Certified Nursing Asst

Job Details

Job Location:

5550 S Shore Dr - Chicago, IL 60637

Salary Range: $18.00 - $18.00 Hourly

The CNA is responsible for providing quality care to residents both physically and emotionally to enhance quality of life.

• Paid vacation and paid sick leave
• Access to health insurance
• 401k with employer match
• Attendance bonuses
• Holiday bonus

• Assist residents with personal care including bathing, grooming, hygiene and placement of adaptive equipment
• Explain procedures to residents before administering
• Keep residents dry (changes gown, clothing, linen, etc., when it becomes wet or soiled)
• Change bed linens and keep linens tight to avoid wrinkles from forming under residents
• Make beds (occupied and unoccupied)
• Handle linens according to infection control guidelines
• Assist residents with bowel and bladder functions
• Prepare residents for transporting to appointments, activities and social programs
• Assist with lifting, positioning and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc., in keeping with specific resident safety needs
• Assist residents in ambulation with or without self-help devices as instructed
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed
• Accurately measure and record heights and weights
• Accurately measure and record temperatures, pulses, respirations and blood pressures (TPRs and B/P) as instructed
• Empty urinary drainage bags and record amount in record; report any irregularities to nurse
• Ensure call lights are within reach of residents and answer call lights promptly
• Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently
• Report all changes in residents’ condition to supervisor as soon as practical
• Ensure that residents’ personal care needs are being met in accordance with residents’ wishes
• Complete appropriate charge and inventory slips and monitor supply inventory daily
• Clean instruments and equipment and return to proper area after use
• Straighten dresser tops and stands
• Maintain cleanliness of resident units, central bathing area, treatment and supply rooms, workrooms and linen closets; clean bedpans, urinals and commodes; wash basins and emesis basins; sanitize bath tub after each resident’s use; clean floors if resident is incontinent; wipe spilled foods and liquids
• Provide post-mortem care as instructed
• Turn bedfast residents as instructed
• Provide Range of Motion exercises
• Provide daily indwelling catheter care
• Provides perineal care

• Assure that residents are positioned appropriately for meals
• Assure that appropriate utensils are within reach of residents
• Serve food trays and assist with feeding as indicated
• Keep residents’ water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water (on each shift) and within easy reach of residents
• Deliver and document all a.m., p.m., and bedtime snacks and supplements
• Provide hydration to all residents according to center policy

• Accurately record all entries in the AOD system, I’s and O’s, Quality of Life and food acceptance

• Make residents comfortable and orient as necessary
• Inventory and store residents’ personal possessions as instructed
• Assist with loading/unloading residents from vehicles as necessary
• Establish and maintain good public relations with residents, families and other center guests and show empathy toward residents

• Participate in care conference as indicated and follow individual resident care plans

• Report observations concerning structural, equipment, and furniture defects and malfunctioning to appropriate personnel…