Summary of Position:

• Accountable to Director of Nursing
• The CNA is responsible for providing nursing care as directed by the Director of Nursing.

Responsibilities:

1. Observation of each participant and immediately reporting any changes in their condition to the Director of Nursing or the nurse on duty;
2. Monitoring and recording routine vital signs and weights;
3. Provision of restorative or rehabilitative nursing services including bowel and bladder routines management and follow through of physical, occupational and/or speech therapies;
4. Provision of direction and assistance to program aides assisting with personal care; incontinency care and maintenance of supplies related to same;
5. Provision of prophylactic skin care to avoid breakdown;
6. Provision of nail care;
7. Use of infection control/prevention techniques in the rendering of care;
8. Direct daily meal service to insure participant’s receive meals prescribed by their attending physician;
9. Report inadequacies in dietary or fluid intake to the Director of Nursing;
10. Assist in the provision of emergency care;
11. Check pt. Clothing, incontinency and personal care supplies and obtain same to insure adequacy of amounts on hand.
12. Call physician offices to schedule appointments.
13. File documents in participant medical records.
14. Call in or fax prescriptions to pharmacy for renewals.
15. Assist consulting physicians with treating participants.
     

Qualifications:

• General – Certified by a New Jersey licensed physician within 45 days of employment to be in good health including freedom from communicable disease, including Tuberculosis in the communicable form, according to acceptable screening methods of the Dept. of HRS.
   
• Education / Experience – Must be a New Jersey certified nursing assistant with at least one year of experience in geriatric care in an acute, long term or home care setting.
   
• Abilities – In addition to the responsibilities detailed in this job description, the Certified Nursing Assistant must be able to:
  1. Supervise the program aide assisting with nursing care;
  2. Understand the needs of the elderly and, in particular, the needs of those affected by cognitive impairments;
  3. Be sensitive to the needs of family caregivers;
  4. Be available to work unscheduled days and hours;
  5. Make a commitment to cooperative performance to attain care, organization and programmatic objectives which may entail performing duties not included in this job description.