Employees will attend the CNA class at White Oak KIngs Mountain. This is a paid class. Employee will return to White Oak Shelby upon completion of the class and CNA certification

DEPARTMENT: Nursing

SUPERVISOR: Charge Nurse

WORK AREA: Entire Facility

PURPOSE: Assistance and support to the nursing staff to enhance the delivery of care and services.

WORKING HOURS: Hours of work are 0 to 80 hours per pay period plus or minus as business needs and assigned by the Supervisor or Staffing Coordinator.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Must be able to bend, stoop, and move steadily throughout the facility.

LIMITATIONS: This position will not perform any duties that require nursing assistant certification (SC) / listing (NC).

HIPAA MINIMUM NECESSARY: Responsible to adhere to HIPAA MINIMUM NECESSARY guidelines and safeguard protected health information.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS: A minimum of grammar school education is essential and high school education or equivalent is preferred. Must possess out-going personality, ability to relate with mentally impaired residents, willingness to accept flexible working schedule, self-motivation and ability to work with minimum supervision. Must be able to communicate with residents.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Clocks in and reports to assigned work area on time in appropriate attire per facility dress code.
• Understands and adheres to universal precautions and minimum personal hand hygiene standards.
• Maintaining residents rooms in a neat and orderly fashion including: making unoccupied beds, returning overbed tables to proper location and assisting in maintaining neat bedside tables.
• Delivery of ice water to residents rooms on a daily basis.
• Assisting residents to dining room and activities as assigned by the Supervisor.
• Assisting in meal delivery to residents as assigned. Feeding residents as assigned after receiving proper instruction.
• Monitoring residents rooms for safety including: elimination of unwrapped food, loose cords and unauthorized cigarettes and lighters, position of bed cranks, height of bed, bed alarms and other devices in place as appropriate.
• Assisting in grooming as schedule permits.
• May accompany residents to out of facility physician visits, etc. as assigned.
• May assist in stocking of supplies and clean linen carts.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

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