Job Information
Mississippi Employer Certified Nurse Assistant in Ackerman, Mississippi
Job Location: Choctaw Nursing and Rehabilitation Center * Shifts Available: 7:00 am to 3:00 p.m.* * 3:00 pm. to 11:00 p.m. *
*General Summary: *This position assists the nursing staff in rendering basic nursing care to assigned patients. The incumbent provides direct and indirect care following physician and nursing orders. Provides patient care/services for all stages of the lifespan including pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics.
Essential Functions:
- Demonstrates commitment to philosophies, goals, standards of care, standards of personal conduct and behavior.
- Provides personal care such as bathing, linen changes, mouth care, skin care and other related activities.
- Ensures routine treatments/procedures and vital signs are completed and recorded.
- Completes procedures for admissions, transfers, discharges, expirations, and pre and post operative care.
- Demonstrates proper technique when turning and positioning, transferring and ambulating patients.
- Assists with nutritional needs by preparing patients for meals, assisting/feeding, distributing snacks and recording intake and output.
- Assists with elimination needs by offering bedpans/urinals, keeping incontinent patients clean and dry and battery of tests/specimens as ordered.
- Aide in maintaining a safe and clean environment.
- Helps maintain patient safety by keeping side-rails up, call bells in reach and providing other safety practices as indicated.
- Assures that patient beds are labeled, and patient identifications bands are in place.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills to treat patients/others with dignity and respect.
- Assumes responsibility for staying informed about updates and changes to policies by attendance at staff meetings.
- Provides patient safety, hygiene, and personal care regarding age-specific needs.