The Certified Nurse Aide performs routine direct and indirect nursing care for nursing home residents, including personal care tasks such as bathing, feeding, and grooming, while supporting the nurse in charge. Key duties also involve maintaining patient safety, monitoring vital signs, assisting with admissions and discharges, and ensuring rooms and common areas remain neat and tidy.
Requirements summary
Candidates must have a High School diploma or equivalent and successfully complete an approved 80-hour Nurse Aide Course, along with obtaining certification and placement on the Texas Nurse Aide Registry. Preferred qualifications include one year of medical setting experience and current CPR certification, alongside the physical ability to stand, walk, bend, and lift up to 50 pounds.
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Job description
Job Description
Performs a variety of routine nursing functions in giving direct and indirect care to nursing home residents under professional nursing supervision and supports the nurse in charge. OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Class I.
Job qualifications
Education: High School graduate or equivalent. Successful completion of an 80-hour approved Nurse Aide Course within four months of hire date and of a regional Nursing Aide Course for long term care Nurse Aides.
Personal
Job-Related
Skills: Ability to read and write preferred, effective oral and written communication skills and the ability to comprehend and follow verbal or written instructions. Knowledge of residents’ rights
Licensure,
Registry or
Certification: Certified as a Nurse Aide and on the Texas Nurse Aide Registry.
Physical and
Mental
Requirements: Duties of the position require extended periods of standing and walking. Bending, stooping, twisting, reaching and lifting up to 50 pounds. Occasional heavy lifting when moving or supporting residents who may suddenly become weak or helpless.
Experience:
Prior
Work
Experience: One year experience in a medical setting preferred.
Technical
Training: Current CPR.
Essential
Duties and Responsibilities
Performs personal care according to requirements of the patient including bathing, perineal care, shaving, grooming hair, mouth care as condition of patient warrants and as directed, feeding patient and collecting specimens.
Keeps room neat and tidy at all times, patient dry and free of secretions, and answers call lights in a prompt manner.
Performs procedures designed to prevent physical deterioration of the patient including positioning patient and giving skin care as directed, getting patient out of bed or ambulating as directed, working gently and handling patients with special conditions in the specified manner, and performing catheter care as directed
Provides care appropriate for the geriatric patients served based on demonstrated knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
Changes bed linens per Nursing Home routine.
Assists with resident admission and sees that resident is dressed and weight and vital signs are taken
Assists with transfer and discharge of residents, either by wheelchair, stretcher or bed.
Measures and records intake and output
Monitors residents to ensure resident safety.
Avoids unnecessary exposure during care
Speaks politely to and considers preferences of patients.
Maintains patient’s privacy.
Does not discuss personal affairs in the presence of residents
Collects and distributes 24-hour resident assessment records and intake and output records.
Washes wheelchairs when indicated per schedule
Passes ice water to residents as requested with the transportation of patients according to procedures.
Answers call lights and keeps licensed staff informed of residents’ needs within five minutes.
Keeps residents’ rooms neat and tidy.
Assists in keeping the nursing station clean and tidy, i.e. trash picked up, etc.
Assures chargeable items are charged for promptly and accurately.
Assures supplies are not wasted.
Other significant requirements
Maintains confidentiality while working with confidential matters on a daily basis.
Provides service direct to patients while maintaining a positive patient relations atmosphere.
Follows aseptic procedures and precautions when involved in direct patient contact or handling potentially infectious materials.
Follows safety guidelines and policies for the Nursing Home.
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