Certified Nursing Assistant; CNA

Benefits of Certified Nursing Assistant position

• Health, Dental and Vision offerings
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off
• Great Work Environment
• 401k matched at 10%
• Flexible Hours (8 hour shifts)
• Paid Holidays
• Same day pay with Tapcheck
• Job location:
  
  Beaver Dam, WI

Here at Beaver Dam Health Care Center, we rely on and trust our CNAs to perform direct patient care and create a compassionate environment. In this role, your care will ensure all of our residents are treated with dignity and respect. You will empower patients, supporting their ability to make choices, while guiding them with kindness and understanding. As the first point of contact with patients and families, you will encourage communication and interaction, creating a supportive network.

• Provide quality nursing care to residents, promoting their rights, dignity, freedom of choice, and individuality.
• Encourage each resident’s ability to maintain or attain the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well‑being.
• Know each resident’s care plan and support them accordingly; contribute to care planning by providing charge nurse/other staff with specific information and observations of residents’ needs and preferences.
• Attend to residents’ individual needs including grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, colostomy care, prosthetic appliances, transferring, ambulation, range of motion, and other needs within scope of practice.
• Maintain the comfort, privacy, and dignity of each resident during service delivery; interact warmly to promote a caring environment.
• Understand all aspects of residents’ rights, including the right to be free of restraints and to be free from abuse; promptly report incidents or evidence of abuse or rights violations to charge nurse or administrative staff.
• Assist in maintaining a safe, neat, and clean environment; report deficiencies such as lighting or equipment problems to charge nurse.
• Protect residents’ personal belongings and promptly report missing items per policy.
• Observe residents for changes in condition or behavior; report them to authorized licensed nursing personnel promptly.
• Prevent pressure ulcers, skin tears, and other damage by providing care such as turning immobile residents, applying moisturizers to fragile skin, etc.
• Answer residents’ call bells promptly and courteously.
• Perform tasks assigned by the charge nurse including vital signs, weight, applying creams/ointments, collecting specimens, etc.
• Assist with orienting residents and families upon admission and during transfers.
• Lift, move, and transport residents using proper body mechanics or lifting devices.
• Communicate and interact effectively and tactfully with residents, visitors, families, peers, and supervisors.
• Assist and escort residents for appointments and activities as directed.
• Use supplies and linen efficiently and follow charge procedures for resident charge items.
• Complete Certified Nursing Assistant records documenting care per department policies.
• Follow safety and infection control procedures including hand washing, gloves, and disposal of soiled materials.
• Respond to inquiries relating to your area within policy time frames.

• Assist the immediate supervisor with administrative tasks and special projects.
• Perform supportive tasks that may be altered according to circumstances.
• Maintain current Certified Nursing Assistant certifications.
• Interact with residents, families, visitors, and facility and corporate staff.
• Provide hands‑on intervention when required.
• Work rotating shifts, holidays, weekends, additional hours, and in different positions as needed.
• Practice good personal hygiene and follow dress code requirements.
• Provide annual verification of a negative TB skin test as required.
• Support a homelike environment.
• Implement safety procedures including universal precautions, fire and safety, risk management, and security.
• Maintain confidentiality of all resident, employee, and operational data.
• Ensure quality assurance and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Provide a work environment free from sexual harassment and illegal discrimination.
• Cooperate and work…