Certified Nurse Assistant - Adel, United States - Southwell, Inc.

Description

They are responsible for assisting the professional staff in delivery of quality care in a safe manner to a varied resident population, responsible for coordinating communications occurring at the Nurse's Station while assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating resident care and the provision of safety assigned to patients.

• Assists residents/patients with ADL's per the plan of care including but not limited to bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding, toileting, transferring and mobility.
• Answer patient call lights in timely manner.
• Protects patient's rights by knocking before entering the room and by properly draping patients prior to a procedure.
• Accurately documents care.
• Takes vital signs and weights as ordered.
• Assists in the participation and removal of safety devices (i.e. side rails, footboards, etc.)
• Maintains bed alarms on those resident's with bed alarms included on residents' plan of care.
• Keeps abreast of all pertinent federal, state and facility regulations, laws and policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.
• Understands and adheres to compliance standards as they appear in the Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct, and Conflicts of Interest Policy.
• Demonstrates age-specific skills as required by position.
• Offers suggestions on ways to improve operations of department and reduce costs.
• Attends all mandatory education programs.
• Improves self-knowledge through voluntarily attending continuing education/certification classes.
• Maintains required competency levels as identified in written exams, skills checklists, skills labs, annual safety and health requirements as well as service excellence education hours requirements.
• Willing to cross-train in order to better assist co-workers and to provide maximum efficiency in department.
• Volunteers/participates on hospital committees, functions, and department projects.
• Manages resources effectively.
• Reports equipment in need of repair in order to extend life of equipment.
• Makes good use of time so as to not create needless overtime.

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred

• Certified Nurse Aide

• Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work, and achieves results with little oversight.
• Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities and works with a variety of situations, individuals, groups, and varying customer needs.
• Beside monitoring
• Basic Life Support certification
• Clinical Assessment
• Diplomatically handles challenging or tense interpersonal situations.
• Provides excellent service to internal and external customers.
• Is reliable and trustworthy while performing work in a consistent and timely manner.
• Earns others' trust and respect through consistent honesty and transparency in all interactions.
• Openness to different and new ways of doing things and willingness to modify one's preferred way of doing things.
• Correctly interprets and follows instructions.
• Possess the technical knowledge necessary to safely and efficiently perform job.
• Medical terminology
• Conveys ideas and facts orally using language the audience will best understand.
• Proficient in safe patient care techniques
• Grasps the meaning of written information and applies it to work situations.
• Manages own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals.
• Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables.
• Helps create a work environment that embraces and appreciates diversity.
• Vital sign monitoring