Based on the Certified Nursing Assistant job description you provided, the four main components can be organized as follows:
- Job Summary
Provides direct nursing and nursing-related care to residents in accordance with each resident’s assessment and plan of care. The CNA supports residents’ physical, mental, and psychosocial needs while promoting dignity, independence, resident rights, self-determination, and the highest practicable level of functioning.
- Essential Duties
- Provide direct care according to each resident’s plan of care.
- Assist residents with activities of daily living (ADLs), including bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, mobility, transferring, and eating.
- Assist with range-of-motion exercises, ambulation, positioning, and safe transfers using appropriate equipment and techniques.
- Provide feeding and meal assistance and accurately document food and fluid intake.
- Provide catheter and colostomy care according to facility procedures.
- Respond promptly to resident call lights.
- Observe and report changes in residents’ physical, mental, emotional, or psychosocial condition.
- Assist with development and implementation of resident care plans and communicate resident information to the Unit Charge Nurse.
- Document resident care and conditions accurately and legibly.
- Take vital signs and collect designated laboratory specimens.
- Follow infection-control procedures, Universal Precautions, PPE requirements, and other facility policies.
- Assist with resident admissions, discharges, activities, and therapy programs.
- Maintain a clean, safe, homelike environment.
- Monitor and report safety, fire, housekeeping, maintenance, and resident injury concerns.
- Participate in emergency/disaster drills and carry out assigned emergency responsibilities.
- Complete required annual in-service education.
- Required Qualifications
- Sufficient education to demonstrate functional literacy.
- Successful completion of a State-approved nurse aide training and competency evaluation program within four months of hire, or prior successful completion with no break in service of 24 months or longer.
- Acceptable verification through the State Nurse Aide Registry regarding abuse, neglect, mistreatment, or misappropriation of resident property.
- Must be able to perform the essential CNA functions safely.
- Must be able to follow written and verbal instructions and communicate effectively with residents and staff.
- Must have sufficient mobility and strength to assist, transfer, and move residents safely.
- Must be able to perform required personal-care responsibilities for the assigned resident workload.
- Prior experience providing personal care to impaired individuals in a healthcare setting is preferred.
- Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs)
Knowledge
- CNA procedures and resident care practices.
- Resident rights, dignity, individuality, and confidentiality.
- Infection control and Universal Precautions.
- PPE and hazardous-material handling.
- Emergency and disaster procedures.
- Proper body mechanics and safe use of resident-transfer equipment.
- Care of residents with cognitive and physical impairments.
Skills
- Providing personal care and ADL assistance.
- Safe resident transfers, lifting, positioning, and mobility assistance.
- Taking vital signs and recording resident information.
- Accurate documentation.
- Verbal and written communication.
- Recognizing and reporting changes in resident condition.
- Prioritizing and completing assigned responsibilities.
- Using gait belts, mechanical lifting equipment, wheelchairs, and other resident-care equipment safely.
Abilities
- Interact effectively with physically and cognitively impaired individuals.
- Maintain professionalism, cooperation, honesty, and confidentiality.
- Respond appropriately to emergencies and changing circumstances.
- Work effectively with residents, families, nurses, coworkers, and interdisciplinary staff.
- Meet the physical demands of frequent standing, walking, bending, lifting, pushing, pulling, reaching, and transferring residents.
- Work rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays, as required.
Wage: $17.50-$19.31 per hour
