What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) position at Carlton Shores Health and Rehabilitation?
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Carlton Shores Health and Rehabilitation is looking for CNAs to join our wonderful team!
About us: Carlton Shores Health and Rehabilitation is tucked into a quiet and relaxing community. Carlton Shores provides top of the line care and rehabilitation services, designed around our guests' needs. Through personalized care plans our guests experience quality care in a close-knit community.
Shift: Part time 3-11 & 7-3 every other weekend.
Responsibilities of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA):
- Provide personal care (i.e., grooming, bathing, dressing, oral care, etc.) of residents daily and as needed.
- Change bed linen and maintain appropriate grooming supplies in resident room on a regular basis.
- Ambulate and transfer residents, utilizing appropriate assistive devices and body mechanics.
- Record resident vital signs, weights and measurements, intake and output, food consumption, and other information, as assigned.
- Recognize a resident’s ability to make choices and support these within the constraints of the care giving environment.
- Participate in collecting data needed for the accurate completion of the MDS and the plan of care. Provide input to the nurses for development of the plan of care.
- Provide adequate hydration to residents at regular intervals each day according to specific resident needs. Keep an accurate record of food intake and output, as directed.
- Maintain established housekeeping standards within assigned duty areas.
- Take TPR (temperature, pulse, & rate), blood pressure, weighing of residents, etc., as directed.
- Assist in the orientation and training of other staff, as requested, and other duties as assigned.
Requirements of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA):
- Current Nursing Assistant certification from state
- Current/active CPR certification, preferred.
- Effective verbal and written English communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy, excellent organizational skills with ability to prioritize, coordinate and simultaneously maintain multiple projects with high level of quality and productivity.
- Ability to lift fifty (50) or more pounds. Physical work is a primary part (more than 70%) of job.
- Able to stand and/or walk for more than four (4) hours per day.
- Able to bend and/or stoop for more than one (1) hour at a time.