Certified Nursing Assistant in Training

Certified Nursing Assistant in Training Job Description

Job Purpose: Provides each of the assigned patients with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the patients assessment and care plan and as directed by the nurse supervisor.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provides care ensuring patient/resident safety
2. Applies & releases restraints and provides exercise
3. Assists Residents in and out of bed and into wheelchair with the correct use of the transfer belt and practices proper body mechanics while moving/transferring patients
4. Assists Residents in bathing to include bed baths, tub baths, and showers
5. Assists Residents in dressing or undressing and personal grooming (e.g., oral denture care, brushing hair, trimming fingernails and toenails, skin care, and shaving)
6. Assists Residents to and from activities as requested
7. Assists Residents to dining area for meals, passes food trays to individual Residents in accordance with diet cards on tray, and identifies the four basic food groups on a sample breakfast, lunch, and dinner tray
8. Assists with admissions, discharges, and transfers as requested, understands and utilizes care plans
9. Cleans bedpans and empty catheter bags, provides external/indwelling catheter care, and provides incontinent care as needed for Residents
10. Offers fluids at appropriate times, including routine ice and water rounds, and distributes fresh water to patients and picks up used water pitchers
11. Properly documents in accordance with established guidelines, receives and gives reports on patients status or condition, and notifies nurse of any changes in resident condition
12. Reports skin irritation around ostomy bag to the Charge Nurse and reports problems with ostomy bag to the Charge Nurse
13. Provides range of motion exercises for residents
14. Provides routine care for the bedfast patient, turns residents intermittently if patient is bedridden due to illness
15. Recognizes and reports signs and symptoms of abuse to the Charge Nurse, Administrator, and identifies and reports changes in condition to the Charge Nurse
16. Removes bedding and replaces with clean linens per schedule or condition and as needed
17. Takes vital signs of patient (e.g., temperature, blood pressure, and respiration) and records information and documents reports regarding the patients health I&O (any change of medical condition and care given)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Communicates well with patients/residents/clients and family members, providing warm and friendly greeting and an approachable demeanor to families, visitors, patients/residents/clients • Responds to expressed concerns, displaying a helpful and caring demeanor • Answers questions when appropriate in a professional manner • Participates in center/agency surveys • Licensure: JCAHO and any subsequently required reports • Attends and participates in continuing educational programs to keep abreast of changes in the field • Attends and participates in mandatory in-services • Honors patients/residents rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property, and civil rights, including the right to wage complaints • Complies with corporate compliance program • Reports job-related functions/tasks that involve occupational hazards, including exposure to blood and body fluids and others as necessary • Follows established safety regulations, including fire protection and prevention, smoking regulations, infection control, etc. • Follows established safety procedures when performing tasks and/or working with equipment • Performs other related duties as necessary and as directed by the nurse supervisor

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Some High School or High School Diploma or GED required
• On-the-job training provided
• Temporary Nurse Aide must not have adverse findings on Criminal Background Checks
• Temporary Nurse Aide must be able to demonstrate Competency to provide nursing services consistent with CMS Wavier requirements

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Preferred qualifications: High school graduate preferred, previous experience preferred, and familiarity and willingness to work with the elderly population
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