Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Job Description
Description
Brook Stone Living Center is a locally owned skilled nursing facility with 80 skilled and 20 assisted living beds.
We are looking for a qualified Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to provide daily assistance to our residents. You will help them with their basic needs and collaborate with medical professionals to achieve excellent patient care. We are seeking an individual that is a committed and compassionate professional.
PURPOSE:
Render personal care and assisting with activities of daily living for residents to maintain the optimum level of comfort and normalcy of their daily living. Ability to follow through instruction and direction from supervisor.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Give bed bah, showers, whirlpool baths and shampoos
Give oral hygiene and special mouth and skin care
Measure and record intake and output
Answer call lights promptly
Help patients in and out of bed and wheelchairs
Take vital signs
Feed patients
Clean off bedside tables and straighten rooms
Make beds
Give and remove bedpans and urinals and clean after use
Administer range of motion exercises
Assist in prevention of decubiti by turning and repositioning
Give personal care and special perineal care with foley catheter
Perform postmortem care procedures
Practice reality orientation with patients
Assist patients who are blind and otherwise disables
Care for patients in isolation
Fill water pitchers and serve snacks
Assist patients to and from activities
Observe and report changes in a patient’s condition
Assume other duties assigned as determined by educational qualifications and training
Complete documentation in PCC accurately and before leaving shift
Ambulate residents and use gait belts
Know the general procedures for safe lifting
Be aware of residents’ care plan goals
Be aware of working in a safe environment
Other tasks as assigned by Director of Nursing or Administrator
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
Must have current NC C.N.A. certification
Must be of good physical and mental health
Must be able to cooperate with other employees
Must be dependable
Hourly Rate: $14 plus hazard pay
Benefits
$14 an hour plus hazard pay
Shift Differential
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
401 K