Job: C.N.A's all shifts

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Jobing Description

Job Summary:

The overall purpose of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) position is to provide each of the assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident's care plan.


Qualifications:

* State certification as a Nursing Assistant is mandatory.
* Ability to read, write, and speak the English language.


Essential Functions:

* Provide personal care to residents in a manner conducive to. their safety
Policies and Procedures as well as state/federal guidelines and regulations.
* Promotes and supports the greatest possible degree of independence for
residents.
* Advises supervising charge nurse of residents' status at beginning and end
of shift.
* Contributes knowledge of residents' conditions and documents observations
as required.
* Promotes safe/clean environment.
* Complies with requirements of procedures for safe lifting and/or safe
transfer of residents per established policies and procedures.
* Assures that equipment is clean and functional and reports any
malfunctions to supervisor.
* Attends in-service training programs to maintain nursing assistant
certification.
* Performs incidental housekeeping or maintenance tasks as may be required
to maintain a clean, hazard-free environment for residents, visitors and staff.
* Ability to function as a Team Leader/Role Model.
* Has reviewed Cantex Health Care Centers- Clinical Policies and Procedures
for Abuse Prevention and knows the employee's responsibility to enforce it.


* Attends Resident Care Management Systems weekly in-service and
incorporates into the delivery of resident care.
* Performs other duties as assigned.

Continuing Education:

* Attends in-service and educational programs.
* Attends continuing education required for maintenance of professional
certification.


Physical Demands:

* Ability to communicate in English via phone, in writing, and verbally in
conversation with different levels of staff, patient families, and any outside
customers.
* The physical demands described are representative of those that 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.
* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required
to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands
or fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear, and
taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50
pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision,
distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust
focus. Ability to utilize a computer, phone, etc. for extended periods of time.
* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally
exposed to blood or other body fluids, fumes or airborne particles and toxic
or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually
moderate.