Per Diem RI CNA Aquidneck Island at Preferred Health Care Services – Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island

JOB DESCRIPTION
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT (CNA)
Reports to: Nursing Supervisor or Director
Position: Provides basic nursing care to clients within the scope of nursing assistant responsibilities and performs basic nursing procedures under the direction of a licensed nurse.

Qualifications:
- State certification/registration or graduation from a state Approved nursing assistant training program required.
- Knowledge and experience in bedside nursing required.
- Full use of hands, arms, legs (I.e., washing, feeding, and dressing residents, writing notations, operating bed wheel locks, etc.)
- Ability to read thermometers and charts.
- Basic reading and writing skill, ability to speak English
- Ability to push/pull objects and lift/carry up to 20 lbs., unassisted on a frequent basis (occasionally up to 50 lbs. unassisted).
- Ability to sit, stand, bend, move and squat for prolonged periods.
- Willing to work.
- Willing to attend and participate in education programs.
- Ability to interact effectively with clients, their families, and other staff members.

Responsibilities:
- Performs nursing assistant duties in accordance with accepted standards of clients’ care. Duties may include:
- Intake and output, measuring height and weight, vital signs, specimen collection, catheter care, range of motion exercises, etc.
- Cares for client’s environment.
- Recognizes changes in the client’s behavior and conditions.
- Provides all personal care for residents, including bathing, showering, shampooing, oral hygiene, skin care, nail care, dressing, shaving (electric preferred), toileting, transferring, turning and positioning, and ambulating.
- Assists residents with nutritional needs, including preparing, serving, feeding, and providing proper fluid requirements.
- Monitors and reports food and fluid intake and offer/provides snacks between meals when necessary.
- Encourages clients to develop and maintain independence and highest level of functioning in all personal care.
- Aids with the use of assistive devices in transferring, ambulating, eating and dressing.
- Demonstrates knowledge of infection control in all client care to prevent the spread of diseases and infection.
- Adheres to strict infection control guidelines including hand washing and universal precautions.
- Demonstrates knowledge of emergency procedure.
- Performs all duties in a safe and efficient manner. Duties may include placing client call light within easy reach, raising bedside rails when client is in bed if appropriate, etc.