CNA PRN

Job Overview:

The overall purpose of the Certified Nurses Assistant position is to provide personal care to residents in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort.

General Responsibilities:

- Provides personal care to residents in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort consistent with Ridgecrests policy.

- Promotes and supports the greatest possible degree of independence for residents.

- Advises the supervising charge nurse of the residents status at the beginning, during, and end of the shift.

- Contributes knowledge of residents conditions, and documents observations as required.

- Promotes a safe and clean environment.

- Complies with requirements of procedures for safe lifting and/or safe transfer of residents per established policies and procedures.

- Assures that equipment is clean and functional.

- Demonstrates competency in skills mandated by required education and training.

- Performs incidental housekeeping or maintenance tasks as may be required to maintain a clean, hazard-free environment for the residents, visitors, and staff.

- May assist in taking residents to activities and the beauty shop.

- Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions (may add additional conditions specific to defined work location):

- Exposure to blood, body tissue and other potentially infectious fluids.

- Exposure to sudden fluctuations in temperature.

- Exposure to dust, bodily injury, loud or unpleasant noise and odors.

Safety Requirements:

- All employees are expected to respond to emergency situations involving the safety of residents, other employees, and the facility. This includes the ability to assist with a possible evacuation of residents.

- Ridgecrest Village recognizes that an individual with a disability may require accommodations to enable them to successfully perform a job function. Should you require such accommodations please let your supervisor know in the section below. Consideration will be given to all suggested reasonable accommodations.

Qualifications

- State certification as a nursing assistant is mandatory.

- Complete familiarity with the duties of a certified nursing assistant.

- Functional literacy in English.

Skills/Aptitude:

- Must possess patience, tact, enthusiasm, and a cheerful disposition.

- Must possess the knowledge, skill, and empathy necessary to work with geriatric residents and their families.

- Must be able to continually articulate clearly and precisely and communicate with persons of varying backgrounds.

- Must possess the mental and physical capabilities to fulfill the duties of this position.

- Highly developed observation skills are desirable.

General Qualifications:

- Willingness to be open to learning and growing.

- Maturity of judgment and behavior.

- Maintains high standards for work areas and appearance.

- Maintains a positive attitude.

- Ability to work a flexible schedule helpful.

- Must comply with any dress code requirements.

- Must be able to work nights, weekends, and some holidays.

- Attends work and shows up for scheduled shift on time with satisfactory regularity.

Physical Requirements:

- Frequently lifts, stands, transfers residents weighing 75-250 lbs.

- Frequently pushes/pulls residents weighing 75-250 lbs. in wheelchairs and Geri chairs.

- Frequently stoops, bends, walks, and stands for extended periods of time.

- Frequently lifts and carries equipment, supplies, and laundry weighing less than 50 lbs.

- Occasionally reaches at or above the shoulder height.