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HC
Huron County Medical Care Facility and Rehabilitation Services
Activity Aide/CNA
Entry-Level JobVerifiedNo experience needed
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What they do
A Nursing Assistant provides hospital and nursing home patients with basic care and assists them with daily activities. Helps patients with dressing, washing, and feeding. May perform basic medical care under the direction of a nurse or other medical professional. These roles typically require completion of a regional agency-approved training program in order to obtain a certification before practicing.
$38,262 / year median in Michigan
-5% projected decline
Job Description
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist residents to activities, during activities and back to designated area after activities
- Make announcements about activities to be held
- Assist with resident's rights.
- Meet with residents 1 on 1 as needed.
- Document resident attendance and participation during activities.
- Assist with outings, parties, picnics, etc.
- Deliver mail daily.
- Care and maintenance of facility animals.
- Dress accordingly for all designated holidays and special events.
- Facilitation of daily activity programs as assigned.
- Follow care plan approaches and provide adaptions for residents to successfully complete tasks.
- Set up and clean for daily events.
- Current CNA certification required. Those awarded a position in this department are required to maintain an active CNA certification.
- Other duties as assigned or required.
- All job duties on CNA job description
- Giving complete bath (tub, shower, bed).
- A.M. and P.M. care (back rubs, oral hygiene, dressing residents).
- Feeding Residents.
- Proper positions both in and out of bed.
- Correct documentation of intake and out-put.
- Post-mortem care.
- Transferring residents using mechanical lifts.
- Podiatry care (soaking, clipping nails, moisturizers).
- Passing nourishments.
- Hair care.
- Care of fingernails (soaking, clipping nails, moisturizers).
- Range of Motion.
- Assist residents in ambulation using a gait belt.
- Empty drainage bags and measure.
- Bed making (open, closed, occupied).
- Admission and discharge of residents.
- Keep nursing equipment clean and the utility room, kitchenette and sunrooms in order.
- Transport residents to activities as needed (P.T., beauty shop, activities, barber shop, etc.).
- Assist nurses in handing in difficult residents.
- Charting and reporting condition of assigned patients in the acceptable manner of this facility.
- Give and listen to report when coming and going off duty.
- Perform any other assignments, given by Charge Nurse cheerfully and willingly after proper instruction Compliance as a Condition of Employment and Performance Appraisal
- Agreement to abide by all standards, policies, and procedures of the facility, including the facility's compliance and ethics program, is a condition of employment.