CNA PRN

Job Overview:

The overall purpose of the Certified Nurses Assistant position is to provide personal care to residents in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort.

General Responsibilities:

• Provides personal care to residents in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort consistent with Ridgecrest’s policy.
• Promotes and supports the greatest possible degree of independence for residents.
• Advises the supervising charge nurse of the resident’s status at the beginning, during, and end of the shift.
• Contributes knowledge of resident’s conditions, and documents observations as required.
• Promotes a safe and clean environment.
• Complies with requirements of procedures for safe lifting and/or safe transfer of residents per established policies and procedures.
• Assures that equipment is clean and functional.
• Demonstrates competency in skills mandated by required education and training.
• Performs incidental housekeeping or maintenance tasks as may be required to maintain a clean, hazard-free environment for the residents, visitors, and staff.
• May assist in taking residents to activities and the beauty shop.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions (may add additional conditions specific to defined work location):

• Exposure to blood, body tissue and other potentially infectious fluids.
• Exposure to sudden fluctuations in temperature.
• Exposure to dust, bodily injury, loud or unpleasant noise and odors.

Safety Requirements:

• All employees are expected to respond to emergency situations involving the safety of residents, other employees, and the facility. This includes the ability to assist with a possible evacuation of residents.
• Ridgecrest Village recognizes that an individual with a disability may require accommodations to enable them to successfully perform a job function. Should you require such accommodations please let your supervisor know in the section below. Consideration will be given to all suggested reasonable accommodations.