Description
The purpose of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) is to provide direct certified nursing care to residents of the Sauk County Health Care Center.
Essential Duties
- Assist with and provide resident hygiene tasks such as bathing and dressing and changing of linens.
- Assist with or feed residents including providing dietary supplements and / or between meal nourishments to residents.
- Perform treatments as directed by unit nurse, including but not limited to administering suppositories and catheter care.
- Obtain resident vital signs such as blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respiration, and oxygen saturation and reports findings or changes to unit nurse.
- Meet resident’s needs and / or requests in a timely manner.
- Assist ambulatory residents, and transfer non-ambulatory and non-weight bearing residents to therapy and then follow nursing recommendations / orders.
- Follow resident’s plan of care as directed by resident and the interdisciplinary team.
- Promote resident choice via resident centered care.
Additional Tasks
- Assist in resident dining experience, meal delivery, clearing tables and washing dishes.
- Direct visitors.
- Engage or provide residents activities of their choice.
- Record food intake, bowel movements and other nursing tasks and resident information to electronic medical record.
- Transport residents to and from dentist appointments, podiatrist appointments, beauty shop and on / off neighborhoods for recreational activities.
- Light housekeeping duties such as sweeping, mopping and carpet cleaning.
- Answer call lights promptly.
- Mentor and train new Certified Nursing Assistants and facilitates familiarization with facility processes and procedures.
- And other duties as assigned.
Minimum Training and Education
Preferred : High School Diploma or equivalent
Licenses / Certifications : Licensed Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.
30+ days ago