Certified Nursing Assistant

Purpose of Your Job Position

The primary purpose of your job position is to provide each of your assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident's assessment and care plan, and as may be directed by your supervisors.

Delegation of Authority

As a Certified Nursing Assistant you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.

Job Functions

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.

Miscellaneous Information

Information explaining the Essential Functions, Safety Factors, and the Competency Evaluation columns, as well as the Risk Exposure Category legend is provided in the "Job Position Analysis Information" section located on the lastpage of this job description. (Note: The number assigned to each individual column corresponds to that same number in the "Analysis" section.)

Duties and ResponsibilitiesAdministrative Functions

Use the wristband or photo card file to identify residents before administering treatments, serving meals, etc., as necessary.

Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative and descriptive manner.

Use only authorized abbreviations established by this facility when recording information.

Report all changes in the resident's condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical.

Report all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur.

Agree not to disclose assigned user ID code and password for accessing resident/facility information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.

Agree not to disclose resident's protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.

Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access facility's information system.

Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Functions

Ensure that the resident's room is ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.).

Greet residents and escort them to their room.

Introduce resident to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate.

Make resident comfortable (i.e., put to bed, get water, etc.).

Inventory and mark the resident's personal possessions as instructed.

Store resident's clothing.

Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged.

Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area.

Assist with loading/unloading residents from vehicles as necessary.

Personnel Functions

Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors.

Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks.

Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel to ensure that nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.

Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.

Meet with your shift's nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services.

Report all complaints and grievances made by the resident.

Notify the facility when you will be late or absent from work.

Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals to your supervisor.

Report known or suspected incidents of fraud to the Administrator.

Ensure that departmental computer workstations left unattended are properly logged off or the password protected automatic screen-saver activates within established facility policy guidelines.

Personal Nursing Care Functions

Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.

Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.

Assist residents with daily dental and mouth care (i.e., brushing teeth/dentures, oral hygiene, special mouth care, etc.).

Assist residents with bath functions (i.e., bedbath, tub or shower bath, etc.) as directed.

Give backrubs as instructed.

Assist residents with dressing/undressing as necessary.

Assist residents with hair care functions (i.e., combing, brushing, shampooing, etc.).

Assist residents with nail care (i.e., clipping, trimming, and cleaning the finger/toenails). (Note: Does not include diabetic residents.)

Shave male residents.

Keep hair on female residents clean shaven (i.e., facial hair, under arms, on legs, etc.) as instructed.

Keep residents dry (i.e., change gown, clothing, linen, etc., when it becomes wet or soiled).

Change bed linens. Keep linens tight to avoid wrinkles from forming under the resident.

Make beds (occupied and unoccupied).

Put extra covers on beds as requested.

Position bedfast residents in correct and comfortable position.

Assist resident with bowel and bladder functions (i.e., take to bathroom, offer bedpan/urinal, portable commode, etc.).

Maintain intake and output records as instructed.

Keep incontinent residents clean and dry.

Check and report bowel movements and character of stools as instructed.

Prepare and give enemas. Report results as instructed.

Collect specimens as instructed (i.e., urine, sputum, stools, etc.).

Assist residents in preparing for medical tests (i.e., lab work, x-ray, therapy, dental, etc.).

Assist residents in preparing for activity and social programs (i.e., church services, parties, visitors, etc.).

Assist in transporting residents to/from appointments, activity and social programs, etc., as necessary.

Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.

Assist residents to walk with or without self-help devices as instructed.

Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.

Change dressings, bandages, binders, etc., as instructed.

Provide eye and ear care (i.e., warm/cold compresses, eye/ear instillation, cleaning eyeglasses/hearing aides, etc.) as instructed.

Assist with the application of nonsterile (moist and dry) warm/cold compresses.

Assist in preparing the resident for a physical examination.

Weigh and measure residents as i.