CNA
Company: Canton Manor
Location: Canton
Posted on: January 26, 2023
Job Description:
Job Title CNA
Location Canton, MS
Department Program Services
FLSA Status Non-Exempt
Shifts hiring Full-time
POSITION PURPOSE:
Ensures that resident's personal care needs are being met in
accordance with Residents' wishes and Care Plan Objectives.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF POSITION:
- Answers signal lights, bells, or intercom system to determine
residents' needs and ensures call lights are within reach of
resident.
- Ensures that residents' who are unable to call for help are
checked frequently.
- Gives direct resident care such as bathing, dressing, and
grooming of residents.
- Explains procedures to residents.
- Assists residents as necessary in their activities of daily
living.
- Assists residents with bowel and bladder functions.
- Assists residents in preparation for and transporting to
appointments, activities and social programs.
- Assists with lifting, positioning and transporting residents
into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.,
in keeping with specific resident safety needs.
- Provides incontinent care as needed.
- Dresses resident appropriate to the current weather.
- Notifies Supervisor if resident needs clothing.
- Changes bed linens.
- Handles linens according to infection control guidelines.
- Feeds residents requiring help and records meal intake.
- Delivers and documents all snacks and supplements.
- Offers fluids to residents frequently to ensure that residents
are hydrated where designated by care plan.
- Reviews and implements daily nursing needs as outlined by
resident Care Plan or nurse managers.
- Transports residents or assists residents with mobility
needs.
- Turns and repositions bedfast residents, alone or with
assistance.
- Takes and records temperatures, blood pressure, pulse rates,
respiration rates, height, weight, and food and fluid intake and
output, as directed.
- Monitors resident's activities and reports any irregularities
of resident performance to nurse managers.
- Participates in and receives nursing report upon reporting and
departing to/from work.
- Reports all changes in residents' conditions to
supervisor.
- Cleans instruments and equipment and returns to proper area
after use.
- Maintains cleanliness of residents units, central bathing area,
treatment and supply rooms, workrooms, and linen closets.
- Provides post-mortem care as instructed.
- Accurately records all care as directed.
- Participates and attends periodic in-services and staff
meetings.
- Understands and adheres to the guidelines of "Residents
Rights".
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
EDUCATION / REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to communicate with residents and nursing staff. Ability to
speak, read, and write English. Prior experience as LTC nursing
assistant preferred; or equivalent combination of education and
experience.
Successful completion of State Approved Nursing Assistant Training
and Competency Evaluation Program. Good standing in the state
registry is required.
Keywords: Canton Manor, Jackson , CNA, Healthcare , Canton, Mississippi
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