Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Company: BRIA of Belleville
Location: Belleville
Posted on: January 12, 2021

Job Description:

DESCRIPTIONBasic FunctionTo provide assigned residents with routine daily nursing care in accordance with established nursing care procedures, state and federal guidelines, and as directed by your supervisor.Essential Duties* Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.* Assist residents with dressing and ensure that dependent residents are dressed in clean clothing appropriate for season and in good repair.* Give or assist resident with bathing.* Assist residents with daily dental and mouth care.* Keep incontinent residents clean, dry and odor free; check every two hours to maintain.* Assist residents with bowel and bladder functions.* Position residents maintaining good body alignment.* Keep residents dry, changing clothes and gowns when wet or soiled.* Make beds and change bed linens when soiled.* Shave male patients' daily and female residents as needed.* Keep resident's finger and toenails clean and trimmed.* Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.* Assist resident with hair combing and brushing, shampooing and styling.* Assist residents in preparing for activity and social programs and transport, accompany and participate when assigned.* Maintain records accurately and timely.* Chart timely and accurately in Point of Care (if applicable).* Measure and record T, P, R, and weights as instructed.* Observe and report the presence of skin breakdown or redness to the nurse.* Observe and report any physical or emotional changes observed in the residents including any complaints or grievances made by the resident.* Prepare resident for meals, assist serving food trays or feed as necessary and record/or report residents intake or acceptance of food.* Serve between meal and bedtime snacks or nourishments.* Attend all mandatory in-services and maintain 12 hours of training each year.* Keep nurse call system within easy reach and answer call lights within 10 minutes.* Report all hazardous conditions and equipment to the nurse immediately.* Follow established safety precautions in performance of all duties.* Wash hands before and after performing any service for the resident and follow infection control guidelines and universal precautions.* Keep wheel chairs, tables, geri chairs, commodes and other resident equipment clean.* Follow established isolation precautions and procedures.* Review care plans daily to ensure provision of appropriate care.* Maintain confidentiality of all resident call information and ensure resident privacy.* Treat all residents, families and visitors with kindness, dignity and respect.Essential Duties (cont'd.)* Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with policy and procedure and instruction of your supervisor.* Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive regard as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.* Adhere to all facility and department policies and procedures.* Appropriate application and response to personal/door alarms.Supervision ReceivedReceives supervision from Nursing Supervisor.Qualifications* Requires valid deemed nurse aide certification in the State of Illinois.* Requires employee to have had no abuse convictions.* Prompt and regular attendance.* Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities* Ability to read, write, and spell and to understand and follow both written and oral directions.* Ability to communicate and work well with residents and staff members.* Ability to speak the English language in an understandable manner.* Ability to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to assure that the requirements of this position can be fully met.* Ability to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, mentally ill, emotionally upset and at times hostile and violent residents within the facility.* Ability to remain current in practice as applicable to job.Working Conditions* Works in well lighted and ventilated areas throughout the facility, i.e. residents rooms, nurses stations, med rooms, tub rooms, dining rooms, lounges and corridors and hallways.* Subject to frequent interruptions.* Subject to involvement with personnel, visitors, state and federal agency personnel and residents.* Subject to hostile, emotionally upset residents as well as verbally and physically abusive residents on an occasional basis.* Subject to exposure to infectious waste, disease and conditions as well as unpleasant odors and sites.* Provided with necessary protective equipment and devices and services to ensure safety including but not limited to gowns, gloves, goggles, shoe covers, handwashing facilities, masks, Hepatitis B vaccine.LOCATION150 N 27th St, Belleville, IL 62226, USA

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