Certified Nurses' Aide

Responsibilities:

* Assists Residents with personal hygiene: tub baths, shower, bed baths, care or hair, nails, shaving and oral hygiene

* Assist Residents with toileting and incontinence care.

* Assist Residents with positioning as directed by care plan and / or nurse.

* Assists Residence with transfers.

* Change linens and beds as needed.

* Assists / provides Residents with range or motion exercises, ambulation, dressing and other nursing rehab measures, including adaptive devices as directed by the care plan and or / nurse.

* Assists Residence with meals by delivering trays or assisting residents to dining area.

* Takes vital signs, weights, intake, output as directed by the unit supervisor and report findings to the Unit Supervisor.

* Assists Residence with dressing, ensures that dress is appropriate for the season and immediate environment.

* Maintains order and cleanliness of Residents room and unit, including the tidiness or Resident's dresser drawers and wardrobes.

* Maintains cleanliness of Residents equipment including hearing aids, eyeglasses, dentures, assistive devices, bedpans, basins, wheelchairs.

* Noti fi es RN/Unit Supervisor when residents need clothing, shoes, etc.

* Transports residents to therapies, activities, clinics, Mass and all other appointments as needed.

* Assists with or is responsible for the collection of specimens as directed by the nurse.

* Reports to RN/ Unit Supervisor when leaving the unit or returning to the unit.

* Reports to the RN/Unit Supervisor any unusual problems with residents, staff, equipment and/ or unit promptly.

* Attends mandatory in-service programs and other programs as directed.

* Provides diversional activities in order to promote stimulation and manage behavior concerns.

* Inputs residents information into a PDA- every shift.

* Performs all other related duties as directed by nurse.

* Assists resident with feeding and completion of all meals as directed by the care plan and or nurse.

Qualifications:

* New York State Nurse Aide Certificate.

Education:

* High School Diploma or equivalent preferred