Certified Nursing Assistant

Job Details:

Job Location:

CRC2 - SARATOGA, CA 95070 Salary Range: $23.00 - $25.00 Hourly

Hours:

Full-Time Shift: AM/PM/NOC

The primary purpose of the CNA position is to provide patients with daily care in accordance with state and facility established nursing procedures and as directed by their Supervisor.

Every effort has been made to make your job description as complete as possible. However, this in no way implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is a logical assignment to the position.

• Check daily assignments at the beginning of each shift.
• Complete vital signs within first hour of each shift and record them on the flow sheet. Inform RN of any significant changes in patient condition or any abnormal values.
• Check Rehab, school, and activity schedule for patients and plan day accordingly.
• Give bed bath/shower which includes oral care, shampoo as necessary, and ear and nail care.
• Measuring of weekly weights, quarterly heights and head circumference per MD orders.
• Assist with setting up patients for meals and feeding patients as appropriate.
• Change bed linens QOD. Change more frequently if needed.
• Reposition those patients every two hours who are unable to turn or reposition themselves using proper body alignment. Apply/remove splints as instructed.
• Record accurate I/O on patients requiring I/O. Record accurate calorie counts on patients requiring careful nutritional assessment.
• Maintain running totals of I/O, keep vital signs recorded when taken and record % of meal consumed immediately after meals.
• Ambulate/assist patients with mobility as ordered.
• Make available to nurses one hour prior to end of shift tabulations of I/O and percentages of meals taken.
• Complete all documentation one hour prior to end of shift.
• Make sure to communicate with nurse regarding any questions or concerns pertaining to patients and their care.
• Assist with Activity program as assigned.
• Only one person from each hallway may be on break at any given time and you need someone who is assigned to your hallway to relieve you. Notify nurse when you leave for a break and when you return and who is responsible for the care of your patients.
• Need to double check all suction canisters after emptying to make sure they function.
• B&B Documentation every two hours success or failure of each attempt.
• Assist Licensed personnel when requested or needed.
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such actions.
• Must be able to deal tactfully with personnel, patients, family members and various other visitors to facility.
• Must be able to work harmoniously with professional and non-professional staff.
• Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as the willingness to handle difficult residents.
• Must be flexible and willing to incorporate new methods into existing nursing practices.
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health and safety of other individuals in the workplace.
• Works throughout the nursing service area.
• Attends and participates in continuing education programs (24 hours of Cont. Ed. Per year).

• Wipe off over bed tables and bedside tables.
• All personal items put together and put away (basin in center bedside cabinet) medicated creams and ointments returned to licensed personnel.
• No extra linen stockpiled on beds or furniture.
• Wheelchairs in wheelchair building with their foot pedals on the wheelchair.
• Wipe off all equipment and IV poles.
• Vanderlift sling, urinals and graduates to go in bathroom racks and labeled.
• Maintain neat and orderly environment.
• Provide patients with clean suction…