Job Summary:  Provides direct care and assistance to residents in the Health Center under the supervision of licensed staff and in accordance with McKendree Village policies and procedures.

Duties of Job: 

• Works to support the team in order to provide the best quality care possible, demonstrating the importance of customer satisfaction towards residents, family members, visitors, physicians, and co-workers.  Works to effectively meet customer needs, building productive customer relationships, taking responsibility for customer relationships, taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty.
• Provides assistance, part or total, with ADL’s (bathing, dressing, hygiene, toileting).
• Obtains vital signs, weights, heights, and intake and output correctly.
• Serves trays, feeds patients, removes trays.
• Transfers residents as necessary using proper techniques.
• Gives fresh water, ice, and nourishments, documents accurately on diet sheets, flow sheets and supplement book.
• Follows proper standard precautions and infection control measures.
• Makes beds and maintains general tidiness of resident care area and unit, including cleaning of equipment.
• Correctly uses restraints, positioning and adaptive equipment, mechanical lifts, century tub and other equipment used in daily care of residents.
• Ensures that residents receive proper care by performing periodic rounds in compliance with unit floor routines, turning bed-bound residents frequently enough to prevent skin breakdown.
• Complies with nursing department and facility policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates reliable reporting habits and participates in rounds with employees of off-going and on-coming shifts.
• Reports concerns and changes in resident conditions to charge nurse.
• Gives Post Mortem care.
• Collects Specimens.
• Floats willingly to other units as situations necessitate. 
• Other duties as assigned and directed by charge nurse.

   

Minimum Requirments:

• Must have completed a State Approved Certification course and have successfully passed a State Certification exam.
• Must be actively certified as a Certified Nurse Assistant.
• If certified in another state, must be seeking reciprocity with Tennessee.  (Cannot work more than 4 months without Tennessee certification.)
• High School diploma or GED.

Preferred Requirements:

• 1 or more years as a CNA is preferred.