Certified Nurse Aide at Dallam Hartley Counties Hospital District – Dalhart, Texas

Job Description: Performs a variety of routine nursing functions in giving direct and indirect care to nursing home residents under professional nursing supervision and supports the nurse in charge. OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Class I.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
• Education: High School graduate or equivalent. Successful completion of an 80-hour approved Nurse Aide Course within four months of hire date and of a regional Nursing Aide Course for long term care Nurse Aides.
• Personal Job-Related Skills: Ability to read and write preferred, effective oral and written communication skills and the ability to comprehend and follow verbal or written instructions. Knowledge of residents' rights
• Licensure, Registry or Certification: Certified as a Nurse Aide and on the Texas Nurse Aide Registry.
• Physical and Mental Requirements: Duties of the position require extended periods of standing and walking. Bending, stooping, twisting, reaching and lifting up to 50 pounds. Occasional heavy lifting when moving or supporting residents who may suddenly become weak or helpless.
• Experience: Prior Work Experience: One year experience in a medical setting preferred.
Technical Training: Current CPR.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Performs personal care according to requirements of the patient including bathing, perineal care, shaving, grooming hair, mouth care as condition of patient warrants and as directed, feeding patient and collecting specimens.
• Keeps room neat and tidy at all times, patient dry and free of secretions, and answers call lights in a prompt manner.
• Performs procedures designed to prevent physical deterioration of the patient including positioning patient and giving skin care as directed, getting patient out of bed or ambulating as directed, working gently and handling patients with special conditions in the specified manner, and performing catheter care as directed
• Provides care appropriate for the geriatric patients served based on demonstrated knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Changes bed linens per Nursing Home routine.
• Assists with resident admission and sees that resident is dressed and weight and vital signs are taken
• Assists with transfer and discharge of residents, either by wheelchair, stretcher or bed.
• Measures and records intake and output
• Monitors residents to ensure resident safety.
• Avoids unnecessary exposure during care
• Speaks politely to and considers preferences of patients.
• Maintains patient's privacy.
• Does not discuss personal affairs in the presence of residents
• Collects and distributes 24-hour resident assessment records and intake and output records.
• Washes wheelchairs when indicated per schedule
• Passes ice water to residents as requested with the transportation of patients according to procedures.
• Answers call lights and keeps licensed staff informed of residents' needs within five minutes.
• Keeps residents' rooms neat and tidy.
• Assists in keeping the nursing station clean and tidy, i.e. trash picked up, etc.
• Assures chargeable items are charged for promptly and accurately.
• Assures supplies are not wasted.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT REQUIREMENTS:
• Maintains confidentiality while working with confidential matters on a daily basis.
• Provides service direct to patients while maintaining a positive patient relations atmosphere.
• Follows aseptic procedures and precautions when involved in direct patient contact or handling potentially infectious materials.
• Follows safety guidelines and policies for the Nursing Home.