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Salary Range: $18.08 - $24.31

Pay rates are determined based on experience and internal equity.

Position Summary:

+ Assists with resident care when the need arises.

+ Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice.

+ Remains flexible to changing systems.

+ Supports nursing and clerical staff when appropriate.

+ Treats residents, families, visitors, peers and physicians with consideration and respect.

+ Works well under stress or with tight deadlines.

+ Communicates concerns appropriately using the established chain of command.

District Responsibility:

+ Supports the District Mission , Vision and Values Statements.

+ Demonstrate Respect, Professionalism and Courtesy to all residents, visitors, other providers and coworkers, as delineated in the LVMC “Commitment to Care”.

+ Constantly use C-I-CARE principles when communicating with others.

+ Maintains all principles of confidentiality according to District policy and as required by State and Federal agencies.

+ Follows guidelines and practices identified in the Employee Handbook.

+ Participates in continuous quality improvement activities within the unit and within the Nursing Department.

+ Completes hospital-wide skills criteria annually.

+ Complies with annual PPD testing.

+ Maintains responsibility for own professional development.

+ Performs daily checks on equipment and documents findings and understands process for reporting discrepancies.

Position Duties/Responsibility:

+ Demonstrates proficiency in the care of residents in the facility after appropriate orientation has been completed.

+ Demonstrates proficiency in performing decontamination of equipment and supplies.

+ Proficient in Infection Control measures throughout the department and use of PPE when required.

+ Maintains ability to perform competencies within each area as assigned and completes renewal of competencies annually.

+ Demonstrates the knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and the skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the resident served.

+ Is able to interpret data about the resident’s status to identify each resident’s age specific needs and to provide the care needed appropriate to the resident’s age group.

+ Performs tasks in these following areas:

+ Restorative Care: Performs restorative routines and ADL instruction to residents as part of completing care plan goals and approaches.

+ Ambulation with attention to an individual resident’s characteristic strengths and weaknesses.

+ Range of motion using protocols.

+ Teaching and coaching with ADL’s including bathing and grooming, toileting, speech, dressing, and eating.

+ Following care plan directions, monitoring implementations for completion and appropriateness, and initiating changes with the Care Plan Change form.

+ Acts as a mentor for arriving Nurse Assistants following their initial orientation and skills check list.

+ Teaches and coaches the proper completion of routine Nurse Assistant tasks.

+ Conveys information regarding restorative updates to Physical Therapy, and/or Director of Staff for guidance on skills development.

+ Assists the DSD/P.T with quality management study groups, devising and testing new procedures, and assisting others with learning.

+ To be able to prioritize the resident’s needs, in a calm professional manner.

+ Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the organization.

Essential Functions:

+ The ability to be able to walk or stand for long periods of time.

+ The ability to have fine motor control use of hands and fingers.

+ The ability to transfer patients.

+ Maintains skills specific to nursing area.

+ Demonstrates the ability to function as a team member within the unit and the department.

+ Demonstrates the ability to have positive personal interactions with staff, patients, visitors and physicians.

+ Accepts appropriate supervision.

+ The ability to chart in Point Click Care.

Position Qualifications:

+ Education: High School graduate or GED.

+ Experience: Previous CNA or RNA experience.

+ Certifications: Current California Certified Nurse Assistant. Receive RNA certification within 6 months of new hire as a Restorative Nurse Aid

+ BLS/CPR from American Heart Association.

+ Skills/Ability: Current knowledge of the care required of residents within a reasonable time after hire. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Computer skills preferred. Exhibits the ability to organize work assignments and follow through with accuracy. Exercises good judgment, demonstrates initiative, emotional stability, tact and poise. In good standing for required in-services as described in the in-service procedure, no more than two unscheduled absences during the previous 6 months, no disciplinary actions, including private counseling, or performance evaluation ratings lower than “3.”

+ LVMC reserves the right to modify the minimum requirements depending on the needs of the organization.