Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
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10-05-2025
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10-05-2025
Job Description
Western Horizons Care Center provides compassionate and personalized care to residents in a warm and homelike environment. As part of our dedicated team youll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our residents and their families.
As a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at Western Horizons Care Center youll play a crucial role in providing essential daily care and support to our residents. Your commitment to excellence and compassion will enhance the quality of life for those entrusted to our care.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
FUNCTIONS:
As a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at Western Horizons Care Center youll play a crucial role in providing essential daily care and support to our residents. Your commitment to excellence and compassion will enhance the quality of life for those entrusted to our care.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist professional nursing staff by performing duties in caring for residents at facility; work under supervision of professional nurses; transport bathe and dress residents; comb hair clean teeth and care for nails; provide bedpans and urinals; make beds and feed residents; execute resident assessment and care plans; provide for safety comfort and wellbeing of resident.
- The person holding this position is delegated the responsibility for carrying out the assigned duties and responsibilities in accordance with current existing federal and state regulations and established company policies and procedures.
FUNCTIONS:
- Follow direction as delegated by licensed nurses.
- Receive oral reports and written assignments from charge nurse at beginning of each tour of duty.
- Provide maximum residentcare services to assure wellbeing of resident to greatest degree.
- Perform related duties as assigned or as the situation dictates.
- Assist in daily requirements and tasks in care and treatment of residents such as toileting grooming bathing feeding dressing observing intake of food care of hair and nails moving residents from area to area responding to calls etc.
- Immediately answer the nurses call buzzer of each resident.
- Ambulate and transfer residents utilizing appropriate assistive devices and body mechanics.
- Foster selfrespect and esteem by recognizing accepting and respecting those entrusted to his/her care.
- Routinely turn and position residents.
- Make beds every day changing linens per facility policy and as needed.
- Measure and record residents heights and weights.
- Take temperature pulse respiration and blood pressure as directed by the nurse.
- Care for incontinent residents.
- Measure and record residents intake and output.
- Collect sputum urine and stool specimens.
- Assist residents in all activities of daily living.
- Pass out trays and feed/assist residents as needed.
- Observe and document food nourishment and fluid intake of each resident.
- Keep assigned resident bedside area clean at all times and personal belongings in orderly arrangement.
- Assist with development and review of the resident care plans in conjunction with nursing and other disciplines.
- Ensure resident privacy respect and dignity.
- Assist in orientation of new nursing assistants.
- Participate in inservice programs.
- Exhibit and perform proper handwashing techniques.
- Maintain proper infection control procedures when handling clothing and linens.
- Detect correct and report to the charge nurse any unsafe conditions which may result in bodily injury or fire.
- Execute duties and responsibilities in conformance with established routine.
- Assist with execution of resident assessment and plan of care.
- Assure physical comfort safety and mental wellbeing of residents.
- Detect and correct situations that have a probability of causing accidents or injuries to residents.
- Observe and report symptoms reactions and changes of residents.
- Possess knowledge of procedures and techniques.
- Understand standard techniques in personal servicecare of residents.
- Be aware of sterile (Universal Precautions) procedures and avoid contamination.
- Encourage and motivate residents to participate in recreational occupationaland physical therapies and other rehabilitative measures to promote activity of mind and body.
- Clean used equipment and return to proper place after using such as wash basins bed pans urinals enema cans gloves colon tubesand any other equipment that may be used.
- Record bowel movements and kidney output of assigned residents as directed by the charge nurse.
- Check residents frequentlyand before going off duty.
- Empty waste baskets and liners to rid odors as often as necessary to prevent odors.
- Clean razors after use. (i.e. after meals)
- Mop commons areas and rooms as needed when Environmental Services is not available.
- Straighten rooms fill H20 at shift end.
- Clean wheelchairs walkers stands medication cartsand high risers as needed (night shift).
- Strip the beds as required by housekeeping/laundry as needed for cleaning whether routine or a specific situation.
- Residents always come first and their needs will be met unless there is a conflict with the needs of others or the organization as a whole.
- Residents resident families coworkers and visitors will be treated with respect dignity and kindness.
- Every employee is responsible for ensuring the complete satisfaction of each resident in terms of quality of care courtesy and professionalism of service and the accuracy and efficiency of the reporting systems.
- Employee behavior will consistently be in a manner that demonstrates both employees and the companys commitment to an ethical honest and aboveboard approach in all dealings with employees customers suppliers and the community. How you conduct yourself at work influences the perception of the business and reputation as a health care provider.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Completion of a stateapproved CNA certification program.
- Current certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant in the state of North Dakota.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Empathetic and patientcentered approach to resident care.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Basic knowledge of longterm care principles and practices.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
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