CNA PC

Job Description

Job Description

Come and join our vibrant retirement community and enjoy being a key member of our Team.
We know that our people are the key to our success. We are a CCRC situated on a beautiful 50-acre campus with warm and friendly staff.

Primary Purpose

Perform direct resident care duties under the supervision of licensed nursing personnel. Assist with promoting a compassionate physical and psychosocial environment for the residents.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Required to be cross trained in all areas including Skilled Nursing and Personal Care. Must be willing to work in all areas as needed.
• Observe and practice safety according to facility policy and procedure.
• Able to explain and demonstrate fire/emergency procedures.
• Properly use and maintain facility equipment.
• Show respect for facility property.
• Demonstrate and able to explain infection control and isolation procedures.
• Demonstrate and able to explain proper body mechanics.
• Ensure residents are given correct diet.
• Use proper feeding techniques while respecting personal dignity and meeting the residents’ needs for socialization.
• Make beds correctly and wrinkle free.
• Maintain residents’ rooms in neat, orderly and clutter-free manner. Support residents’ participation in activity programs
• Promote and maintain positive relationships with co-workers, residents, visitors, volunteers, and regulators. 
• Directly respond, within their scope of practice, to needs and concerns of residents and family members. 
• Work with the care giving team to identify and resolve resident and family issues. 
• Promptly respond to call lights and other resident needs.
• Treat residents with compassion and dignity. 
• Establish effective communication/interaction with residents and families. 
• Ensure residents’ right to privacy (visual and auditory). 
• Maintain confidentiality of resident and facility records/information.  
• Show respect for residents’ personal property. 
• Ensure residents are dressed appropriately, consistent with weather conditions, and according to their wishes. 
• Recognize a resident’s ability to make choices and support these within the constraints of the care giving environment. 
• Communicate with members of the care giving team about residents’ personal choices.
• Communicate residents’ “end of life” concerns and wishes to the Charge Nurse. 
• The CNA is sensitive and appropriately responsive to each resident’s “end of life” wishes.

• Perform the following according to policy and procedure: Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure, ambulate residents. Apply proper lifting and transferring techniques. Provide proper positioning and use of postural supports. Maintain residents’ positioning, as needed. Weigh residents on schedule and record weights accurately. Provide restorative and rehabilitative nursing. Provide active and passive range of motion. Implement bowel and bladder program. Collect certain specimens for cultures pursuant to facility policy and within the scope of duties.
• Ensure residents’ comfort while assisting them in achieving their highest practicable level of functioning as follows: Assist residents with their activities of daily living. Provide oral care and hygiene pursuant to plan of care. Provide nail care pursuant to plan of care. Assist residents with dressing and grooming according to their needs, wishes and desires. Bathe residents with attention to privacy, respecting dignity and providing a safe and relaxing experience.

• Performs work safely by consistently using gait belts, back supports and lifts.
• Assist in feeding Residents.
• Report the following to the Charge Nurse and the care giving team as appropriate and/or document according to policy and procedure: A significant change in a resident’s condition, a change in a resident’s vital signs or weight, any accidents and injuries, any changes in a resident’s skin integrity, behavioral changes, signs of resident depression or anxiety, changes in a resident’s ambulation status, the level of the resident’s food consumption, and the resident’s intake of food and liquids as well as the resident’s output, when indicated.
• Participate in collecting data needed for the accurate completion of the MDS and the plan of care. Show understanding of information that is provided by the ADL flow sheets. Provide input to the Nurses for development of the plan of care. Provide information gathered from care giving activities to the Charge Nurse.
• Assist in the orientation and training of other staff. Attending orientation, mandatory in-service and education programs and staff meetings. 
• Comply with all Company policies related to safety and infection control procedures; including the proper use of mechanical lifts, gait belts and personal protective back supports.
• Understand, comply with and promote all rules and regulations regarding residents’ rights; promote positive relationships with residents, visitors, and regulators, to include presenting a professional appearance.
• Must adhere to the Company’s Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance policy, including documentation and reporting responsibilities.
• Participate in Quality Improvement activities as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Skills

• Ability to read and follow written English protocols as necessary.
• Ability to follow verbal communications.
• Ability to understand written and spoken English; to remember and to undertake the written and spoken word.
• Organize and express thoughts in spoken English words to others, so they will understand.
• Ability to problem solve with a variety of variables, interpret instructions.
• Problem sensitivity: ability to interpret assessments and to tell when something is wrong or likely to go wrong and to identify the problem.
• Must be able to communicate with all educational levels and display good human relations.
• Must be able to perform duties in an atmosphere of frequent interruptions.
• Must be able to learn technical material and equipment.
• Ability to read and follow established facility policy, nursing service policies, unit specific policies and procedures and standards of practice and care.
• Memorization: Must be able to remember words, numbers, procedures, pieces of information.
• Information ordering: Follows rules correctly; arrange action in a certain order.
• Must be able to organize and maintain flexible scheduling to coordinate all job responsibilities.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to walk in order to provide resident care, transport objects, equipment and residents to various parts of the facility and within the nursing unit. This includes heavy but not mobile equipment-the equipment may weigh 100 lbs. or more and may be transported by pushing or pulling using a wheeled cart.
• Must be able to stand for prolonged periods of time when assisting with procedures and/or resident care.
• Must be capable of maintaining equilibrium to prevent falling when walking or standing.
• Must be capable of stooping, bending, reaching, and squatting during resident care activities.
• Must be capable of carrying up to fifty pounds for transporting equipment and supplies.
• Must be capable of a wide range of hand, wrist, and finger motions including pinching, grasping, and fingering, required for tasks such as writing, answering phones and call lights, adjusting dials and switches, carrying equipment and supplies, and hearing for and positioning residents.
• Must have eye, hand, and foot coordination to perform technical aspects of job.
• Must perform major visual functions, including acuity, depth perception, field of vision, accommodation and color perception.
• Must have visual acuity that enables the individual to monitor the resident and to complete documentation.

Education

• Must be a Certified Nursing Aide in good standing with the state.  
• Must maintain a current certification in the state throughout employment.
• Must achieve 12 hours of in-service education annually as required by federal regulations (as well as meet state requirements, if exceeds federal).

Other Duties

Must comply with the general attendance policies.

Must comply with all safety policies and procedures.

Must comply with all Compliance and Ethics policies.

Beaumont offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include Medical, Dental, Vision Care, Wellness Programs, 403(b) Plan, Paid Time Off (including Holidays, Vacation and Sick Time), Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Program. 

Technology Proficiency: Demonstrated ability to effectively use and adapt to a variety of digital tools, software, and systems relevant to the role. This includes the ability to quickly learn new technologies, troubleshoot basic technical issues, and apply technology to improve efficiency, accuracy, and communication.

Technology