CNA Certified Nurse Assistant

Park Avenue Nursing Home; Meadville (Crawford County); On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Park Avenue Nursing Home in Meadville, PA is seeking CNAs to join our team to provide compassionate direct resident care under licensed nurses, following care plans, and promoting a home-like environment.

The position involves assisting with activities of daily living, mobility, vital signs, feeding, and documenting care while adhering to Residents' Rights and care plans.

Qualifications

• State Approved Nursing Assistant Training completed.
• Competency Evaluation Program completed.
• Good standing in state registry.

Responsibilities

• Answers signal lights, bells, or intercom to determine residents' needs and calls lights to be within reach.
• Provides direct resident care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming per care plan.
• Assists residents with activities of daily living and mobility; helps with transfers and positioning.
• Receives and relays nursing instructions; documents care provided and monitors patient status.
• Maintains cleanliness of resident units and infection control practices; reports changes to nurses.

Job description

Park Avenue Nursing Home is seeking CNAs to join our team.

Join a team that is continuously growing and advancing in long term care!

Summary

We are looking for compassionate and self-driven CNAs to perform direct resident care under the supervision of liscensed nurses. Our CNAs ensure that resident's personal care needs are being met in accordance with residents' wishes and care plan objectives, as well as promoting a home-like environment for the physical and psychosocial wellbeing of our residents.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• 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.