CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant

About the job CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant Job details Available shifts: Day shift, Night shift, Evening shift, Weekend availability, Monday to Friday, Holidays, 12 hour shift Work Settings: Long term care, Nursing home, Acute care Qualifications High school or equivalent (Required) CNA (Required) BLS Certification (Required) Long term care: 1 year (Preferred) Skilled Nursing Facility: 1 year (Preferred) Job Description Position Overview: This position performs resident/patient care activities and related services necessary in caring for the personal needs, safety, and comfort of residents/patients as assigned. Assists in providing a positive physical, social, and psychological environment. The CNA II relates positively, effectively, and appropriately with residents/patients, families, community members, volunteers and other facility staff. Successful incumbents have fast and adaptive problem-solving skills who value collaboration and teamwork. This position has an in-depth understanding of patient care policies and regulations and is comfortable working with specific populations of patients, including elderly patients and those with special needs. CNA IIs work 12-hour shifts and are required to cross train and float to the OVCH Acute Care facility four (4) times a year. This supports the collaboration and teamwork between departments and offers support for the Swing patients. Minimum Qualifications: High school Diploma or equivalent Certified in the state of California as a Nursing Assistant CNA Current BLS Certification Preferred Qualifications: Previous Long-Term Care experience Essential Functions and Responsibilities: 1. Assists with resident/patient care needs and comforts including but not limited to: Assists or gives oral hygiene and mouth care. Assists with bathing functions and dressing/undressing as necessary. Assists with nail care, shaving and hair care. Assists with lifting, turning, positioning and transporting residents. Makes both occupied and unoccupied bed (as assigned). Keeps residents/patients dry (i.e. change gown, clothing, linen, etc.) when they become soiled or wet. Assists resident/patient with bowel or bladder functions. Checks resident/patients frequently to assure that their personal care needs are being met. 2. Assists with nursing functions as follows: Measures and records vital signs. Weighs and measures residents/patients. Prepares and gives enemas. Provides daily indwelling catheter care. Performs diabetic urine testing. Turns bedfast residents/patients at least every two hours. Provides daily range of motion exercises. Assists with care of dying residents. Maintains accurate intake and output records. Noting observations of patient behavior, including complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses. 3. Performs food service functions including: Prepares resident/patients for meals (i.e. take to bathroom, wash hands, oral care, take to and from dining room, etc.). Serves food trays. Assists with feeding as indicated. Records the residents/patients food fluid intake. Serves between meal and bedtime snacks. Keeps residents/patients water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water on each shift. Performs after meal care (i.e. clean residents/patients hands, face, clothing, brush teeth, take to bathroom, etc.). Notes and reports changes in resident/patient eating habits, especially those on diabetic diet. Assists with keeping nursing and resident/patient care area neat, sanitary and orderly. Floats to the OVCH Acute Care Facility four (4) times each year. Appropriately records and charges for supplies. Performs other duties as assigned. Medical specialties: Medical-Surgical Physical setting: Hospital Nursing home Standard shift: Day shift Evening shift Night shift Holidays Monday to Friday Weekend availability Education: High school or equivalent (Required) Experience: Long term care: 1 year (Preferred) Skilled Nursing Facility: 1 year (Preferred) #J-18808-Ljbffr Elite Healthcare Agency