Job: CNA- Certified Nursing Assistant

Job Description

Job Type: Full time, Part time, PRN, Hourly

Wage: $17.60-22.88/hr. 

Location: Canon City, CO.

Job Description

*$1,000 Sign on bonus* Come make a difference in the lives of our elders, and provide quality, person centered care for residents of a long term care facility. Join a fun, family like work atmosphere with an outstanding team of caregivers! $2/hr weekend, $1/hr evening and $2/hr night shift differentials. Great benefits. Great working environment. Flexible scheduling. Must be able to pass a background check and drug test.

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Job Duties:

• Report all unusual conditions, reactions or complaints of residents to nurse using the “Stop and Watch” tool unless it’s an emergency situation, then notify nurse immediately.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene, grooming, oral care, nail care (except diabetic resident or those receiving blood thinners), bathing, dining and any other physical tasks assigned within scope of training.
• Provide resident privacy by knocking on doors or ringing doorbells and greeting residents prior to entering room and pulling curtain or closing door when rendering personal care.
• Turn and reposition appropriate residents every two hours, or as per resident need, using pillows for positioning and comfort; provide frequent weights shifts if up in chair/wheelchair.
• Provide comfort measures, assist residents with toileting needs per care plan/toileting schedule; keep personal articles within reach of resident.
• Prepare residents for meals by assisting residents with oral hygiene and hand washing before meals.
• Supervise meals to be sure all residents’ dining needs are met; provide assistance and encouragement with eating as residents’ condition indicates.
• Apply alarms, therapeutic devices and TED hose per resident’s care plan to maintain positioning, promote mobility and safety; ensure that devices are functioning properly.
• Check activity calendar daily and encourage residents to participate in scheduled and spontaneous activities; escort/transport residents to and from activity programs per residents’ interests.
• Spend free time with residents providing conversation and companionship, assessing safety and addressing needs/concerns.
• Promptly answer call lights. Anticipate residents’ needs, check on residents regularly and demonstrate a cooperative attitude when assisting residents and when communicating with family members.
• Transfer and ambulate residents in a safe manner using proper mechanics, appropriate assistive devices and a gait belt in accordance with the facility’s lifting policy and as indicated by care plan.
• Accept assignment per schedule, perform physical rounds with previous/oncoming shift and discuss specific instructions for care with the nurse.
• Assist with orientation of new staff as needed; provide a welcoming and friendly atmosphere to new employees of all departments.
• Ensure continuation of adequate supply of individual resident care times, i.e. gloves, dental care items, barrier cream, undergarment, etc.
• Make sure residents’ call cords are within reach at all times when in room.
• Measure and record height, weight, vital signs and O2 sats on admission and as instructed by nurses.
• Measure and record fluid and food intake as instructed by the nurse.
• Keep residents’ rooms, neighborhoods and nurses’ stations neat and clean; make occupied and unoccupied beds and change linens per schedule and as needed.
• Document resident care daily in the computer system.
• If care is refused, it should be reported to the nurse immediately and should be documented as a refusal.
• Follow care plan when administering care.
• Offer residents and/or assist residents with fluids frequently.
• Keep water within residents reach when in their room.
• Ensure residents’ O2 is in place and tanks are filled as directed by the nurse; report any shortness of breath, change in skin color and/or difficulty breathing to the nurse immediately.
• Report clothing needs and missing/lost possessions to the Social Service department.
• Provide preventative skin care, and report any skin concerns to the treatment nurse.
• Ensure that any chemicals used are properly labeled and locked up when not in use.
• Keep equipment clean and in working order.
• Report equipment malfunctions or needs to the nurse.
• Assist with evacuation of residents as directed according to the facility Emergency Operations Plan.

Physical setting: Long term care

Standard shift: Day shift Evening shift Night shift

Weekly schedule: Weekend availability

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “Visit” below for more detail on this specific job.