Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Job Description
UP TO $750 SIGN-ON BONUS AVAILABLE! $500 at six (6) months of employment $250 at one (1) year of employment SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL FROM $0.50 TO $2.00 PER HOUR DEPENDING ON SHIFT! CNA COURSE EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT OFFERED! After 1 year of active employment Maintain at least 0.20 FTE (8 hours per week) POSITION SUMMARY: This position provides basic care for residents to assure the highest degree of quality resident care is maintained at all times within a safe environment; assists with activities of daily living, offers emotional and social support, and attends residents overall physical comfort. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Provides personal hygiene including bathing (tub, shower, bed bath), oral care, skin and nail care and hand washing. - Completes resident grooming including hair care, shaving, dressing and weighing. - - Encourages residents toward independent personal care. - Assists with toileting including bowel and bladder retraining and perinea care. - Performs and assists with mobility, transferring, ambulation, positioning and range of motion per the care plan. - Assists in orienting residents upon admission and throughout stay as needed. - Documents accurately all care given, including dietary intake and output, temperature, weight, blood pressure pulse and respiration, using approved abbreviations and descriptive terms. - Reports to nurse on units for written and verbal assignments which include daily use of care plans for assigned residents before initiating care. - Participates in the planning of resident care through shift reports and resident care staffing meetings when assigned. - Informs verbally and/or submit in writing any observations and changes in a resident for the licensed nurse to evaluate including dietary intake. - Serves residents their meals; motivates and assists them with intake of nourishment and fluids. - Answer all call signals and requests of residents immediately. - Encourages/assist residents in keeping their rooms clean and orderly; assists with making beds. - Maintains nursing unit in a clean and orderly manner. - Keeps all residents’ personal belongings and equipment clean. - Escorts residents to appointments and/or therapy departments as scheduled. - Participates in unit activity programs planned for residents as needed. - Attends and participates in unit nursing staff meetings and mandatory in-services. - Performs a total inventory of all resident’s possessions on admission, discharge or transfer. - Ensures all residents’ possessions are properly labeled. - Responds to resident emergency including bleeding, falls, seizures and performance of Heimlich maneuver. - Assists with post-mortem care as assigned. - Transports dietary carts and linen carts. - Other duties as assigned. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS - Age 16 or older. - Successful completion of CNA training course. - Wisconsin certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant and on state registry. - Must successfully pass criminal and caregiver background check.