DEPARTMENT Southwell Health and Rehabilitation Facility Southwell Medical
WORK TYPE Full Time SHIFT Varied
SUMMARY
The Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) is responsible for assisting with both clinical and clerical duties on the nursing unit. They are responsible for assisting the professional staff in delivery of quality care in a safe manner to a varied resident population. Responsibilities include coordinating communications occurring at the Nurses Station, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating resident care, and providing safety assigned to patients. They also provide customer service to patients, families, visitors, physicians, coworkers, and other medical and non-medical persons.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Assists residents/patients with ADLs per the plan of care, including but not limited to: • Bathing • Dressing • Grooming • Feeding • Toileting • Transferring • Mobility
• Answers patient call lights in a timely manner.
• Protects patients rights by knocking before entering the room and by properly draping patients prior to a procedure.
• Accurately documents care.
• Takes vital signs and weights as ordered.
• Assists in the participation and removal of safety devices, such as side rails and footboards.
• Maintains bed alarms on those residents with bed alarms included on their plan of care.
• Keeps abreast of pertinent federal and state regulations and laws, as well as Tift Regional Health System Inc. (TRHS) policies, as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.
• Understands and adheres to TRHS compliance standards, as outlined in the Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct, and Conflict of Interest Policy, as well as HIPAA and TRHS policies regarding privacy and security of protected health information.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform tasks that meet the age-specific requirements of the persons, patients, vendors, and staff that the employee is charged to interact with, as required by the position.
• Offers suggestions on ways to improve operations of the department and reduce costs.
• Attends all mandatory education programs.
• Improves self-knowledge through voluntarily attending continuing education and certification classes.
• Maintains required competency levels, as identified in written exams, skills checklists, skills labs, annual safety and health requirements, and service excellence education hours requirements.
• Cross-trains in order to better assist co-workers and to provide maximum efficiency in the department.
• Volunteers and participates on hospital committees, functions, and department projects.
• Manages resources effectively.
• Reports equipment in need of repair in order to extend the life of equipment and removes malfunctioning equipment out of service with timely reporting to the appropriate personnel.
• Makes good use of time, so as to not create needless overtime.
CREDENTIALS
Certified Nurse Aide
Southwell Tift Regional Health System Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.