Certified Nursing Assistant

2 weeks ago

Merrillville IN United States Lincolnshire Health and Rehabilitation Center Full time
Lincolnshire Health and Rehabilitation Center -

Purpose of Your Job Position:

The primary purpose of your job position is to provide routine nursing care in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as may be directed by the unit charge nurse, director of nursing, or executive director, to assure that the highest degree of quality patient care can be maintained at all times.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Listed below is an outline of the major duties and responsibilities that you will be required to perform. Even though your job description is broad, every effort has been made to make this outline as complete as possible. However, we must emphasize that you may be required to perform other related duties and activities.

1.     Receive daily assignment.

2.     Report on and off duty.

3.     Perform all assigned duties in accordance with our established policies and procedures, nursing care procedures, and our safety rules and regulations.

4.     Verify the identification of a consumer before providing care, serving food, etc., to assure that appropriate treatment, etc., is being provided to the correct consumer.

5.     Assist in preparing consumers for meals (encouraging residents to come to dining room, serve trays, supervision in dining room, etc.).

6.     Encourage showers and other self-help measures/activities.

7.     Assist consumers with shaving as necessary or instructed.

8.     Keep hair under arms, legs, and face on female consumers clean shaven as necessary or instructed.

9.     Make beds, clean bedside tables, etc., as well as other housekeeping duties that relate to nursing care.

10.  Report all complaints to the charge nurse.

11.  Check consumers at least every two hours or sooner as instructed.

12.  Report any consumer leaving the premise, or who has left the premises, to the charge nurse immediately.

13.  Keep floors dry and free of unnecessary equipment, supplies, etc., to prevent accidents.

14.  Do not permit patients to smoke in bed.

15.  Assure that established smoking regulations are followed by personnel, visitors, consumers, and the general public. Report violations to the charge nurse immediately.

16.  Assure that the nurses call system is attached to the bed when consumers are bedfast and within reach at all times.

17.  Assist others in heavy lifting. 

18.  Answer patient calls promptly.

19.  Report any consumer abuse immediately to the abuse coordinator.

20.  Keep patients personal articles off the floor and properly stored.

21.  Report any medication found in the patient’s room. Take to the charge nurse as directed.

22.  Keep supply room and work areas clean at all times.

23.  Wash hands after caring for each consumer.

24.  Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit.

25.  Maintain confidentiality of all pertinent patient care information to assure patient rights are protected.

26.  Report all accidents/ incidents, regardless of how minor, to the charge nurse as soon as possible.

27.  Report all hazardous conditions and equipment to the charge nurse immediately.

28.  Check for food in consumer’s room. Discard as outlined within our nursing care procedures.

29.  Attend and participate in in-service educational programs, on-the-job training programs, etc., as directed.

30.  Assure that work/assignment areas are clean and equipment, tools, supplies, etc., are properly stored before leaving such areas on breaks, end of work day, etc.

31.  Perform all duties as assigned.

32.  Other related duties as may become necessary or as directed by the charge department director or Executive Director.

Qualifications:

1.     Education:

Must possess, at a minimum, a high school diploma or GED and have a current Illinois CNA certificate in good standing

2.     Experience:

None required. On the job-training provided.

3.     Specific Requirements:

·       Possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrants such action.

·       Possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, patients, family members, visitors, and the general public.

·       Be a minimum of 18 years of age.

·       Must have patience, tact, cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as be willing to handle patients based on whatever maturity level they are currently functioning.

·       Possess the ability to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing nursing practices.

 

4.     Physical Requirements:

·       Must be able to move intermittently throughout the work day.

·       Must be able to speak the English language in an understandable manner.

·       Must be able to cope with mental and emotional stress of the position.

·       Must possess sight/hearing senses, or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so that the requirements of this position can be fully met.

·       Must function independently, have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with patients, personnel, and support agencies.

·       Must be in good general health and demonstrate emotional stability.

·       Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, emotionally upset, and at times hostile people within the facility.

·       May be required to lift patients, medical equipment, supplies, etc.

 

5.     Working Conditions:

·       Must be able to speak the English Language.

·       Sitting, standing, bending, lifting and moving intermittently during working hours.

·       Involved with consumers, family members, personnel, visitors, etc., under all conditions/circumstances.

·       Subject to hostile and emotionally upset consumers/ family members, etc.

·        Communicates with nursing personnel, and other department supervisors.

·       Willingness to work beyond normal working hours, and in other positions temporarily, when necessary.

·       Subject to falls, burns from equipment, infectious diseases, substances, odors, etc., throughout the work day.

·       Follow all of our established policies and procedures, to include nursing care procedures, safety regulations, personnel policies, etc., to assure that quality consumer care can be maintained.

 

 

 

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