CNA Restorative

Ridgeland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center; Ridgeland (SC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Ridgeland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Ridgeland, SC, is seeking a CNA Restorative to support therapy services, prepare work areas, transport patients, and assist with treatments.

Experience providing restorative care is preferred. You will help maintain therapy caseload data, document progress, and ensure infection control and safety protocols are followed.

Qualifications

• Experience providing restorative preferred.
• Supports restorative nursing activities and rehabilitation by preparing work areas, transporting patients and assisting in care and treatments.
• Maintains therapy caseload data entry and documentation for restorative nursing.

Responsibilities

• Assists therapists and implements treatments, exercises and rehab programs.
• Completes restorative nursing programming under direction of Therapy Director and Nursing Director.
• Observes and evaluates patient needs for ambulation and ROM therapy.
• Prepares and maintains charts and records.
• Performs CNA tasks such as obtaining weekly weights.
• Ensures safety and infection control standards.

Skills

Restorative care

CNA tasks

Patient transport

Therapy support

Job description

Ridgeland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

CNA Restorative

Day shift and Evenings, requires rotating weekends

Experience providing restorative preferred

Description

Performs responsible technical work in supporting general restorative nursing activities and rehabilitation department by preparing work areas, transporting patients, and assistance in performing patient care and rehabilitation treatments. Maintaining therapy case load data entry, documentation tracking and restorative nursing case load.
Work is performed under the general supervision of a charge nurse, with supervisor being the Rehab Director.

Job Duties

• Assists various therapists, implements instructions for treatments, exercises and rehabilitative programs.
• Completes restorative nursing programing, directed by Therapy Director and Director of Nursing
• Observes and evaluates patient needs for ambulation and range of motion therapy.
• Exercises patients to maintain and improve ambulation skills.
• Applies and observes arm splits, hand rolls, leg and neck braces and other appliances and devices.
• Prepares and checks rehabilitative equipment and supplies.
• Assists with evaluation of patient progress and reaction to therapy.
• Prepares and maintains charts and records.
• Performs certified nursing assistant tasks, such as obtaining weekly weights
• Follows proscribed protocols for safety and infection control.
• Performs and monitors quality assurance standards and protocols.
• Monitors nutrition status and dining process of residents.
• Maintain cleanliness of therapy treatment area.
• Performs related tasks as required.

Prepares patients for treatments, assists with dressing and undressing, and helps ambulate.