CNAMedAide PRN

Brookridge a ThriveMore of NC Community located in Winston Salem NC is seeking qualified PRN (relief status) C.N.A/Medaides to join our team. Come join a team that is dedicated to making sure our residents receive firstrate continuum of care and services tailored to fit their needs

JOB OBJECTIVE

Provides a variety of personal care services to meet the care needs of residents. Assists each resident in maintaining his/her personal dignity and control of his/her life consistent with the facilitys policies and programs and the rules and regulations of regulatory agencies of the federal state and local governments.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS/DUTIES

• Work history in caring for older adults preferred.
• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Completed high school or GED equivalent.
• Must be C.N.A Certified and MedAide Certified in good standing with the state of North Carolina and can be found on the NC Nurse Aide Registry.
• Must be able to use the English language to satisfy the communications and record keeping
• requirements involved in the performance of this job position with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must maintain neat wellgroomed appearance adhering to dress code of the facility.
• Must satisfy all established licensing and certification requirements applicable to this job position.
• Must be able to safely perform all essential job functions without harm to self or others with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must comply with facilitys drug testing and substance abuse program and policies.

Job Responsibilities and Duties

• Provides or assists resident with personal care needs including: bathing dressing andundressing eating ambulation oral care hair and nail care elimination needs shaving application of makeup.
• Takes and records temperature pulse respiration blood pressure according to instructions.
• Observes and reports immediately any physical and/or behavioral changes in resident to AssistedLiving Coordinator.
• Administer medications and treatments to residents according to doctors orders at timesspecified and charting same immediately after medications and/or treatment
• Assist residents with feeding as needed in dining room or take tray of food to his/her room andassist him/her when he/she is unable to come to the dining room.
• Possess a working knowledge of how to operate the medicine cart how to maintain security andsafety of medicines in cart and report immediately to Assisted Living Coordinator any losses or discrepancy in medicine count.
• Maintain a neat and orderly medicine cart and medicine room
• Coordinate daily orders of and related medical supplies with Assisted Living orders from Physician Order Form to MARs and checks monthly MAR for accuracy.
• Assists residents to participate in individual and/or group activities planned and carried out in oroutside the Home
• Uses appropriate techniques to assure infection control; this includes good handwashingtechniques and adherence to other infection control practices.
• Follows all safety security infection control universal precautions and hazardous materialspolicies and procedures. Performs all tasks to assure resident personal safety and the protection of coworkers and facility property
• Knows and ensures that all resident rights are maintained at all times. Reports any violations orsuspected deviations according to facility property
• Uses appropriate and safe body mechanics techniques and all appropriate assistant devices whenlifting and/or transferring residents or supplies.
• Documents in the nursing assistant notes the care and treatment provided to the resident and theresidents response or lack of response to care provided.
• Maintains confidentiality of all resident care information.
• Works tactfully and cooperatively with resident families visitors and other staff throughout thefacility.
• Comes to work as scheduled and consistently demonstrates dependability and punctuality.
• Changes work schedule or works overtime on occasion to meet the needs of the facility.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings care planning inservice sessions as scheduled.
• Knows and follows existing lines of communication and authority
• All items marked with an asterisk are considered Essential Job Functions for this position.
• Maintains a working knowledge of personnel policies and other information contained in theEmployee Handbook.
• Assists other staff members as needed within the limits of training and certification
• Signs all Medical Administration Records and daily report sheets at the time the service is given. Keep all records up to date and signed.
• Assist with housekeeping items such as laundry etc... and the cleaning of equipment. Assist with making of the beds for residents.
• Performs other related duties as directed by supervisor.

Physical/Mental Requirements

• The ability to frequently transfer or assist a resident to or from beds chairs toilets tubs and showers. This requires the ability to push pull and lift from 2575 pounds unassisted.
• Frequently push/pull residents weighing 80300 pounds in wheelchairs.
• The ability to frequently use all of the equipment listed below as well as thermometers blood pressure equipment a writing instrument safety pins buttons snaps buckles and tie strings.
• Must be able to frequently move about in tight spaces and between objects equipment and furniture and to accurately manipulate wheelchairs and medicine carts through doorways move linen carts etc.
• Constant walking and standing is required up to 90 of eighthour days to provide resident care and assistance.
• Able to frequently stoop twist bend squat kneel and climb stairs to perform essential job functions.
• Reaching overhead is frequently required to obtain linens and stock from shelves ranging from floor to six feet and to remove or replace resident items on closet shelves.
• Handling feeling fingering and grasping is frequently required for detecting pulse using resident care items and providing tactical stimulation to residents.
• The frequent ability to visually identify a resident within a reasonable distance to focus and read a thermometer blood pressure gauge and similar equipment and to identify colors for warning lights signs and labels
• Must have the ability to frequently receive verbal instructions and converse with residents coworkers and visitors. Must also be able to respond to audible emergency signals alarms calllight indicators and be able to answer a caller on the phone
• Must be able to frequently concentrate on moderate details with frequent interruptions.
• All items marked with an asterisk are considered Essential Job Functions for this position.
• Attention span necessary to attend to a task/function for 1025 minutes at a time related to nurse assistant be able to remember multiple tasks and assignments over the course of an 8hour shift.
• Ability to understand and frequently carry out the verbal and written instructions of physicians and other health care professionals concerning the care and treatment of residents.
• Able to remember and enact emergency procedures and lost resident procedures.
• Comprehension of inservice materials and principles as required to understand and apply in practice.

Schedule:

• PRN Relief Status
• Weekend availability

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.