CNA - Community Living Center

Certified Nurse Assistant

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CNA Responsibilities

• Serves as a member of the nursing staff and carries out routine nursing care and other personal services to assigned patients on any ward or tour assigned.
• Performs a range of personal nursing care which includes activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, lifting, and turning patients, providing oral, nail, hair related hygiene care, routine foley, oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal, and performing preventive, rehabilitative, application of races, prosthetic devices, utilizes equipment to promote veteran self-care. Utilizes therapeutic care/procedures within the scope of a Nursing Assistant.
• Documents all care provided in the appropriate clinical records.
• Observes significant conditions, both physical and emotional that are relevant to the health status of the patient.
• Performs various diagnostic support duties such as taking vital signs, collecting, and transporting specimens, and preparing and escorting patients for discharge, tests, examinations, treatments, and/or surgery per established procedures.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment; observes all policies on universal precautions. Provides for patients' safety needs by maintaining a clean and safe environment.
• Accompanies patients on diagnostic or therapeutic trips assuming responsibility for basic decisions within the scope of a Certified Nursing Assistant while away from nursing units.
• Initiates emergency measures to control disruptive or violent behavior. Documents all relevant information in the clinical record.

Certified Nurse Assistant Requirements

• Has at least two years experience as a CNA within the last three years in one of the following: Community Living Center, Medical-Surgical, Emergency Room, Mental Health, and/or Critical Care.
• Is capable of providing nursing care for adult medical and surgical patients.
• Has and maintains BLS certifications.
• Must have US citizenship.
• Must have COVID Vaccine Certification.

KurzSolutions is committed to improving health outcomes by providing well-managed companies with the top healthcare talent in the market. KurzSolutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.