St. Croix County·New Richmond, Wisconsin
This position provides professional nursing care to residents, ensuring high-quality care within a safe environment by administering medications, maintaining medical records, and developing patient care plans with other medical professionals. Essential functions include assessing resident conditions, communicating changes to physicians and families, performing treatments, and supervising staff work.
This position provides professional nursing care for residents to assure the highest degree of quality resident care is maintained at all times within a safe environment; maintains medical records, administers medications, and develops patient care plans in conjunction with other medical professionals; offers emotional and social support, and attends residents’ overall physical comfort.
This position is available for Full-Time (PM shift), Part-Time (PM shift), or On-Call.
00pm - 10:30pm
The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be required and assigned.
Provides for resident safety, comfort and well-being.
Reviews and administers medications.
Assesses the condition of residents; monitors for changes in condition and responds with appropriate action.
Communicates resident needs or condition changes to physician, family and other staff.
Performs various treatments including dressing changes, catheter care and/or insertion, etc.
Documents tasks regarding medications passed, assessments, communications with physician and family, etc.
Review resident care plans; completes documentation.
Compiles information requested for physician reviews.
Assigns, directs, reviews and trains staff work.
Cleans, organizes and provides supplies for medical carts and rooms.
Responds to resident requests by assisting to bathroom, walking, medication requests, etc.
Provides direct patient care including repositioning, hygiene, assessing skin needs, etc.
Receives information from prior shift; reports information to following shift.
Verifies narcotics counts at shift beginning and ending.
Requests medications from pharmacy; enters new medication orders; transcribes orders; faxes orders to pharmacy; pulls medication to return.
Reports to oncoming shifts.
Other duties as assigned.
The physical and work environment characteristics described in this description are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions or as otherwise required by law. Employees needing reasonable accommodation should discuss the request with the employee’s supervisor.
Physical requirements
This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 75 pounds of force. Work regularly requires sitting, frequently requires standing, using hands to handle, feel, and perform motor skills and repetitive motions and occasionally requires walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling and reaching with hands and arms overhead or below the waist.
Work has standard vision requirements.
Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels.
Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and observing general surroundings and activities.
Work frequently requires exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment.
May work in any area of the facility.
May be subject to exposure to infectious wastes, diseases, and medical conditions.
Vaccinations and testing as required by local, state, or federal regulations and/or other regulating entities.
Candidates must possess an Associate degree in Nursing and a Registered Nurse License, and successfully pass criminal and caregiver background checks. Knowledge of skilled nursing principles, medication safety, state/local regulations, and electronic records systems is required, along with the ability to supervise staff and maintain confidentiality.
Market context
In Wisconsin, CNA openings are often driven by ongoing staffing needs in hospitals, long-term care, and other patient-care settings. These roles can be competitive because employers may prefer candidates with current state certification, though some will also consider applicants who have completed a 75-hour training program and are awaiting the state exam. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, then confirm your certification status and availability before applying.
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