Restorative Aide (CNA) - First Atlantic Health Care : Job Details

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About Us

A family-owned business since 1955, purchased in partnership by Eastern Maine Health Systems and First Atlantic Healthcare in 2013, Hibbard Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has offered quality care to the elderly in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and surrounding area communities. We have become well known for that care and we continue that tradition with pride. Since 1972, we have been in our modern 93-bed facility on the Guilford Road in Dover-Foxcroft, and have been providing the utmost in quality care services since. Under the ownership of First Atlantic Healthcare, Hibbard Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation follows in First Atlantic's long standing reputation for excellence in Long

Restorative Aide (CNA)

Job Description:

Responsible for assisting residents with daily exercises as identified by the nursing and rehabilitation departments in an effort to promote physical well-being and use of arms, legs, and other body functions in accordance to laws, regulations, and facility guidelines.

Job Duties:

* Assists residents with daily range of motion and strength training exercise routines as provided by nursing and rehabilitation.

* Provides quality nursing care to residents, including transfers and ambulation

* Assists residents in the care of prosthesis or amputations

* Ensures proper bed and wheelchair positioning of residents

* Provides assistance to residents with eating and swallowing exercises

* Delivers meals and performs feeding assistance to residents

* Ensures cleanliness of water pitchers and provides refills of fresh water as needed

* Performs vital sign monitoring/charting and observes residents for changes in condition or behavior and reports to nursing supervisors

* Provides assistance with lifting, turning, moving, transporting or transferring residents

* Monitors incontinent residents to ensure bed linens and clothing are clean and dry

* Reduces the risk of skin breakdown by promptly reporting observations of skin breakdown pressure areas

* Communicates changes and ensures plan of care if being followed through effectively recording changes in charts

Other Job Duties:

* Adheres to facility admission, discharge and transfer policies and prepares resident rooms for arrival

* Answers resident call lights promptly and courteously

* Assists residents with toileting and bed pans

* Promotes interdepartmental teamwork to meet resident needs

* Promotes an environment of positive public relations by displaying a calm, caring, warm and friendly atmosphere in department and on each shift

* Provides training to new CNAs upon request

* Arrives to work as scheduled and makes rounds with previous shift

* Attends required in-service training programs

Skills

* Must possess the ability to read, write, and speak the English language, communicate resident condition to others and make independent decisions as needed

* Must have common working knowledge of all rules, laws, and regulations as defined by the state as it relates to skilled nursing

* Must be patient, friendly, courteous and respectful to residents in any situation, including difficult ones

* Must be able to move frequently throughout the workday, answer resident call bells, assist with baths, showers, toileting, feeding and personal grooming of the residents

* Must be able to handle sensitive situations related to emotional well-being of the residents with patience, dignity, and respect

* Must be able to life 40lbs floor to waist, lift 20lbs waist to shoulder, lift and carry 40lbs and push and pull 40lbs

Experience:

Minimum of six (6) months experience in a long-term care or other geriatric care environment is preferred

Education and Certification:

* High School diploma or equivalent

* Successfully completed a state-approved Certified Nursing Assistant program

* Possess a current certification in good standing or be able to obtain certification within four (4) months of employment, if allowable by the state.