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Competitve Wages
POSITION PURPOSE:
Ensures that resident's personal care needs are being met in accordance with Residents' wishes and Care Plan Objectives.
Essential Functions of Position:
- Answers signal lights, bells, or intercom system to determine residents' needs and ensures call lights are within reach of resident.
- Ensures that residents' who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
- Gives direct resident care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming of residents. Explains procedures to residents.
- Assists residents as necessary in their activities of daily living. Assists residents with bowel and bladder functions.
- Assists residents in preparation for and transporting to appointments, activities and social programs.
- Assists with lifting, positioning and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc., in keeping with specific resident safety needs.
- Provides incontinent care as needed.
- Dresses resident appropriate to the current weather. Notifies Supervisor if resident needs clothing. Changes bed linens.
- Handles linens according to infection control guidelines.
- Feeds residents requiring help and records meal intake.
- Delivers and documents all snacks and supplements. Offers fluids to residents frequently to ensure that residents are hydrated where designated by care plan.
- Reviews and implements daily nursing needs as outlined by resident Care Plan or nurse managers.
- Transports residents or assists residents with mobility needs.
- Turns and repositions bedfast residents, alone or with assistance.
- Takes and records temperatures, blood pressure, pulse rates, respiration rates, height, weight, and food and fluid intake and output, as directed.
- Monitors resident's activities and reports any irregularities of resident performance to nurse managers.
- Participates in and receives nursing report upon reporting and departing to/from work.
- Reports all changes in residents' conditions to supervisor. Cleans instruments and equipment and returns to proper area after use.
- Maintains cleanliness of residents units, central bathing area, treatment and supply rooms, workrooms, and linen closets.
- Provides post-mortem care as instructed. Accurately records all care as directed.
- Participates and attends periodic in-services and staff meetings. Understands and adheres to the guidelines of "Residents Rights".
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
EDUCATION / REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to communicate with residents and nursing staff.
- Ability to speak, read, and write English.
- Prior experience as LTC nursing assistant preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Successful completion of State Approved Nursing Assistant Training and Competency Evaluation Program.
- Good standing in the state registry is required.