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Order ID: 45945
Certification: CNA
Specialty: LTC
Location: Oakley, KS
Start date subject to change
Start Date: 05-25-2025
End Date: 08-16-2025
Shift Start: 6:00am
Shift End: 6:00pm
A CNA will carry out a broad spectrum of duties and flex to the needs of their resident/patients and the facility they are working at. Their tasks include, but are not limited to – assisting residents/patients with personal care, emotional needs and conducting clinical duties, helping other health care staff in completion of their duties and working with medical equipment. To be successful as a CNA, you should possess a caring and nurturing personality. You should also be able to handle physically demanding tasks, such as supporting the weight of residents/patients to aid mobility, turning residents/patients over, and lifting heavy medical equipment.
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring supplies and medical equipment are replenished and cleaned after use or disposed of properly
- Strict use of universal precautions
- Improve mobility of patients. Keep residents/patients clean, well-groomed and bathed, odor free, hydrated and nourished
- Take temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respirations of patients, and record results using electronic medical records software
- Documenting ADL coding for resident/patient using MDS guidelines
- Report needs and observed changes of residents/patients to the Charge Nurse
- Assist other healthcare professionals with the cares of their resident/patients as needed Measure and document residents/patients’ weight accurately
- Prepare residents/patients for meals, therapy, treatments, appointments and procedures
- Make beds, give bedpans/urinal, bedside commodes and collect, empty and clean. Calculate input and output
- Cordial, polite and respectful to all co-workers
Requirements:
- Current CNA license
- Previous experience in a care giving role as a CNA preferred unless in our approved Preceptor Program
- CPR certification is required
- Desire to work with all people, irrespective of background, race or creed Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Physically able to lift patients. Knowledge and commitment to the use of a gait belt for ALL assisted transfers. Commitment to use two staff for all transfers requiring the use of a lift
- Tactful and approachable personality
- Ability to keep commitments and show up to confirmed shifts. Ability to flex to the needs of the facility