- Post high school Vocational/specialized training
- Completion of nursing assistant course
- LTC and SNF experience required
- RNA experience preferred
- BLS Certification
- CA Nursing Assistant Certification Required
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, stand, sit, and talk or hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
- The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfer patients.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Routine Hospital/Healthcare & Office/Administrative conditions.
- Contact with residents and guests under a wide variety of circumstances.
- Regularly exposed to the risk of bloodborne diseases.
- Exposure to infections and contagious disease.
- Exposed to hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids and waste.
- Subject to hazards of flammable and explosive gases.
- Subject to varying and unpredictable situations, including the handling of emergency or crisis situations.
- Subject to pressure due to irregular hours, frequent interruptions and stressful situations due to multiple demands.
- Occasional travel to various health system locations.
- Provides consistently exceptional care at all times.
- Recognizes and accurately reports relevant resident information to licensed staff.
- Utilizes all therapy equipment in gym safely with residents in collaboration with therapists, according to their restorative orders
- Under direction of the therapist, performs routine restorative treatments
- Ensures that all aspects of resident care are documented. Documentation is complete, accurate and timely. Documents on the Restorative Maintenance Program in Point Click Care according to each residents' program orders.
- As directed by licensed nursing & therapy staff, provides care in a manner that is safe and sensitive to the rights of each resident.
- Assists in dining room for all meals when scheduled.
- Recognizes need for purpose vs. task when caring for residents
- Follows all appropriate infection prevention measures in place in the SNF at all times.
- Attends monthly RNA meetings with RN supervisor and therapists.
- Responds to the needs of the department by performing other duties, as necessary.
Restorative Aide- Full Time - South Lake Tahoe, United States - Barton HealthCare System
Description
Summary of Position:
Assists licensed staff in the provision of basic nursing and therapy care in Skilled Nursing, using the application of basic skills, restorative care, utilizing established policies and procedures, ensuring safe and effective care.
Demonstrates the skill necessary to meet the needs of all residents served in Skilled Nursing through support of the nursing process; collects resident care data, reports findings, assists team to meet resident care goals.
The restorative nursing assistant is under the supervision of the Skilled Nursing licensed staff and therapists and reports to the Skilled Nursing Director or designee.
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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.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
b. Notifies OT of feeding problems, referrals and reassessment needs.
c. Notifies PT of any mobility problems, referral or reassessment needs.
Provides personal care assistance to residents:
a. Personal hygiene - bathing, bathroom/bedpan, HS care
b. Positioning
c. Self-care activities - dressing
d. Ambulation & transfers
e. Dining.
f. Transport
b. Strengthening Exercises
c. Ensures placement of restorative devices
d. Ambulation
e. Dining.
f. ADL exercises
g. Whirlpool treatments