Nursing Assistant Registered $5,000 sign on bonus

Organizational Responsibilities

• Adhere to, support and promote St. Francis Health Services’ Mission and Core Values, philosophy, goals and objectives while conducting company business.
• Maintain confidentiality of company and individual receiving services related information at all times.
• Serve on, participate in, and attend various committees of the care center as appointed by the Administrator.

Individual Receiving Services Care Responsibilities

• Does not disclose individual receiving services’ protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.
• Ensure that all care is provided in privacy, as appropriate, and to knock before entering an individual receiving services’ room or individual receiving services care area such as tub rooms.
• Report all grievances and complaints made by the individual receiving services, family, or visitors to the appropriate supervisor following the care center’s established procedures.
• Report to licensed staff any necessary observations made regarding potential changes in individual receiving services status, utilizing the STOP AND WATCH tool.
• Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting to duty.
• Follow written NAR procedure for designated shift.
• Attend to daily care needs per each individual receiving services’ plan of care (e.g. bathing, oral care, hair care, nail care, transfers, feeding, ambulation, R.O.M., elimination needs, intake, output, catheter care, dressing, turning and repositioning, collection of specimens, weights and taking vital signs) and document the care each time it is provided.
• Follow established policies/procedures for performing all cares.
• Provide considerate and respectful care, preserving the personal dignity, modesty and privacy of the individual receiving services and family.
• Turn all medications found in the individual receiving services’ room/possession (that are not care planned to be there) over to the Director of Nursing Services or Nurse Manager.
• Observe individual receiving services regularly and respond promptly to call lights.
• Report changes in individual receiving services’ condition and/or normal routine including nutrition, elimination, ambulation and skin integrity.
• Communicate (intra shift) with co-workers, supervisor, and DON as appropriate, regarding individual receiving services’ progress and your progress with daily individual receiving services’ care.

Individual Responsibilities

• Report all complaints and grievances, according to company policies and procedures, which are made by the individual receiving services, family, or visitors and make a written/oral report to supervisor indicating what action(s) were taken to resolve the complaint or grievance.
• Report any communicable or infectious disease that you contract to the appropriate supervisor.
• Demonstrate the ability to obtain information and data in terms of individual receiving services’ needs.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the range of treatment needed by these individual receiving services and ability to provide treatment.
• Possess communication skills necessary to interpret age specific response to treatment.

Safety / AWAIR Responsibilities

• Keep the call light system within easy reach of the individual receiving services.
• Demonstrate and practice correct sanitation techniques, such as hand washing, proper handling of supplies, cleansing and sanitizing equipment, per policy procedure.
• Participate in appropriate in-service training programs prior to performing tasks that involve potential exposure to blood/body fluids or hazardous chemicals.
• Use personal protective clothing/devices/equipment when handling infectious waste and/or blood/body fluids.
• Follow established policies and procedures in performance of duties such as safety, infection control and exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Adhere to basic infection control practices, and use standard precautions.
• Follow care center’s established policies governing safety data sheets (SDS) and the handling of hazardous chemicals. Ensure that hazardous chemicals are labeled. Report missing/illegible labels and SDSs to the appropriate supervisor.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials and hazardous chemicals to the Department Director.
• Follow established safety policies and procedures regarding fire, weather related, and other potential disaster threats to individual receiving services and staff.
• Know exact location of emergency equipment (e.g., alarms and fire extinguishers).
• Participate in fire safety and disaster preparedness drills.
• Wear and/or use safety equipment and supplies (e.g. back brace, mechanical lifts, etc.) when lifting or moving individual receiving services.
• Report and/or correct unsafe conditions immediately.
• Promptly report all accidents, errors and unusual incidents to the supervisor no matter how minor they may be. Such occurrences must be reported on the shift in which they occur.
• Utilize proper body mechanics.
• Operate all equipment that is used in the department and social areas accurately and in a safe manner according to established procedures.
• Report defective equipment to the supervisor.
• Practice nursing policies and procedures concerning individual receiving services restraints and side rails.

