Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Full-Time

Summary of

Duties

Responsible for providing residents with routine daily personal care and services in accordance with the resident’s assessment and plan of care as directed.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides personal care and activities of daily living (ADL’s) care to residents including bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting.

• Keeps residents rooms and resident care areas clean and neat.

• Participates in the orientation of new residents to facility.

• Documents care as instructed and required.

• Reports all changes in the resident’s condition (i.e., areas of redness, skin tears, bruising, mental status change, eating habits, etc.) to the charge nurse.

• Checks assigned residents routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met.

• Assists in transporting resident to/from dining room, therapy, activity and social programs, etc., as necessary.

• Monitors and records vital signs, such as blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and respiration and reports any changes in condition to the nursing staff.

• Encourages resident to participate in activity programs and assists as needed.

• Performs restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.

• Assists with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc., as necessary, utilizing appropriate techniques.

• Serves meals and assist with feeding as necessary.

• Responds to call lights and resident requests promptly and courteously.

• Performs other duties as directed and assume additional responsibilities as assigned.

Education and

Experience

Must possess a current and valid Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification in the state of Alabama or obtain certification within 120 days of hire. Experience as a Certified Nursing Assistant preferred.

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