CNA - CLIENT CARE AIDE - Bruce Mccandless Veteran's Community Living Center - Florence, C)

Department Information Applications will be considered from Colorado residents only. This posting may be used to fill multiple positions. Bruce McCandles Veterans Community Living Center in Florence, Colorado

Bruce McCandless State Veterans Community Living Center is a State-owned and operated skilled-nursing facility dedicated to serving those who have served us. Our Eden Mission is to honor and respect those living and working in our home through companionship, empowerment and individualized care while providing a comfortable and safe place to live.

Full-time - 12-hour shifts, both day & night available

Please note:

this schedule is subject to change based on the needs of the program.

Please note:

These working arrangements are subject to change.

This position exists to provide direct hands-on resident care by hands-on performance or assistance as needed with activities of daily living. Provide environmental needs by arranging and adapting personal care items such as food or clothing and/or physical environment needs, e.g., wheelchair, walker, etc. Gently guide and instruct residents as needed in self-care activities.

• Provide direct resident care by hands-on performance or assistance as needed with activities of daily living.
• Provide environmental needs by arranging and adapting personal care items such as food or clothing and/or physical environment needs, e.g. wheelchair, walker, etc.

• Supervising and instruction of residents as needed for self care activities.
• Recommends observation of specific residents who may need dietary changes, e.g. from regular diet to pureed or regular liquid to thickened liquid.

• Monitor safety needs by supervising residents' whereabouts, interactions, and conditions and refer to the charge nurse if necessary

• Collaborate with the charge nurse and other nursing personnel to provide and exchange information regarding resident care status, and evaluate the effectiveness and appropriateness of the Treatment Care Plan, inform the charge nurse of refusals of hygiene care.
• Document observations and care provided on various residents' records.

• Provide psychosocial needs of residents and their significant others by direct personal contact.
• This position will be required to deliver blood draws to the lab, drive a resident to a doctor’s appointment, or to the hospital (if not transported by ambulance).
• Maintain education by attending mandatory and non-mandatory in‑services and workshops to keep current as mandated by state law and VA regulations and facility policy and procedures.

High school diploma or General Educational Diploma (GED).

Must have completed the training program for a CNA and must obtain CNA license within four months of hire.

Current, valid certification as a Nurse Aide (CNA) from the Colorado Department of

Regulatory Agencies will substitute for the high school diploma or GED

• Required to obtain CPR certification and Vaccinations as required by State and facility.

• Knowledge and ability to appropriately carry out assigned resident care based on the residents' conditions; to use judgment and to accurately recognize, report and record relevant resident information.
• Knowledge and ability to recognize urgent or emergent resident care situations, seek assistance of the RN and/or MD/DON, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed.
• Knowledge of quality standards, procedures, and protocols
• Knowledge of specialized client care applicable to the work situation
• Skill in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to residents.
• Ability to effectively work with an elderly patient population of varying physical, mental and emotional abilities and staff from multiple work units in the facility to achieve quality care planning and delivery
• Ability to observe, identify, and respond to the resident's needs for care, equipment-assisted care, and patient/family education.
• Superior verbal, listening, and written communication skills with all healthcare providers, residents, families, and the general public.
• Demonstrated ability to display professional conduct at all times when dealing with fellow staff members, patients, families, and the…