The Orchards
Location
Alliance, Ohio
Provide essential daily living assistance and quality care to residents in nursing home, assisted living, and rehab settings. Monitor resident conditions, record vital signs, and report changes to the charge nurse.
Must hold a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) certification and have completed an approved nurse's aide curriculum. Ability to perform physically demanding tasks and provide specialized care for geriatric residents is required.
Description We are looking for PRN positions for our Alliance location.
As part of The Orchards team, you can help our residents experience the best service and quality care during their nursing home, assisted living, rehab and independent living stays.
Summary Under the direction of the nursing staff, cares for residents while keeping them safe and comfortable during their activities of daily living by performing the following duties.
Teamwork with the following and all other duties and responsibilities assigned. Provides care and services to residents as defined by individualized care plans. Care and services include, but are not limited to: ADL assistance, mobility assistance, positioning assistance and feeding assistance. Performs random rounds on each resident every two hours, starting upon arrival and finishing just prior to the end of the shift. Takes and records temperature, pulse and respiration rates, and food and fluid intake and output, as directed. Participates in resident activity program. Documents care provided to residents using approved documentation method. Reports any change in resident condition to the charge nurse immediately.
Assists with stocking supplies in clean utility rooms. Attend meetings and training sessions required for the position
Supervisory Responsibilities This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience Certificate upon completion of an approved nurse's aide certification curriculum. Complete annual state mandated training requirements (Regular In-services as well as any external training).
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Certified Nurse Assistant certification.
Other Skills and Abilities Certified Nurse Assistant skills specific to geriatric residents are needed. May need additional skills with special-need geriatric residents such as those with dementia, Alzheimer's or those requiring skilled health care. Ability to use resident lift equipment.
Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand or walk throughout the facility. The employee is regularly required to: 1) complete duties and provide therapeutic touch; 2) reach with hands and arms; and 3) balance to: use the telephone or computer, use medical equipment to assess resident vital signs, prepare residents to be lifted, operate the Sit to Stand Maxi/Hoyer lifts, lift or assist a resident out of a chair or bed, feed residents, serve meals, make beds and change linens, dress residents, fold laundry, turn door knobs, reposition chair alarms, assist or perform personal hygiene care for resident (brushing teeth, bathing or showering, drying after bath or shower), manipulate walkers and wheelchairs, assist residents when walking, store clean linens in closets, push residents in wheelchairs, and put away dishes, glasses, etc. The employee is regularly required to stoop, kneel, or crouch Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here 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.
· The Orchards is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are committed to providing a workplace free of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, veteran status, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.
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