Position Title: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Position summary: the certified nursing assistant performs various patient’s care activities and related nonprofessional services essential to caring for personal needs and comforts of a patient. All duties and tasks are delegated by and performed under the direction of a licensed nurse and may not exceed Standards of Practice as accorded by certification.

Position Requirements:

• Possession of a state certificate or license as a nurse assistant
• Current background check (no history)
• Current physical, including PPD
• Current CPR and First Aid Certification
• Current State Diving License

Responsibilities

Assisting clients/patients with Activities of Daily Living (ADL), which includes:

• Bathing, dressing, and grooming
• Toileting, including bladder or bowel requirements or both
• Transferring/mobility and getting to and from activities
• Meal preparation and feeding/drinking assistance according to service plan
• Gives various skin care treatments as permitted by state regulation
• Take and record vital signs eg blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration
• Take and record weight
• Straightening area used by the patient and making patient’s bed
• Coordinates scheduling for doctor’s visit
• Grocery
• Light housekeeping and laundry