Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)- 12 Hour Night Shifts

Description:

GENERAL SUMMARY

Under the direction of the Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse, the Certified Nursing Assistant will provide assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident's assessment and care plan.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Assists licensed nurses in performing tests, procedures, and examinations.

· Assists Restorative Aides with activities to promote resident independence and performs passive range of motion.

· Assists with admission, transfer, and discharge of residents.

· Provides compassionate end of life care with compassion and post-mortem care.

· Communicates to team leader changes in resident status, needs and/or concerns.

· Maintains resident rooms in a neat manner, maintains supplies, removes soiled linen, restocks supplies, and maintains fresh drinking water.

· May perform other resident care duties as assigned by the team leader or Unit Manager.

· Measures and records resident data including vital signs, height, weight, intake and output of food and fluids, collects laboratory specimens.

· Performs routine care for an assigned group of residents including making beds, changing linens, giving baths and personal grooming care, caring for incontinent residents, lifting, moving, and transporting residents.

· Serves trays, feeds residents, and removes trays.

· Participates in peer interview panels.

· Provide verbal and hands-on instruction to newly hired and or recently certified nurse assistants.

· Provide performance evaluation to leader following training period.

· Reinforces, educates, and supports CNA reporting any resident abuse to hotline.

· All other duties as assigned.

The primary purpose of the job description is to aid in establishing a pay grade for this job classification. Only those duties and responsibilities necessary for proper job evaluation and/or market analysis have been included. This list is not all inclusive of the total scope of the job duties to be performed.

Requirements:

ESSENTIAL JOB QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION, SKILLS, AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS):

· High School Diploma or equivalent.

· Active certification to practice as a Nursing Assistant in the state of Michigan from a state approved nurse aide training program.

• Ability to recognize subtle changes in resident condition.

· Must possess outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

· Must possess superior customer service skills and professionalism.

· Possesses interpersonal and relationship building skills to work in a cross-functional team as well as the ability to work with residents based on their cognitive ability.

· Previous experience, in a rehabilitation or acute care setting is preferred but not required.