Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Job Description
What’s In It For You:
Bonus:
-$750 Sign-on bonus for CNA’s
-Must maintain at least 0.2 FTE (8 hours per week)
Paid Training & Certification:
-CNA course provided at no cost (training fees covered, but training is unpaid)
-Cares Dementia Certification paid training provided
-Community-Based Residential Facility (CBRF) Certification paid training provided
Extra Cash:
-Earn shift differentials from $0.50 to $3.00 per hour depending on shift
-Earn additional pay incentives up to $5/hour for picking up additional, non-scheduled shifts
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be required and assigned.
-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/tenants 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/tenants 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/tenants 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/tenants their meals; motivates and assists them with intake of nourishment and fluids.
-Answer all call signals and requests of residents/tenants immediately.
-Encourages/assist residents/tenants in keeping their rooms clean and orderly; assists with making beds.
-Maintains nursing unit in a clean and orderly manner.
-Keeps all residents/tenants’ personal belongings and equipment clean.
-Escorts residents/tenants to appointments and/or therapy departments as scheduled.
-Participates in unit activity programs planned for residents/tenants 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/tenants’ 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:
Certified Nursing Assistant
-Age 16 or older.
-Wisconsin certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant and on state registry. CNA training courses available through St. Croix County.
-Completion of CBRF training, fire safety, first aide, and medication management program within 90 days of hire.
-Must successfully pass criminal and caregiver background check.
Certified Nursing Assistant – Dementia Care
-Age 16 or older.
-Wisconsin certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant and on state registry.
-Completion of CBRF training, fire safety, first aide, and medication management program within 90 days of hire.
-Cares Dementia Training Certification within 90 days of hire.
-Must successfully pass criminal and caregiver background check.
Expected Wage Range
CNA: $19.25 - 21.78/hour
Dementia CNA: $20.22 - 22.87/hour
Department: Health Care Campus
FTE: Various on-call, part-time, and full-time opportunities