Certified Nurse Aide

Topaz Fiscal Services; Fordsville (KY); On-site; USD 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Topaz Fiscal Services is seeking a compassionate Nursing Assistant to provide direct resident care in a Kentucky facility. You will assist with bathing, dressing, grooming, and activities of daily living, while ensuring safety and following the care plan.

You will respond to call lights, monitor residents, document intake and output, and support mobility and transfers per safety guidelines. Training and certification are required; good standing in the state registry is essential.

Qualifications

• Able to communicate with residents and nursing staff.
• Must speak, read, and write English.
• Must complete State Approved Nursing Assistant Training and Competency Evaluation Program.
• Good standing in the state registry is required.

Responsibilities

• Answer signal lights, bells, or intercom to determine residents' needs and ensure call lights are reachable.
• Provide direct resident care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming; explain procedures to residents.
• Assist residents in activities of daily living and with bowel/bladder functions.
• Assist with preparation for and transportation to appointments, activities, and social programs.
• Assist with lifting, positioning and transporting residents safely.
• Provide incontinent care as needed.
• Dress residents appropriately and manage linens per infection control guidelines.
• Feed residents needing help; record meal intake and hydration.
• Document all care and report changes to nurse managers.
• Maintain cleanliness of residents' units, bathing areas, and supply rooms.
• Provide post-mortem care as instructed and document care.
• Attend in-services and staff meetings; comply with Residents' Rights guidelines.

Skills

Communication

English literacy

LTC experience

Education

State-approved Nursing Assistant Training

State registry in good standing

Job description

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.