CNA

CNA

Glendale, AZ 85308

Overview

Salary Range $1.00 - $1.00 Hourly

Description

The Center at Arrowhead

The Center at Arrowhead is a Veritas Management Group building. The sister facility, the Center at Centennial in Colorado Springs was the first building opened in 2007. Now there are over a dozen Centers throughout various states with the goal of helping patients recover from illness or injury to reach their highest level of independence. The Center at Arrowhead is a new state of the art 96 bed Skilled Nursing Facility striving for excellence for patients, and its employees.

Administrative Functions

• Record all entries in an informative and descriptive manner.
• Use only authorized abbreviations established by this facility when recording information.
• Report all changes in the patients to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical.
• Report all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur.

Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Functions

• Ensure that the patient's room is ready for receiving the patient (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.).
• Greet patient and escort them to their room.

Personnel Functions

• Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors.
• Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks.
• Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel to ensure that nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
• Meet with your shift's nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services.
• Report all complaints and grievances made by the resident.
• Notify the facility when you will be late or absent from work.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals to your supervisor.

Experience

Must be a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with laws of this state.

Physical and Sensory Requirements

• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the work day.
• Must be able to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner.
• Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.
• Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds. Requires lifting more weight up to 100 pounds with assistance. Occasional pushing of carts and wheelchairs.