Full-Time

Cna

Updated on 12/12/2024

PACS

PACS

11-50 employees

Healthcare

Entry

West Virginia, USA

Location is Richwood Nursing & Rehab.

Category
Nursing & Allied Health Professionals
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary
Requirements
  • Must possess, as a minimum, an 10th grade education
  • Must be a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with laws of the state
  • CPR Preferred
Responsibilities
  • Use the wristband or photo card file to identify residents before administering treatments, serving meals, etc., as necessary.
  • Use only authorized abbreviations established by this facility when recording information.
  • Report all changes in the resident’s condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical.
  • Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative, descriptive manner.
  • Report all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur.
  • Agree not to disclose resident’s protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.
  • Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access facility’s information system.
  • Perform only those nursing care procedures that you have been trained to do.
  • Ensure that the resident’s room is ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.).
  • Greet residents and escort them to their room.
  • Introduce resident to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate.
  • Make resident comfortable.
  • Inventory and mark the resident’s personal possessions as instructed.
  • Store resident’s clothing.
  • Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged.
  • Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area.
  • Assist with loading/unloading residents’ to/from vehicles as necessary.
  • Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
  • Meet with your shift’s nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services.
  • Report all complaints and grievances made by the resident.
  • Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed.
  • Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
  • Make beds as instructed.
  • Put extra covers on beds as requested.
  • Measure and record temperatures, pulses, and respirations (TPRs) of residents, as instructed. Weigh and measure residents as instructed.
  • Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
  • Answer resident calls promptly.
  • Check residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.
  • Assist residents with identifying food arrangements (i.e., informing resident with sight problem of foods that are on his/her tray, where it is located, if it is hot/cold, etc.).
  • Record the resident’s food/fluid intake. Report changes in the resident’s eating habits to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.
  • Keep residents’ water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water (on each shift), and within easy reach of the resident.
  • Perform after meal care (i.e., remove trays, clean resident’s hands, face, clothing, etc.).
  • Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.
  • Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors.
  • Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks.
  • Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel to ensure that nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
  • Notify the facility when you will be late or absent from work.
  • Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility’s policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.
  • Assist residents with daily functions (dental and mouth care, bath functions, combing of hair, dressing and undressing as necessary).
  • Keep residents dry (change gown, clothing and linens, when it becomes wet or soiled).
  • Assist residents in preparing for medical tests (i.e., lab work, x-ray, therapy, dental, etc.).
  • Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
  • Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
  • Assist in preparing the resident for a physical examination.
  • Check each resident routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met in accordance with his/her wishes.
  • Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdowns to prevent decubitus ulcers (bedsores).
  • Report injuries of an unknown source, including skin tears.
  • Observe disoriented and comatose residents. Record and report data as instructed.
  • Perform special treatments as instructed.
  • Immediately notify the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse of any resident leaving/missing from the facility.
  • Use only the equipment you have been trained to use.
  • Report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse
  • Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information. Report known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of such information.
  • Report all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property.
  • Honor the resident’s refusal of treatment request. Report such requests to your supervisor.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2015

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
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