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JOB DESCRIPTION

Certified Nurse Assistant

Overview:

The Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) is responsible to provide direct, hands-on care to residents to ensure residents

attain or maintain the highest possible physical, mental and emotional well-being possible for each resident without

declines in status unless the decline is documented as unavoidable. Elmbrook Management' team members are

committed to providing care that recognizes each resident’s emotional, physical and spiritual needs beyond the

traditional nursing policies and procedures. The CNA reports directly to the Staff Nurse.

Job Summary:

The Certified Nurse Assistant provides care to residents as established in Elmbrook Management’s policies and

procedures, current standards of care and practice and applicable state/federal regulations. In addition, the CNA is

responsible for handling tasks which may involve exposure to visible blood contamination or reasonably anticipated

blood contamination in compliance with the OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogen Standard and Elmbrook Management’s

Exposure Control Plan for Bloodborne Pathogens.

Physical Requirements:

This job requires good physical and mental health. Physical activities may include lifting, rotating and assisting

residents who are partially or totally dependent for moving about. Other physical requirements of the CNA include

stooping, bending, standing and walking most of an eight hour shift. The CNA must be willing and able to work a

flexible shift.

Qualifications/Education:

Must have completed an approved training program and passed competency examinations in clinical skills and

written knowledge in accordance with statutory requirements for Certified Nurse Assistant. If the employee is a

candidate for Certified Nurse Assistant they must be enrolled in and complete an approved training program and

pass competency examinations in clinical skills and written knowledge within 120 days of employment in

accordance with statutory requirements.

Job Knowledge:

The Certified Nurse Assistant must possess comprehensive knowledge of good resident care practices. The C.N.A

must understand Elmbrook Management’s Exposure Control Plan and must be able to explain how to perform

procedures involving exposure to visible blood contamination and when to defer tasks and procedures involving

exposure to visible blood contamination and reasonably anticipated blood contamination as designated in the

Elmbrook Management’s Exposure Control Plan.

Duties:

• Understands and agrees with Elmbrook Management’s philosophy and goal to maintain, improve and/or enhance

each resident’s quality of care and quality of life.

• Provides, completes and documents, if applicable, resident care as assigned in a timely and accurate manner.

Examples of resident care include but are not limited to:

• Changing bedding, mattresses and/or moving furniture in resident rooms; lifting, rotating and assisting residents

who are partially or totally incapacitated; providing personal care in eating, dressing, hair and body care,

communication, toileting, bathing, oral care, etc.; operating equipment such as wheelchairs, lifting devices,

mechanized beds and other related medical devices; and other duties as assigned in the resident’s overall plan of

care.

• Identifies safety hazards and emergency situations and initiates corrective action immediately as identified in

Elmbrook Management’s policies and procedures, current standards of care and practice and applicable

state/federal regulations.

• Attends and participates in facility in-service training programs. Completes any assignments or evaluations in a

timely and factual fashion.

1908 12th Avenue NW, Suite E Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401

(580) 226-3055

Certified Nurse Assistant Job Description

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