CNA

POSITION SUMMARY

The overall purpose of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) position is to provide personal care to residents in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort.

Essential Functions

• Provide personal care to residents in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort consistent with company policy.
• Promotes and supports the greatest possible degree of independence for residents.
• Advises supervising charge nurse of resident's status at beginning and end of shift.
• Contributes knowledge of resident's conditions/needs to resident care plans.
• Assists in the implementation of care plans as directed within the parameters of established policy and procedure.
• Observes and reports on residents' conditions, and documents observations as required.
• Is knowledgeable about and assures compliance with all company policies.
• Promotes safe/clean environment.
• Complies with requirements of procedures for safe lifting and/or safe transfer of residents per established policies and procedures.
• Must be able to perform moderate to heavy lifting.
• Must be able to walk or stand for extended periods of time.
• Assures that equipment is clean and functional.
• Maintains nursing assistant certification.
• Attends in service training programs.

Other Functions

• Performs incidental housekeeping or maintenance tasks as may be required to maintain a clean, hazard-free environment for residents, visitors, and staff.
• Performs other duties/tasks as may be assigned.

TYPICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• State certification as a nursing assistant is mandatory.
• Complete familiarity with the duties of a certified nursing assistant is necessary.
• Highly developed observation skills are desirable.
• Tolerance, patience, empathy, and concern are necessary.
• Functional literacy in English is required.