CNA, Certified Nurses Aide

JOB TITLE: Certified Nurses’ Aide (CNA) All Shifts full and part time
REPORTS TO: Charge Nurse
SALARY CLASSIFICATION: Hourly

General Description:
Performs basic care procedures. Recognize the elderly we serve as unique persons, requiring individual alternatives to maintain full lives in their later years. Provide medical, spiritual, and emotional care; encompassing quality, dignity, compassion and confidentiality for each individual.

Essential Job Functions:

• **Communicates with resident, families and staff in a sensitive, professional and therapeutic manner.
• **Observes and communicates changes in the patient condition to the RN responsible for the care of the assigned resident.
• Takes resident’s vital signs and records on the appropriate form.
• **Assists in the resident activities of daily living which includes assisting with meals and nourishments, transferring using proper body mechanics and appropriate assistive devices, ambulation, bathing and dressing.
• Documents care and observation on appropriate forms.
• **Assists with admission, transfer and discharge of resident.
• **Provide for the safety and security needs of assigned residents.
• **Maintains established departmental policies, procedures and objectives, quality assessment and improvement programs, and safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• **Attends meetings as required.
• **Participates in education programs and inservice meetings.
• **Understands and follows “Universal Precautions” as it pertains to potential exposure to all body fluids. Utilizes infection control techniques.
• **Understands chemicals(s) used in their department under the “Right to Know” standard.
• **Reports all unsafe conditions to appropriate supervision, including change in patient status, broken or malfunctioning equipment or anything that could be a potential threat, danger to a patient. Practices good safety awareness.
• **Knowledgeable of Residents Rights and facility Abuse Policies and Procedures.
• Performs any other duties and responsibilities that may become necessary or as directed by Supervisor.

Key Characteristics:

• **Demonstrates neatness, accuracy and dependability.
• **Contributes, develops and carries out new ideas.
• **Demonstrates an ability to work with others.
• **Ability to work independently.
• **Ability to work in cost and time efficient manner.
• **Teaches skills and knowledge to new staff.
• **Wears appropriate clothing/uniform. Appearance is neat and well kept.
• **Relates well with residents; is friendly and pleasant.
• **Demonstrates good safety habits—uses equipment appropriately.
• **Attendance/punctuality—comes to work when scheduled and on time.
• **Attends required in-services.

Entry Level Qualifications:

• **Post High School Vocational/Specialized Training
• **Current State of Connecticut CNA certificate; CPR certification preferred.
• PAC Training essential.

Physical Requirements:

• Good physical and mental health.
• Extremely heavy physical effort (lift/carry up to 50 lbs.)
• Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing/walking
• Lifts, positions, pushes, transfers residents.
• Manual dexterity and mobility
• Intermittent exertion when performing treatments
• Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching
• Ability to adjust vision to bring objects to focus

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Standard shift:

• Day shift

Supplemental schedule:

• Holidays

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Rotating weekends