Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION
To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the ACE NURSES/AIDES REGISTRY LLC’s Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values integrity, patient centered, respect, accountability, and compassion must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.
SUMMARY:
A member of the ACE NURSES nursing staff who is highly involved in the delivery of quality nursing care. The Employee will work in conjunction with the Supervisory Nursing and Administrator to meet the client's needs and/or resolve problems.
Personal Support Services refer to the provision of personal assistance, standby
assistance, supervision or cues for persons with inability to perform one or more of the following basic Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s): eating, dressing, bathing, toileting, transferring in/out of bed and/or chair, ambulating, and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL’s) such as light housekeeping.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Provides nursing care according to established policies and procedures.
2. Arrives to work on a timely manner and keeps absences down to a minimum.
3. Adheres to the dress code and comes to work prepared (watch, pen, badge, nursing smock)
4. Reports on and off duty to the Supervisory Nursing and Administrator.
5. Receives report and client’s assignment from the Supervisory Nurse and satisfactorily completes the assignments by the end of his / her shift including documentation of care.
6. Reports to the Supervisory Nursing and Administrator of any unusual findings noted while giving care.
7. Completes additional task as requested.
8. Assumes responsibility for all clients entrusted with, especially when the assigned caregiver in absence of the primary caregiver.
9. Alerts the Supervisory Nursing / Administrator immediately of any procedures or duty that needs clarification or instruction.
10. Adjusts to charges in the routines to meet client/ resident's needs.
11. Adjust and adheres to changes in policies and procedures as revised by the Agency.
12. Checks the master schedule to see when he/she is scheduled to work.
13. Requests time off, and vacation according to the Agency policies and procedures.
14. Clock in/out, document notes sign and have timesheets electronically
15. Works holidays according to Agencies’ policies and procedures
2. CLINICAL DUTIES:
1.Practices proper infection control techniques. Follows Agency infection control policies and procedures.
2.Maintains meticulous personal hygiene and grooming of the client. Give showers, bathes, and shampoos residents/clients as assigned. Besides bathing and incontinent care daily AM and PM care includes oral hygiene, as well as denture care, shaves for men daily and women as needed, inspecting fingernails to ensure they are clean and well trimmed, washing inspecting skin for red or open areas, bruises, skin tears, reports to the Supervisory Nurses / Administrator.
3.Toileting and/or incontinent care is provided according to the Agencies’ policies and procedures.
4.Encourage client to participate in active ROM when possible and perform passive ROM according to the agency policies and procedures ( if asked to do so in the care plan).
5. Clients are assisted before, during, and after meals by placing residents in an upright position, ensuring teeth are in, glasses are on, setting up food in front of client checking that resident has correct meal, at correct consistency and using
Thickener if required. Give client as much assistance as required determine in the care plan (cut meat, open containers) encourage the resident/client to eat and/or feeds resident/client as indicated on the assignment sheet. Record client/ resident's intake and repost to nurse if client/resident's intake is low meal is refused, etc.
6.Assist with Transfers client according to method indicated on assignment sheet. Follows policies and procedure on body mechanics and use of resident lifts.