CNA Activities Qualified

Tuskawilla-Nursing-; Florida; On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Tuskawilla Nursing & Rehabilitation in Florida seeks an attentive CNA to assist with activity programs and patient well-being. You will work with volunteers, help plan and execute activities, and record participation accurately for each resident.

Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, taking vital signs when needed, and ensuring safety and comfort while complying with facility policies and state regulations.

Qualifications

• Active Certified Nursing Assistant with CPR certification.
• High School diploma or equivalent; 1–3 months related experience acceptable.
• Proficient in basic computer use and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Activity Manager in delivering activities meeting patient interests and well-being.
• Support volunteers and volunteer programs as assigned.
• Record attendance and participation accurately in records.
• Complete assessments, care plans, and gather info to design multi-faceted activities.
• Escort patients to activities and help develop activity calendars.
• Provide personal care and support activities of daily living as needed.
• Record vital signs and weight; maintain confidentiality and comply with regulations.
• Communicate observations to nursing supervisor and ensure patient comfort.

Skills

Active CNA

Education

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Job description

Assists the Activity Manager in providing an ongoing program of activities designed to meet the interests and physical, mental, and psychosocial well being of each patient.

• Assists and works with individual volunteers and volunteer programs at the request of the Activity Manager.
• Assists with activity programs as planned to meet the functional levels, needs and interests of each patient as assigned by manager.
• Completes appropriate records indicating patient’s attendance and participation in individual and group activities in an accurate and timely manner.
• Completes assessments, MDS, care plans and gathers information to design activities that are multi-faceted, meet patients’ functional levels, and reflect needs and interests of each patient as assigned by supervisor.
• Assists with escorting patients to and from activities.
• Assists in the development of the Activity calendars.
• Provides personal care and services as needed: such as Assisting with activities of daily living (turning and positioning, toileting and elimination, assistive devices, safety and cleanliness, bathing and grooming, feeding, maintaining mobility, nutrition and hydration, reporting abnormal signs and symptoms, data gathering, patient socialization and reality orientation, end-of-life care, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency care, postmortem care, residents rights, documentation of nursing-assistant services, and other tasks that a CNA may perform , bathing and grooming, feeding, and mobility)
• Obtains and records vital signs and weight as assigned.
• Accurately documents all care as required by company policy and in compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients’ call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor.
• Protects organization’s value by keeping patient information confidential.
• Services and protects the facility by adhering to professional standards, company policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and standards.

ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or equivalent, or one (1) to three (3) months related experience and/or training.
• Active Certified Nursing Assistant
• Has 2 years of experience in a social or recreational program with in the last 5 years, one of which was full-time in a therapeutic activities program.
• Proficient in the use of a personal computer.

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