What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) position at Cove Behavioral Health?
Primary function
- Provide medical support to clients under the supervision of nurses. Provide support to nurses with medical and administrative tasks.
Scope of work
The duties listed below are intended only as
illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties
does not exclude them from the position.
- Assist with checking in new clients and providing new client orientation
- Provide medical support to patients including vital signs and urine drug screens.
- Medication observation and inventorying.
- Medication observation and inventorying.
- Provide direct patient care as needed.
- Auditing MAR/MOR.
- Answer phones and collect patient information for
intake.
- Work in the electronic health records system entering
general notes and charting patient information.
- Provide administrative support to the nursing team.
Standards of performance
- Maintain client rights as defined by DCF, DOC and CARF.
- Maintain the highest standards in ethical conduct and
confidentiality.
- Maintain clinical records in accordance with Agency
standards.
- Follow all established Agency policies and procedures.
- Model ideals of integrity, loyalty, and teamwork.
- Sustain a positive, caring, supportive,
recovery-oriented environment.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports. Ability to speak effectively. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.
Physical requirements
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
- Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or
feel objects, tools or controls. Frequently required to stand, walk, sit and
talk or hear. Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop,
kneel, crouch or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25
pounds. Specific vision requirements include close, distance, color,
peripheral, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
