Certified Nurse Assistant

Position:
Certified Nursing Assistant Employee

Supervisor:
Nursing Supervisor & Director of

Department:
Navigator Homes - CNAs

The primary purpose of your position is to provide each of your assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident’s assessment, care plan, and Windemere’s established nursing care procedures.

No Delegation of Authority.

Every effort has been made to make your job description as complete as possible. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or is a logical assignment to the position.

• Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative and accurate manner.
• Report all accidents and incidents you observe during the shift in which they occur.
• Use only authorized abbreviations established by this facility when recording information.
• Report all changes in the resident's condition to the staff nurse as soon as possible.
• Ensure that the resident's room is ready for an admission, including bed made, necessary supplies in room, etc.
• Inventory and mark the residents personal possessions as instructed.
• Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room or when being discharged.
• Follow work assignments and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks.
• Report any complaints/concerns made by the resident to the staff nurse.
• Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with facility established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors.
• Notify the facility when you will be late or absent from work at least two hours prior to the start of shift.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
• Participate in walking rounds at the beginning and end of each work shift and receive/provide report.
• Takes temperature, pulse, respirations, & blood pressure and reports to nurse.
• Notes resident intake and output accurately and on appropriate forms.
• Changes and toilets incontinent residents as needed and keeps them clean and dry.
• Uses Universal Precautions at all times, in order to control the spread of infection.
• Bathes residents in special tub as indicated by the care plan.
• Weighs residents as directed and reports weights to nurse.
• Assist residents with daily dental and mouth care (brushing teeth/dentures, oral hygiene).
• Carries out cleaning assignments and extra duties as directed.
• Assists residents with dressing/undressing as necessary.
• Assist resident with hair care functions, including brushing, combing, and shampooing.
• Assist resident with nail care, including clipping, trimming, and cleaning.
• Shave male residents. Shave female residents as needed.
• Make beds (occupied and unoccupied).
• Position bedfast residents in correct and comfortable position.
• Check and report bowel movements and character of stools as instructed.
• Collect specimens as instructed (i.e., urine, sputum, and stool).
• Assist resident in preparing for medical tests (i.e. lab work, x‑ray dental, etc.).
• Assist resident in preparing for activity and social programs and transport as directed.
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
• Answer residents call signals promptly.
• Assist with the care of the dying resident.
• Provide post‑mortem care as instructed.
• Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdown to prevent decubitus ulcers.
• Provide daily indwelling catheter care and perineal care.
• Provide daily range of motion exercises, record data as instructed.
• Turn all medications found in the residents' room over to the staff nurse.
• Prepare residents for meals (i.e. take to bathroom, wash hands, comb hair, raise bed, position tables, place clothing protectors, take to and from dining room, etc.).
• Serve food trays. Assist with feeding as indicated (i.e cutting foods feeding, assist residents with sight problems to identify food arrangements etc.).
• Record the resident's food intake. Notify nurse of any change in eating habit or of intake