Summary
Under the direction of the nursing staff, cares for residents at Stone Pear Pavilion while keeping them safe and comfortable during their activities of daily living by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Provides care and services to residents as defined by individualized care plans. Care and services include, but are not limited to: ADL assistance, mobility assistance, positioning assistance and feeding assistance.
* Performs random rounds on each resident every two hours, starting upon arrival and finishing just prior to the end of the shift.
* Takes and records temperature, pulse and respiration rates, and food and fluid intake and output, as directed.
* Participates in resident activity program.
* Documents care provided to residents using approved documentation method.
* Reports any change in resident condition to the charge nurse immediately.
Other Responsibilities:
* Assists with stocking supplies in clean utility rooms.
* Attends meetings and training sessions required for the position.
Requirements
Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
Certificate upon completion of an approved nurse's aide certification curriculum. Complete annual state-mandated training requirements (Regular In-services as well as any external training).
Language Skills
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, procedure manuals and resident charting notes and directives. Ability to write routine reports, correspondence and perform resident charting. Ability to complete all assigned paperwork and charting. Ability to speak effectively with residents, family members, or employees in group or one-on-one situations.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals when determining a resident's weight loss or gain. Ability to estimate volume and percentages when documenting resident dietary and nourishment intake or output data.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense and understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions as given by the supervisor. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations dealing with the care of the residents.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Certified Nurse Assistant certification. A Certified Nurse Assistant is required to work 8 hours and take 12 hours of training annually.
Other Skills and Abilities
Certified Nurse Assistant skills specific to geriatric residents are needed. May need additional skills with special-need geriatric residents such as those with dementia, Alzheimer's or those requiring skilled health care. Ability to use resident lift equipment.
Medical Screenings
A Tuberculosis testing is required annually.
Mental Abilities
* The ability to get along with others and engage them in activities.
* The ability to concentrate for extended periods of time.
* The ability to remain calm in emergency situations.
* The ability to shift focus from one task to another.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand or walk throughout the facility, complete duties and provide therapeutic touch, reach with hands and arms, and balance to use the telephone or computer, use medical equipment to assess resident vital signs, prepare residents to be lifted, operate the Sit to Stand Maxi/Hoyer lifts, lift or assist a resident out of a chair or bed, and perform personal hygiene care for residents.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to airborne viruses and bacteria, as well as blood-borne, fecal-borne, and other bodily pathogens carried by residents. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions while showering and bathing the residents.
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