Certified Nursing Aide

Tennessee Family Solutions is looking to hire a Certified Nursing Aide.

Essential Functions :

• Follow work assignments, and / or work schedules in completing and performing assigned tasks.
• Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with established policies and procedures and as instructed by the supervisor.
• Notify the facility when late or absent from work according to specified call-in procedures.
• Cooperate with other facility personnel to assure that nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the persons.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
• Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.
• Assist persons with daily dental and mouth care.
• Give back rubs as instructed.
• Assist persons with dressing / undressing as necessary.
• Assist persons with hair care functions (combing, brushing, shampooing, etc.).
• Assist persons with nail care (clipping, trimming, and cleaning the finger / toenails).
• Shave persons as needed or requested.
• Keep persons dry (change gown, clothing, linen, etc., when it becomes wet or soiled).
• Make beds.
• Position bedfast persons in the correct and comfortable position.
• Change bed linens. Keep linens tight to avoid wrinkles from forming under the person.
• Put extra covers on beds as requested.
• Assist a person with bowel and bladder functions.
• Maintain intake and output records as instructed.
• Check and report bowel movements and character of stools as instructed.
• Assist with bowel and bladder training program.
• Assist persons in preparing for an activity and social programs.
• Assist in transporting persons to / from appointments, activity, and social programs as necessary.
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting persons into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
• Answer person calls promptly.
• Assist persons to walk with or without self-help devices as instructed.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Provide eye and ear care.
• Measure and record temperatures, pulse, and respiration as instructed.
• Weight and measure persons as instructed.
• Assist with the application of nonsterile warm / cold compresses.
• Assist with the care of a dying person.
• Provide post-mortem care as instructed.
• Check persons routinely to assure that their personal care needs are being met.
• Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdowns to prevent bedsores.
• Provide daily personal care.
• Give alcohol sponge baths.
• Provide daily Range of Motion Exercises as requested.
• Turn bedfast persons at least every two hours.
• Observe disoriented and comatose persons. Record and report data as instructed.
• Watch for and report any change in room temperature, ventilation, lighting, etc.
• Prepare persons for meals (take to the bathroom, wash hands, comb hair, raise bed, take to / from dining room, etc.)
• Serve food trays. Assist with feeding as indicated.
• Assist persons with identifying food arrangements (informing persons with sight problems, what foods are on the tray, where it is located, if it is hot / cold, etc.).
• Record the persons’ food / fluid intake. Report changes in the person’s eating habits.
• Keep person water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water and within easy reach of the person.
• Serve between meal and bedtime snacks as directed.
• Perform after meal care (remove trays, clean person’s hands, face, clothing, take to the bathroom, brush teeth, clean dentures, etc.).
• Attend and participate in scheduled training and educational classes.
• Keep floors dry. Report spills immediately.
• Keep excess supplies and equipment off the floor. Store in designated areas.
• Keep a person's personal possession off the floor and properly stored.
• Follow established smoking regulations. Report all violations.
• Report all hazardous conditions and equipment to the Nurse House Manager or Supervisor immediately.
• Follow established safety precautions in the performance of all duties.
• Report all safety violations.
• Wash hands before and after performing any service for the person.
• Wash wheelchairs, walkers, etc., as instructed.
• Clean, disinfect, and return all personal care equipment to its designated storage area after each use.
• Perform routine housekeeping duties (clean bedrails, nightstand, etc., that relate to nursing care procedures).
• Wash hands before entering and leaving an isolation room / area.
• Report any communicable or infectious disease that you contact with the Director of Nursing or designee.
• Follow established isolation precautions and procedures.
• Use gowns and gloves as indicated.
• Operate all equipment in a safe manner.
• Report defective equipment to the Nurse House Manager or Supervisor.
• Inform the Nurse House Manager or Supervisor of your equipment and supply needs.
• Review care plans daily to ensure that you are providing appropriate nursing care.
• Inform the Nurse House Manager or Supervisor of any changes that need to be made on the care plan.
• Ensure that your notes reflect that the care plan is being followed.
• Maintain the confidentiality of all personal care information.
• Ensure that you treat all persons fairly and with kindness, dignity, and respect.
• Ensure that all nursing care is provided in privacy.
• Knock before entering the person’s room.
• Report all grievances and complaints made by the person to the Nurse House Manager or Supervisor.
• Report all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur.
• Report all changes in the person’s condition as soon as practical.
• When processing a new admission, ensure that the person’s room is ready, greet and escort persons to their room, and introduce persons to other persons and personnel as appropriate.
• Inventory and mark the person’s personal possessions.
• Assist persons with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room or when being discharged.
• Assist persons with loading / unloading / packing / unpacking as necessary.
• Notify the Nurse House, Manager / Supervisor, immediately of any person leaving / missing from the home.
30+ days ago