Regulatory Responsibilities

• Understand and follow the Vulnerable Adult and Abuse Policy and reporting procedure.
• Understand and adhere to Individual receiving services Bill of Rights.

Environmental Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean, attractive, safe and sanitary work environment.
• Keep work areas free of hazardous objects, unnecessary equipment, supplies, etc.

Attendance

• Attend departmental and staff meetings as directed.
• Attend and participate in scheduled training and educational classes, department specific and care center wide.
• Attend and participate in scheduled onboarding programs and activities.
• Give adequate notice to appropriate person when absence is necessary.

Education and Experience

• Nursing Assistant (NAR) on the MN State Registry in good standing or the ability and plan to complete Nursing Assistant course work and/or complete skills and written competency testing in accordance with regulations and care center policy.

Specific Requirements

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language while conducting company business.
• Must be able to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must adhere to the Corporate Compliance Program Code of Conduct.
• Must adhere to company policies and procedures.
• Must have a positive and friendly attitude.
• Must be able to solve diverse procedural problems and plans.
• Must be able to communicate, coordinate, and facilitate with other departments, families, and the general public.
• Must respect the individual receiving services’ personal and property rights.
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, individual receiving services, visitors and the general public.
• Must possess the ability to work harmoniously with other personnel and departments.
• Must be able to relate to and work with the disabled and elderly individuals within the care center who may at times be ill, confused, uncooperative, emotionally upset, or hostile.
• Must be willing to work beyond normal working hours when necessary and on other shifts/days.
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.
• Must be able to request and/or accept direction/education as needed to develop new skills
• Able to operate the following equipment: o Alarms and other safety interventions/devices; o Call light systems; o Walkie talkies and/or pagers, if provided by care center.
• Able to operate the following equipment: o Bathing tubs/showers o Mechanical lifts o Charting o Transfer belt o Specialized chairs, wheelchairs, and positioning equipment o Urinary catheters and ostomy bags o Dental Care o Hearing aids

Working Environment

• Work in all areas of the care center and its premises.
• Move intermittently during working hours.
• Is involved with individual receiving services, personnel, visitors, government agencies/personnel, etc., under all conditions and circumstances.
• Is subject to hostile and emotionally upset individual receiving services, family members, personnel and visitors.
• Is subject to frequent interruptions.
• Is subject to strain in lifting, moving and supporting individual receiving services.
• Communicate with all employees and other department directors.
• Work beyond normal working hours, on weekends and on other shifts/days, when necessary.
• Is subject to call back during emergency conditions (e.g. severe weather, evacuation, post-disaster etc.)
• Is subject to injury from falls, burns from equipment, odors, etc. throughout the workday, as well as reactions from dust, disinfectants, tobacco smoke and other air contaminants.
• Is subject to the handling of and exposure to hazardous chemicals.

Physical and Sensory Requirements

• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the work day.
• Must utilize proper body mechanics during every shift worked.
• Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so that the requirements of the position can be fully met.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must be able to walk, stand and sit.
• Must be able to bend, stoop, squat, twist, reach above shoulders and push/pull frequently.
• Must be able to kneel, crawl and crouch occasionally and climb rarely.
• Must be able to perform repetitive motions during the work day.
• Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this care center.
• Must be able to follow infection control procedures when exposed to infection.
• Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of thirty (30) pounds to a minimum height of five (5) feet and able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum of fifty (50) feet.
• May be needed to assist in the evacuation of individual receiving services during emergency situations.
• Must be able to walk, stand and sit for 4-8 hours in an 8-hour shift.
• Must be able to lift, carry, or pull 30 pounds. Rarely an NAR may be subjected to lift more than 30 lbs in an emergency situation.
• Must be able to lift 31- 60 pounds with assistance.
• Must follow care center policy and procedures when using a mechanic lift is warranted.
• Must be able to push 50 lbs. - carts, wheelchairs, individual receiving services transport equipment, etc.