Nursing Assistant, PT/PD

Job Title

This position exists in the County skilled nursing facilities and involves the performance of non-technical tasks involving the routine care of residents and providing such indirect or non-nursing services are not required to be performed by a Licensed Practical or Registered Professional Nurse.

Residency

Candidates must have been legal residents of the following jurisdiction:

• New York State

Examples of Duties

• Aids in walking, feeding, bathing and related restorative and rehabilitative care activities for residents and aids in caring for their personal needs and comfort;
• Aids residents with personal hygiene by shampooing and combing hair, cleaning and cutting nails, giving mouthwashes, cleaning teeth and dentures;
• Takes temperature, respiration rate, pulse of residents under supervision of the registered nurse in charge;
• Assists professional nursing personnel in carrying out assigned range of motion, promotion of self-help and independence activities and reality orientation;
• Assists residents with meals including feeding residents when necessary;
• Reports record of residents' food intake and output when ordered by the registered nurse in charge;
• Makes beds and changes linen on a regular basis or as otherwise directed;
• Gives residents lotion rubs and assess resident needs and general well being;
• Supplies residents with soap, facial and toilet tissue, towels, washcloths, etc.;
• Labels and stores residents' clothes and turns over valuables to person designated by the facility;
• Fills residents' bedside water pitchers and collects used glasses to be sanitized;
• Assists nursing staff in giving enemas, and applying simple hot packs;
• Cleans and sterilizes equipment by washing and application of antiseptic solution;
• May assist with moving of room furniture, fixtures and supplies to help keep residents safe and comfortable;
• Collects and bags soiled linens and cleans bedpans;
• Assists residents on outside field trips as requested.

Full performance knowledge, skills, abilities and personal characteristics: Good knowledge in the care of the elderly and/or infirm as provided in a skilled nursing facility; ability to understand and carry out routine non-technical, oral and written directions relative to care of residents; physical strength and mental alertness; willingness to learn, cooperate and carefully follow a prescribed routine; discretion; ability to get along well with others and to secure cooperation of residents' neatness; physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.

Typical Qualifications

1. Certified by the New York State Department of Health as a Residential Health Care Facilities Nurses Aide, or Certified Nurse Aide, or 2. A student in a school of nursing approved by the Commissioner of Education who has successfully completed at least two full semesters and/or 90 contact hours of basic medical/surgical nursing and who shall complete the clinical and written nurse aide competency evaluation/or a graduate of nursing program, waiting results of licensing exam.

Supplemental Information

Ability to lift and support the body weight of a resident with the prescribed number of assisting devices. Nursing Assistants – NC in the County Service NOTE: Livingston County residency is not a requirement for this position. However, Livingston County residents will be given preference in the hiring process.