What are the responsibilities and job description for the CNA for Long Term Care Facility position at Telecare Corporation?
Telecare's mission is to deliver excellent and effective behavioral health services that engage individuals in recovering their health, hopes, and dreams.
As a part of the Telecare Family, La Paz is a 148 bed Gero-Psychiatric center which serves adults 55 and older.
Position Summary
The Certified Nursing Assistant provides care in Skilled Nursing Facilities that responds to the physical and psychological needs of members served and is consistent with recovery-centered care principles.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED
- Current Nursing Assistant Certification
- Ability to communicate in English both verbal and written
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Must be CPR, Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), and First Aid certified on date of employment or within 60 days of employment and maintain current certification throughout employment
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience with population to be served and/or work in a similar program setting
- Bi-lingual for threshold languages
Essential Functions
- Demonstrate the Telecare mission, purpose, values and beliefs in everyday language and contact with the internal and external stakeholders
- Assists in the welcome, admission, and discharge processes
- Supports and coaches members served in activities of daily living
- Ensures safety of members served through monitoring and observation; completes related documentation
Skills
- Basic computer skills and knowledge for electronic health records
- Good verbal and written communication skills in English
- Ability to deal effectively with a wide variety of personalities and situations requiring tact, poise, friendliness, and sensitivity
Physical Demands
The employee is occasionally required to sit, bend, squat, kneel, crawl, climb and lift and carry items weighing 25 pounds or less as well as to frequently walk, stand, twist, reach and do simple and power grasping.
The position requires manual deviation, repetition and dexterity and be exposed to uneven walking ground as well as Hazardous Exposure (Blood Borne Pathogens, Hospital Waste, Chemical & Infectious).
