CNA-Long Term Care

CNA In Hot Springs, SD Job Description

At Fall River Health Services, we are seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to join our team in Hot Springs, SD. As a CNA, you will play a vital role in providing exceptional patient care and contributing to the well-being of our patients.

Responsibilities:

• Perform patient care activities, including answering call lights, serving and collecting food trays, feeding patients as needed, measuring and recording food and liquid intake and all output to include drainage systems as ordered.
• Assist with activities of daily living, such as dressing and undressing patients, bathing, and performing personal cares to include oral hygiene, pericare, foley care, backrubs, and shaving, while maintaining patient privacy and dignity.
• Perform routine treatments/procedures, including warm and cold applications, and assist RN/LPN with complicated treatment procedures. Collect specimens, such as stool, urine, or sputum. Take and record vital signs, weights, and height.
• Provide general nursing care, such as positioning patients, lifting and turning patients, applying/utilizing special equipment, assisting in use of bed pan and urinal commode, and ambulating patients.
• Assist in preparations of units, patient rooms, and beds for receiving patient admissions, transfers, emergencies, and discharges. Ensure patient rooms and work areas are clean and safe.
• Care for patients in the ER under the supervision of the RN, and report any changes observed in condition or behavior of patients to RN/LPN.
• Maintain established facility and department policies, procedures, and objectives, fire, safety, environmental, quality assurance, hazardous material, and infection control policies. Participate in fire drills.

Requirements:

• Must be able to fulfill the expectations of this position as indicated in the measures of effectiveness and meet the physical requirements of the position as defined in this role summary.
• Ability to operate mechanical lifts, telephone equipment, carts, wheelchairs, positioning devices, mechanical beds, resident beds, thermometers (digital, glass, tympanic), stethoscope, blood pressure equipment, and other resident care equipment deemed necessary.
• Support Fall River Health Services' vision and mission. Maintain confidentiality of all work information. Demonstrate an ability to function successfully in a team environment. Exhibit courteous, compassionate, and respectful treatment of internal and external customers.

Qualifications:

• Certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant through the South Dakota Board of Nursing or current South Dakota Certification required.