Job Description
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY :
Provides high quality care to each assigned patient / resident with daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident / patient’s assessment and plan of care.
BENEFITS :Essential Duties & Responsibilities :
- Assist or complete resident activities of daily living according to the care plan for assigned residents.
- Activities of Daily Living include, but are not limited to the following :
o Bathing (tub, shower, bed)
o Dressing
o Toileting (bathroom, bedpan, commode, urinal, foley catheter care, incontinent care)
o Transferring (in and out of bed, chair, wheelchair, lounge chair, tub, scale, etc)
o Transporting (wheelchair, walker, ambulation)
o Lifting
o Eating (tray pass, feeding, recording consumption, supervision / encouragement, nourishment pass)
o Range of Motion exercises
o Grooming (hair, shaving, nail care, oral care)
o Bed making
o AM and HS care
o Provision of privacy
o Restorative Nursing measures
o Insure a safe environment
- Safely use equipment (lifts, scales, restraints, side rails, splints, positioning devices, arm protectors, specialized mattresses, adaptive equipment)
- Obtain and record vital signs(temperature, pulse, respiration) and weight.
- Maintenance of dignity, individuality, confidentiality and resident’s rights
- Explain to resident what care you are going to provide prior to providing it.
- Caring for residents with communicable diseases who require isolation or special precautions. Wearing appropriate personal protective equipment and following infection control procedures.
- Maintaining resident’s room, bath and personal belongings in a clean, orderly fashion.
- Assists with admissions and discharges as directed by the nurse.
- Reports to the team leader at the beginning of the shift, listens to report of the resident’s condition, receives assignment, asks questions and reviews the resident’s care plan.
- Reports off to team leader when leaving the unit.
- Adheres to assigned break and meal times.
- Attends in-services as directed
- Reports perceived problems to the supervisor
- Is responsible for any duties, within the scope of practice of a CNA, as requested by the team leader, nursing supervisor, ADON, DON.
- Follows the facilities policies and procedures
- Follows Universal Precautions and Infection Control practices
- Maintains Corporate Compliance standards
- Contributes to facility Quality Assurance Performance Improvement initiatives