Certified Nursing Assistant

Job Summary:

This position is located in Rushford, Minnesota. The experience expected from applicants, as well as additional skills and qualifications needed for this job are listed below.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides quality of life and care to residents under the general supervision/delegation of a registered nurse according to established policies, procedure and standards of practice and care.
• Provides motivation and monitoring of staff performance.

Essential Functions:

1. Performs initial data collection on all residents and follows up on date collection per GSLS policies and procedures. Administers, tracks progress, and checks activities related to residents.
2. Medication Administration: Observes, documents, and reports resident responses to medications. Is knowledgeable and follows medication policies and procedures.
3. Competently performs skin treatments, catheterizations, tube feedings, and other treatments and cares as needed.
4. Documentation: Documents professionally, accurately, and completely according to current standards, and GSLS policies and procedures.
5. Coordination/Direction: Coordinates and directs resident care appropriately and professionally-assumes responsibilities for all nursing care and nursing actions to resident on the shift assigned. Communicates pertinent resident information to the appropriate staff, family, and physician.
6. Emergency and Disaster Measures: Carries out first aide, emergency, and disaster measures according to policies, procedures, and standards of care.
7. Awareness of resident, employee, and public safety always. Recognize, report and/or remove safety hazards (environmental, equipment, conditions, and practices).
8. Other duties within their scope of practice as directed by the registered nurse or Team Leader.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to stand, bend, and walk. May also be required to sit, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, push and pull.
• Regularly assigned to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds.
• Frequently required to support up to 10-50 pounds.
• Emergency situations could require carrying/supporting 25 pounds or greater.
• Requires employee use hands for repetitive actions such as simple grasping, firm grasping and fine manipulating.
• May be required to work in unprotected heights, being around moving machinery, exposure to marked changes in temperature and/or humidity, driving automotive equipment and exposure to dust, fumes, or gases.
• Requires functional hearing ability to read medical records, make observatory assessments, and document in writing and computer records.
• Requires functional ability to perform job duties as listed in the job description.

Qualifications:

Education/Other:

• Graduate of a licensed practical nurse accredited program required.
• Current active LPN nursing license in the State of Minnesota in good standing.
• CPR certified.
• Must be able to read, write and communicate in English.
• Clinical experience with geriatrics, long-term care and/or rehabilitation preferred.
• Demonstrates a broad and current knowledge of nursing including gerontological nursing and related aspects such as rehabilitation and metal health.
• Knowledge of and skilled in physical assessment techniques to gather data.
• Skilled in oral and written English communication-communicates clear expectations.

Personal:

• Sensitivity to the needs, feelings and opinions of residents, family, and other staff members; patience, gentleness, concern, and sincerity; warmth and friendliness.
• Confidentiality with written and verbal information.
• Integrity, honesty, tact, and diplomacy when in contact with residents, family, and other staff members; professional behavior.
• Neat and well-groomed appearance.
• Economical and careful with property, supplies and use of time.