Day Shift SNF Certified Nurse Assistant; CNA

Community Extended Care Hospital of Montclair – CNA

Location:

9620 Fremont Ave, Montclair, CA 91763

Pay:
Up to $24 per hour

Job Type: Full-time

Shift: Rotating weekends, Day Shift

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance

• Record entries on flow sheets, notes, and charts when applicable.
• Report significant changes in the resident’s condition to an LVN / RN as soon as practical.
• Do not disclose resident’s protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to your supervisor.
• Monitor a new resident’s room is ready for the resident, i.e., the bed is made, name tag in place, ect.
• Introduce yourself, roommates, and other staff as appropriate to new residents.
• Mark and inventory the resident’s personal possessions as instructed.
• Assist with transferring residents as necessary.
• Perform assigned duties in accordance with state, federal, and facility policies and procedures.
• Follow work schedules / assignments in performing and completing your assigned tasks.
• Cooperate with all facility personnel. Report problems to your supervisor.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment.
• Report complaints and grievances made by the resident to appropriate personnel.
• Notify your supervisor when you will be late or absent from work.
• Report occupational incidents, including near misses.
• Assist residents with daily oral care, i.e., brushing teeth / dentures, oral hygiene, etc., as directed.
• Assist residents with bath functions, i.e., bed bath, tub or shower bath, sponge bath, etc., as directed.
• Assist residents with dressing / undressing as needed.
• Assist residents with grooming, i.e., hair shampooing / brushing, nail care for non-diabetics, shaving, ect.
• Change bed linens as needed or as schedules.
• Check and report bowel movements and stool condition as instructed.
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests / appointments, activities / social programs, and with transporting to / from.
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, ect.
• Assist residents to walk with or without self-help devices as instructed.
• Answer resident calls as promptly as feasible. Assure that residents who are unable to call are checked regularly.
• Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdown.
• Report all injuries including those of unknown cause, including skin tears.
• Turn bedfast residents as least every two hours.
• Turn over all medication found in resident’s room to the Nurse Supervisor / Charge, Nurse.
• Report environmental changes in room temperature, ventilation, lighting, etc.
• Prepare residents for meals, i.e., take to the bathroom, wash hands, comb hair, raise bed, position tables, place bibs, take to / from dining room etc.
• Serve food trays and assist with feeding as indicated.
• Record resident’s food / fluid intake as instructed. Report changes in residents’ eating habits.
• Perform after meal care, i.e., remove trays, clean resident’s face, hands, clothing, take to the bathroom, etc.
• Keep residents’ water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water and within easy reach.
• Serve between meal and bedtime snacks.
• Check rooms for food articles, i.e., food in proper containers, unauthorized food items, etc.
• Check rooms for unauthorized medications.
• Attend and participate in all scheduled training, educational and inservice classes to keep current with changes / issues and to maintain certificate.
• Restrain residents only as instructed by a nursing supervisor. Release residents at least every two hours.
• Wash hands before and after performing any service for a resident.
• Keep the call button within easy reach of the resident.
• Report any hazardous condition / equipment to the Nurse Supervisor / Charge Nurse immediately.
• Follow established isolation precautions and procedures. Wash hands before entering and after leaving an isolation area.
• Report any communicable or infectious disease to the Director of Nursing and / or the Infection Control Coordinator.
• Wear and use safety equipment and supplies, i.e., back brace, gait belt,…