Certified Nursing Assistant ( CNA)

The primary purpose of your job position is to provide each of your assigned patients with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the patient’s assessment and care plan, and as may be directed by your supervisors.

As a Certified Nursing Assistant, you are delegated the authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.

• Use the prescribed methods to identify patients before administering treatments, serving meals, etc., as necessary.
• Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative and descriptive manner.
• Use only authorized abbreviations established by this facility when recording information.
• Report all changes in the patient’s condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as observed, and practical.
• Report all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur.

• Ensure that the patient’s room is ready for receiving the patient (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.).
• Greet patients and escort them to their room.
• Introduce patient to his/her roommate, if any, and other patients and personnel as appropriate.
• Make patient comfortable (i.e., put to bed, get water, etc.).
• Inventory and mark the patient’s personal possessions, and store clothing as instructed.
• Assist patients with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged.
• Transport patients to new rooms or to the receiving area.
• Assist with loading/unloading patients from vehicles as necessary.

• Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors.
• Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks.
• Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel to ensure that nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the patients.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
• Meet with your shift’s nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services.
• Report all complaints and grievances made by the patient.
• Notify the facility when you will be late or absent from work, and follow all prescribed attendance policies and procedures.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals to your supervisor immediately.

• Follow patient plan of care as posted for staff in the designated location of the patient room or other area where kept.
• Follow patient’s prescribed transfer plan, level of assistance as communicated in the designated location of the patient room or other area where kept. (I.e., mechanical lift, 2 person, etc.)
• Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Assist patients with daily care; dental and mouth care (i.e., brushing teeth/dentures, oral hygiene, special mouth care, etc.), hair care (combing,…