Certified Nurses Aide

Job Title:

Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)

Location:

Adel Acres – Adel, IA 50003

The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) provides residents with the highest quality of direct routine care in all activities of daily living, under the supervision of the LPN or RN and in accordance with the Nursing Assistant Program standards, the Resident’s Bill of Rights, and the facility Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program. The CNA is part of an interdisciplinary care team dedicated to promoting independence, autonomous decision‑making and facilitating residents to achieve and maintain their highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well‑being.

• Provides ongoing resident care upholding and promoting the resident’s right to be free from abuse, mistreatment, neglect or misappropriation of property and immediately reports any suspicions, reports or witnessed events to appropriate facility staff.
• Forms quality relationships, communicating and interacting competently on a one‑to‑one basis while integrating the resident‑centered Plan of Care.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to physical, mental, and psychosocial needs while maintaining dignity, skillfully performing directed nursing, personal cares and restorative services.
• Supports and promotes residents’ rights and attainment of as much functional independence as possible.
• Maximizes quality of living through continual monitoring and reporting of resident care, ensuring all outcomes are thoroughly and accurately documented.
• Provides the highest quality care to all residents, without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age or differences in culture.
• Maintains awareness of facility QAPI goals and abides by and promotes the QAPI program.
• Practices and promotes a strong culture of customer service, ensuring a resident‑centered experience.

• Facilitates Plan of Care through completion of nursing responsibilities, clearly communicating resident needs to primary caregivers and reporting changes and responses to interventions to the LPN or RN.
• Completes basic nursing cares such as taking and recording vital signs; measuring and recording height and weight; recognizing abnormal changes in body functioning and reporting to the LPN or RN; and caring for residents who are actively dying.
• Completes personal care as directed, including bathing, grooming, mouth care, dressing, toileting, eating and hydration, proper feeding techniques, skin care, and transfers, positioning and turning.
• Facilitates adequate nutritional intake for resident by assisting to and from the dining area; feeding or assisting to feed; monitoring and recording intake and output; passing water and offering fluids; passing and collecting trays; serving supplemental nourishment as directed by the nurse; maintaining awareness of dietary restrictions; and following safety guidelines, including wearing gloves when handling food or hydration.
• Completes basic restorative services such as training residents in self‑care and according to the resident’s abilities; use of assistive devices in transferring, ambulating, eating, and dressing; maintenance of range of motion; proper turning and positioning in bed and chair; bowel and bladder training; and care and use of prosthetic and orthotic devices.
• Assists nurses with special procedures as directed, including implementing and completing critical care sheets, participating in care conferences, etc.
• Ensures nursing care activities are practiced in accordance with Nursing Assistant Program standards while protecting residents’ dignity, privacy, and autonomous decision‑making whenever possible.
• Facilitates assistance in areas such as getting to and participating in activities, and resolving any grievances or disputes.
• Articulates meaningful discussion with residents based on their unique backgrounds, likes and dislikes.
• Maintains care and security of residents’ personal possessions.
• Interacts with residents’ family or support network, visitors and members of the interdisciplinary care team in a courteous and cooperative manner.
• Recognizes…