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Restorative Aide (CNA)

Job Description:

Responsible for assisting residents with daily exercises as identified by the nursing and rehabilitation departments in an effort to promote physical well-being and use of arms, legs, and other body functions in accordance to laws, regulations, and facility guidelines.

Job Duties:

+ Assists residents with daily range of motion and strength training exercise routines as provided by nursing and rehabilitation.

+ Provides quality nursing care to residents, including transfers and ambulation

+ Assists residents in the care of prosthesis or amputations

+ Ensures proper bed and wheelchair positioning of residents

+ Provides assistance to residents with eating and swallowing exercises

+ Delivers meals and performs feeding assistance to residents

+ Ensures cleanliness of water pitchers and provides refills of fresh water as needed

+ Performs vital sign monitoring/charting and observes residents for changes in condition or behavior and reports to nursing supervisors

+ Provides assistance with lifting, turning, moving, transporting or transferring residents

+ Monitors incontinent residents to ensure bed linens and clothing are clean and dry

+ Reduces the risk of skin breakdown by promptly reporting observations of skin breakdown pressure areas

+ Communicates changes and ensures plan of care if being followed through effectively recording changes in charts

Other Job Duties:

+ Adheres to facility admission, discharge and transfer policies and prepares resident rooms for arrival

+ Answers resident call lights promptly and courteously

+ Assists residents with toileting and bed pans

+ Promotes interdepartmental teamwork to meet resident needs

+ Promotes an environment of positive public relations by displaying a calm, caring, warm and friendly atmosphere in department and on each shift

+ Provides training to new CNAs upon request

+ Arrives to work as scheduled and makes rounds with previous shift

+ Attends required in-service training programs

Skills

+ Must possess the ability to read, write, and speak the English language, communicate resident condition to others and make independent decisions as needed

+ Must have common working knowledge of all rules, laws, and regulations as defined by the state as it relates to skilled nursing

+ Must be patient, friendly, courteous and respectful to residents in any situation, including difficult ones

+ Must be able to move frequently throughout the workday, answer resident call bells, assist with baths, showers, toileting, feeding and personal grooming of the residents

+ Must be able to handle sensitive situations related to emotional well-being of the residents with patience, dignity, and respect

+ Must be able to life 40lbs floor to waist, lift 20lbs waist to shoulder, lift and carry 40lbs and push and pull 40lbs

Experience:

Minimum of six (6) months experience in a long-term care or other geriatric care environment is preferred

Education and Certification:

+ High School diploma or equivalent

+ Successfully completed a state-approved Certified Nursing Assistant program

+ Possess a current certification in good standing or be able to obtain certification within four (4) months of employment, if allowable by the state.