Full Time Cna

PACS Group (United Kingdom); United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

PACS Group in the United States seeks a dedicated nurse to provide routine daily care for residents in accordance with each resident’s assessment and care plan. You will perform essential duties to support health, safety, and comfort while following supervisor guidance and facility policies.

Responsibilities include patient identification, accurate record-keeping, reporting changes in condition, and maintaining a warm, calm environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify residents before administering treatments using wristband or photo ID.
• Record entries using authorized abbreviations only.
• Report changes in resident's condition to Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse promptly.
• Record entries on flow sheets, notes, charts clearly and descriptively.
• Report accidents and incidents observed during shift.
• Do not disclose resident PHI; report violations to Administrator.
• Report unauthorized attempts to access facility information systems.
• Perform only trained nursing procedures.
• Ensure resident rooms are prepared for arrival (beds, tags, kit).
• Greet residents and escort them to their room.
• Introduce resident to roommates and other personnel as appropriate.
• Make residents comfortable and ensure their needs are met.
• Inventory and mark residents’ possessions; store clothing.
• Assist residents with packing possessions during transfers or discharges.
• Transport residents to new rooms or receiving area; assist with loading/unloading.
• Create an atmosphere of warmth and calm throughout the unit and shift.
• Meet with nursing staff to identify problems and improve services.
• Report complaints and grievances by residents.
• Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed.
• Follow policies on exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Make beds and add extra covers as requested.
• Measure and record temperatures, pulses, and respirations; weigh residents as instructed.
• Check residents who cannot call for help, and respond promptly.
• Assist with identifying food arrangements and recording intake.
• Keep water pitchers clean and filled; ensure accessibility.
• Perform after-meal care and cleanup.
• Participate in daily nursing reports and duties as assigned.
• Follow policies and schedules; cooperate with inter-departmental staff.
• Notify facility if you will be late or absent.
• Report occupational exposures to hazards per policy.
• Assist with daily activities (dental care, baths, grooming).
• Keep residents dry and comfortable; manage clothing and linens.
• Assist with preparing residents for medical tests and examinations.
• Help lift, turn, move and transport residents safely.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Assist in preparing residents for physical examinations.
• Document resident preferences and needs during care.
• Monitor for pressure areas/skin integrity and report concerns.
• Report injuries from unknown sources.
• Observe disoriented or unwell residents and document findings.
• Perform special treatments as instructed.

Job description

General Purpose

The primary purpose of your job position is to provide each of your assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident's assessment and care plan, and as may be directed by your supervisors.

Essential Duties

• Use the wristband or photo card file to identify residents before administering treatments, serving meals, etc., as necessary.
• Use only authorized abbreviations established by this facility when recording information.
• Report all changes in the resident's condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical.
• Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative, descriptive manner.
• Report all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur.
• Agree not to disclose resident's protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.
• Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access facility's information system.
• Perform only those nursing care procedures that you have been trained to do.
• Ensure that the resident's room is ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.).
• Greet residents and escort them to their room.
• Introduce resident to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate.
• Make resident comfortable.
• Inventory and mark the resident's personal possessions as instructed.
• Store resident's clothing.
• Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged.
• Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area.
• Assist with loading/unloading residents' to/from vehicles as necessary.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
• Meet with your shift's nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services.
• Report all complaints and grievances made by the resident.
• Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Make beds as instructed.
• Put extra covers on beds as requested.
• Measure and record temperatures, pulses, and respirations (TPRs) of residents, as instructed. Weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Answer resident calls promptly.
• Check residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.
• Assist residents with identifying food arrangements (i.e., informing resident with sight problem of foods that are on his/her tray, where it is located, if it is hot/cold, etc.).
• Record the resident's food/fluid intake. Report changes in the resident's eating habits to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.
• Keep residents' water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water (on each shift), and within easy reach of the resident.
• Perform after meal care (i.e., remove trays, clean resident's hands, face, clothing, etc.).
• Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.
• Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors.
• Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks.
• Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel to ensure that nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
• Notify the facility when you will be late or absent from work.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.
• Assist residents with daily functions (dental and mouth care, bath functions, combing of hair, dressing and undressing as necessary).
• Keep residents dry (change gown, clothing and linens, when it becomes wet or soiled).
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests (i.e., lab work, x-ray, therapy, dental, etc.).
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Assist in preparing the resident for a physical examination.
• Check each resident routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met in accordance with his/her wishes.
• Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdowns to prevent decubitus ulcers (bedsores).
• Report injuries of an unknown source, including skin tears.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents. Record and report data as instructed
• Perform special treatments as instructed.
• Immediately