Embassy of Ivy Hill is currently seeking CNAs

FT and PT/weekends positions are available

$2000.00 sign on Bonus for Full time

If you are a Kind and Caring Caregiver than we want you on our Team!

Purpose of Your Job Position:

The primary purpose of your job position is to treat and document care for residents with impaired ability to perform at an independent level due to disease process, under the supervision of a licensed nurse.

Job Duties include the following:

• Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Assist residents with daily dental and mouth care (i.e., brushing teeth/dentures, oral hygiene, special mouth care, etc.)
• Assist residents with bath functions (i.e., bedbath, tub or shower bath, etc.) as directed.
• Assist residents with dressing/undressing as necessary.
• Assist residents with hair care functions (i.e., combing, brushing, shampooing, etc.)
• Assist residents with nail care (i.e., clipping, trimming, and cleaning the finger/toenail). (Note: Does not include diabetic residents.)
• Shave residents as needed.
• Keep residents dry (i.e., change gown, clothing, linen, etc., when it becomes wet or soiled).
• Make beds (occupied and unoccupied).
• Position bedfast residents in correct and comfortable position.
• Assist resident with bowel and bladder functions (i.e., take to bathroom, offer bedpan/urinal, portable commode, etc.)
• Maintain intake and output records as instructed.
• Keep incontinent residents clean and dry.
• Check and report bowel movements and character of stools as instructed.
• Collect specimens as instructed (i.e., urine, sputum, stools, etc.)
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests (i.e., lab work, x-ray, therapy, dental, etc.)
• Assist residents in preparing for activity and social programs (i.e., church services, parties, visitors, etc.).
• Assist in transporting residents’ to/from appointments, activity and social programs, etc., as necessary.
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
• Assist residents to walk with or without self-help devices as instructed.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Change dressings, bandages, binders, etc., as instructed.
• Provide eye and ear care (i.e., warm/cold compresses, eye/ear instillation, cleaning eyeglasses/hearing aides, etc.) as instructed.
• Assist in preparing the resident for physical examination.
• Weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Measure and record temperatures, pulse, and respirations (TPRs), as instructed.
• Answer resident calls promptly.
• Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Check each resident routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met in accordance with his/her wishes.
• Assist with the care of the dying resident.
• Provide post-mortem care as instructed.
• Resident documentation.

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