CNA, Certified Nursing Assistant

at Mercy Health Corporation (Mercyhealth) in Harvard, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Responsibilities

*Provides resident care as assigned and per individual resident routine, according to standards of care, under CMS Federal and
State Regulations for Skilled Nursing Facilities, and facility policies and procedures.
*The ability to identify and document in the medical record the resident's usual and current cognitive patterns, mood and
behavior, and whether these present a risk to the resident or others, identifying and documenting how the resident typically
displays personal distress such as anxiety or fatigue, recognizing a change in the resident and the resident's functioning and the
ability to describe and report such changes to the nurse such as negative verbalizations and vocalizations, facial expressions of
grimacing, frowning, or fright, changes in gait, skin color, vital signs, behaviors such as resisting care, distressed pacing, irritability,
depressed mood, and or decreased participation in usual physical and/or social activities, loss of function or inability to perform
Activities of Daily Living, difficulty eating or loss of appetite and difficulty sleeping according to CMS RAI requirements.
*Performs and documents daily range of motion exercises, assisting the resident to transfer from bed to wheelchair, assisting
residents daily with bathing, dressing, grooming, transfers and ambulating through the facility, toileting, and eating.
*Assists residents to attend activities of their choice
*Grooming residents as they wish to be groomed (e.g., removal of facial hair for women, maintaining the resident's personal
preferences regarding hair length/style, facial hair for men, and clothing style.)
*The ability to describe the care, services and expected outcomes of care they provide; have knowledge of the care and services
provided by therapists; have an understanding of the expected outcomes of this care and understand the relationship to the care
they provide.
*The ability to identify and document , to the extent possible, factors that may underlie the resident's expressions of distress, as
well as applying knowledge of lifelong patterns, preferences, and interests for daily activities to enhance quality of life and
individualize routine care.
*The ability to identifying and understanding that the resident with dementia may be responding predictably given the situation or
surrounding. For example, being awakened in the middle of the night in his/her bedroom by staff and not recognizing the staff
could elicit an aggressive response. Matching activities for a resident with dementia to his/her individual cognitive and other
abilities and tracking the specific behaviors in that resident based on the assessment.
*The ability to identifying and document how the resident communicates physical needs such as pain, discomfort, hunger or thirst,
as well as emotional and psychological needs such as frustration or boredom; or a desire to do or express something that he/she
cannot articulate;
*Answers call lights in a timely and appropriate manner ensuring that all of the residents needs to be provided by C.N.A. are met.
*Documents all daily care provided according to Federal and State Regulations and standards of care
*Maintains a clean work and patient environment.
*Maintains supplies, including scanning, stocking and ordering new supplies and disposing of expired or damaged supplies.
*Floats to various units based on identified needs.
*Participates in department Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement activities.
*Provide leadership and training to new CNA's
Culture of Excellence Behavior Expectations

EOE&AA/M/F/Vet/Disabled. Mercy is an equal employment opportunity employer functioning under Affirmative Action Plans.