CNA Certified Nursing Assistant - Full time NIGHTS
- Roanoke, VA
- $16.60-20.30 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Credentialed as a Certified Nursing Assistant in Virginia.
- CPR/AED certification required.
- 2 years of experience preferred.
- Assist residents with their dining experience, ensuring residents receive their meals and assist them with eating when needed.
- Assist resident one-on-one with life enrichment programming in accordance with their individualized service plan.
- Observes residents' behavior patterns and reports all changes/differences to nurse in charge for care plan and individualized service plan revisions.
- Assist residents in and out of bed, walk with residents according to plan of care or service plan, and assist residents to the bathroom as needed.
- Change bed linens at least twice per week and as needed.
- Completes weights and vitals per plan of care or service plan.
- Participate in updating residents' plan of care or service plan.
- Document care provided in medical record.
- Responds to call lights pleasantly within established guidelines.
- Assists residents to social and dining events and encourages their participation.
- Provides emotional support, comfort, and safety to all residents.
- Monitor resident safety and immediately report any accidents and unusual occurrences to the nurse in charge.
- Keep the environment neat, clean, and safe.
- Reports faulty equipment and safety hazards to the nurse in charge immediately.
- Attend in-service education programs, team conferences, care plan, or individualized service plan (IAP) meetings as scheduled.
- Complete Relias Learning assignments and all other assigned in-services.
- Uphold the resident Bill of Rights.
- All other duties as assigned.
- Ability to read, write and communicate using the English language.
- Ability to perform basic math computations.
- Demonstrates working knowledge of common medical processes and treatments.
- Ability to clean up bodily fluids or simple safety hazard based on situation and need.
- Credentialed as a Certified Nursing Assistant in Virginia.
- CPR/AED certification required.
- 2 years of experience preferred.
- Independent decisions are made based on standard policies and practices.
- Ability to assist resident based on nurse plans and direction.
- Basic problem solving. Problems are solved with the next highest level of guidance from a more experienced tech.
- Extensive walking, bending, stooping, standing, pushing and pulling.
- Work is fast paced with multiple tasks.
- Ability to work inside and outside to effectively make rounds daily throughout the facility and to respond to problems and emergencies.
- Universal staffing. Flexibility in scheduling as work on weekends, evening holidays and during inclement weather is required to meet the needs of the residents.
- Exposure to the sights, sounds and smells of a typical healthcare environment including interacting with persons who have dementia.