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Hillsdale County Medical Care Facility Nursing Department – Job Description Job Title: Nursing Assistant/CNA Job Summary: Nursing Assistants will be under the direction of the Charge Nurse and the supervision of the Director of Nursing, and will be responsible for providing daily care to residents. Principal Duties and Responsibilities 1. Performs routine care for an assigned group of residents including making beds, changing linens, giving baths and personal groom care, caring for incontinent residents, lifting, moving and transporting residents. 2. Serves trays, feeds residents and removes trays. 3. Maintains resident rooms in a neat manner, maintains supplies, removes soiled linen, restocks supplies and maintains fresh drinking water. 4. Measures and records resident’s data including TPR and weight, intake and output of food and fluids, collects laboratory specimens, gives non-medicated enemas. 5. Assists licensed nurses in performing tests, procedures and examinations. 6. Cares for the dying resident and gives post-mortem care. 7. Assists Motion Coordinator with activities to promote resident independence and perform passive range of motion. 8. Assists with admission, transfer and discharge of residents. 9. Communicates to Charge Nurse changes in resident status, needs and/or concerns. 10. May perform other resident care duties as assigned by the Charge Nurse. Only those duties and responsibilities necessary for proper job evaluation have been included. This list is not all inclusive of the total scope of the job duties to be performed. Knowledge, Skill and Abilities High school graduate. Hillsdale County Medical Care Facility Nursing Department – Job Description Job Title: Nursing Assistant Page 2 Physical ability to: - Lift up to 75 pounds. - Ability to transfer, move and reposition residents weighing up to 300 pounds. - Ability to discern changes in resident condition. - Ability to communicate with residents, employees and families. The knowledge, sills and abilities listed above are intended to represent the minimum levels associated with performing the duties and responsibilities contained in the job description. The knowledge, skills and abilities should not be viewed as expressing absolute employment standards but as general guidelines that should be considered along with other job related selection criteria. Working Conditions Works in resident rooms and at the unit nursing station with exposure to noise and unpleasant odors.