weights and measurements, intake and output, food consumption, and other information as assigned.
- Routinely turn and position residents as necessary.
- Observe residents and report changes in condition to the Charge Nurse.
- Recognize a resident’s ability to make choices and support these within the constraints of the caregiving environment.
- Participate in collecting data needed for the accurate completion of the MDS and the plan of care. Provide input to the nurses for the development of the plan of care.
- Provide adequate hydration to residents at regular intervals each day according to specific residents’ needs.
- Prepare residents for each meal and transport them to the dining room (unless the resident on bed rest) making sure that the food tray is accessible, self-help devices are available (if needed), and assistance is provided to those residents who cannot feed themselves.
- Keep an accurate record of food intake and output, as directed.
- Maintain established housekeeping standards within assigned duty areas.
- Assist nursing staff with the basics of aseptic and sterile techniques to avoid infection of residents and self-contamination of equipment and supplies.
- Be alert for proper ventilation, temperature, light, and noise control.
- Take TPR, blood pressure, weighing of residents, etc. as directed.
- Promptly answer call lights and other resident needs.
- Utilize proper body mechanics when lifting or transporting residents.
- Assist in the orientation and training of other staff, as requested.
- Attend in-service education programs to meet facility educational requirements.
- Be familiar with Standard Precautions, Exposure Control Plans, Fire Drills & Evacuation Procedures and know how to use the information.
- Protect residents from neglect, mistreatment, and abuse.
- Protect the personal property of the residents of the facility.
All employees are subject to a background investigation and drug screening before employment
- Current Nursing Assistant Certification
- CPR Certification
- High School Graduate or GED
Pay: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Physical Setting:
- Long term care
- Nursing home
- Rehabilitation center
Experience:
License/Certification:
- CPR Certification (Required)
Work Location: In person
