CNA 7-3/3-11/11-7 shifts available

Ventura Services Florida; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Apploi is hiring for a Certified Nurse Assistant to provide daily living assistance to nursing residents in Pensacola, FL. You will perform personal care, assist with meals, monitor vitals, and document care in the electronic health record. Must maintain dignity and resident rights while working under supervision.

Ideal candidates are18+ with a state-certified CNA (or eligible) and able to attend required inservices. Weekend and overtime availability is required as per unit needs.

Qualifications

• CNA/healthcare certification required or pending within first four months.
• Must be able to read, write, and follow directions.
• Regular attendance and ability to work weekends/overtime as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care: bathing, hygiene, grooming, oral care.
• Assist with meals and feeding; document intake.
• Take and record vital signs; observe changes and report.
• Assist with mobility, transfers, and daily rounds.
• Maintain resident dignity, rights, and confidentiality.
• Prepare residents for activities and document care in electronic records.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Teamwork

Documentation

Vital signs

Safety

Dignity & confidentiality

Education

CNA certification (state approved)

Job description

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.

SUMMARY: Perform activities of daily living for the residents assigned under the direction and supervision of a Nurse. Is responsible for assisting nursing in providing resident care.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide personal care to residents, including bathing (bed, shower, tub, whirlpool) shampooing, combing hair, oral care, personal hygiene, shaving, nail care, and dressing. Ensure call bell is positioned within residents’ reach.
• Keep incontinent residents clean and dry.
• Distribute, empty, and clean bedpans and urinals and assist residents to and from bathroom or with bedside commode.
• Empty catheter bags as needed.
• Ambulate residents, assist residents in and out of chairs and wheelchairs, position bedridden residents according to plan of care, and utilize appropriate support devices.
• Make rounds and reposition residents.
• Prepare residents for meals and assist with meal service – transport residents to and from dining room, serve trays, assist with feeding, when necessary, remove trays, and accurately document residents’ intake immediately after consumption.
• Serve nourishments and between meal snacks to residents as ordered and distribute ice and, rotating water pitchers and deliver pitchers to the Dietary Department for sanitation.
• Make occupied and unoccupied beds and turn down beds for residents.
• Provide skin care – keep residents on turn schedule and use lotions and massages as needed.
• Take and record vital signs.
• Answer call lights and answer questions and respond, giving appropriate care or alerting Supervisor.
• Observe residents for any changes in condition and report changes to Supervisor.
• Measure and record intake and output.
• Document appropriate information daily in the electronic health record.
• Transport residents to and from activities.
• Treat residents with dignity and always observe all residents’ rights and confidentiality.
• Attend mandatory inservices and maintain certification.
• Assist with orientation of new Nursing Assistants.
• Straighten residents’ rooms and closets and clean inside of bedside tables.
• Clean and return resident care equipment to appropriate areas.
• Remove soiled linen, rinse in the hopper and transport dirty linens to laundry.
• Label residents’ clothes and put away residents’ clean clothes.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Completion of high school education or otherwise show ability to read, write, and follow oral and written directions.
• Must be certified in the state where applying or have successfully completed CNA training from a stateapproved school and obtain certification within the first four (4) months of employment.
• Must be capable of maintaining regular attendance as required.
• Must be able to work weekend and overtime as required.
• Must meet all local health regulations and pass postemployment exam, if required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENT:

• Frequent walking, reaching, climbing, bending, lifting, grasping, fine hand coordination, pushing, and pulling.
• Willing to work beyond normal working hours and during disastrous circumstances, if needed.
• Must be capable of performing the Essential Job Functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be able to relate positively and favorable to residents, families, and outside agencies and to work cooperatively with other associates.
• Ability to present to groups.
• Ability to remain calm under stress.
• Ability to communicate with local staff, remote staff, and outside agencies.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Understand, comply with, and promote rules regarding resident’s rights.
• Maintain an orderly, confidential, and safe work environment.
• Assist with admissions and discharges.
• Practice universal precautions at all times.
• Adhere to all Company and departmental policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.