CNA - Assisted Living

Overview

Certified Nursing Assistant providing resident care in an assisted living facility

Key Responsibilities

• resident transfer
• intake monitoring
• feeding assistance
• bed linen
• skin inspection
• documentation

Tasks

-Transfers, transports and escorts residents as needed. -Monitors and documents intake and output. Measures and records height and weight. -Eating and feeding residents (serve tray or escort to dining room, feed, assist or set up food as needed, encourage and document food and fluid intake, adhere to modified diet regimens, provide nourishments between meals.) -Changes bed linens, makes beds and keeps rooms clean and orderly. -Dresses residents appropriately. -Provides care to residents according to each resident’s individualized plan of care and according to facility policies and procedures. -Turns and positions residents who are unable to position themselves every two hours. -Answers signal lights promptly. -Provides range of motion to all extremities daily with morning and evening care. Follows instructions of physical therapist to maintain proper body alignment, and proper positioning of all residents. -Assists residents with dressing, grooming, eating, bathing, positioning, Gives treatments, performs tests, carries out procedures and collects specimens as instructed. -Inspects residents’ skin daily; observes for redness, open areas and rashes. Reports any change to charge nurse. -Models and promotes Pomperaug Woods CARES by maintaining a homelike environment providing individualized care and services. -Reports and records observations and results of treatments, tests, procedures and specimens when indicated.

Requirements

• computer skills
• animal handling
• geriatric training
• state registration
• english fluency

What You Bring

-Must be able to use a computer to document care given. -Must work around domestic animals such as dogs, cats, birds, etc. -Successful completion of a State approved geriatric nursing assistant training program. Prior geriatric nursing aide experience is preferred. Registration with State registry required. -Must read, write and speak English fluently.

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Benefits

-Adheres to the Resident Centered CARES Dining Service, which offers individualized menu choice as well as flexibility in dining times.

About Lcs

-As an innovative developer and operator, it handles master planning, new builds, expansions, renovations, and ancillary services. -Typical projects range from continuing care retirement communities to stand-alone assisted-living and memory-care campuses. -Specialisms span residential senior housing, healthcare operations, memory care, assisted living, community development. -Earned national recognition for workplace culture and customer satisfaction, including Gallup and J.D. Power honors. -Unusually, LCS integrates a chef-of-the-year contest across its communities, highlighting its hospitality flair. -Grounded in data, it uses proprietary analytics platforms to drive decisions across its senior-living portfolio.

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