Position Description
Responsible for providing nursing or nursing related services for which they have been trained and are under the supervision
of a licensed or registered nurse.
Position is applicable for students enrolled in a State Approved Nurse Aide Training and
Competency Evaluation Program.
Principal Responsibilities
• Under the supervision of a licensed or registered nurse, provides residents’ personal hygiene by giving bedpans,
urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths.
• Under the supervision of a licensed or registered nurse, provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving
meals, feeding residents as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning residents.
• Under the supervision of a licensed or registered nurse, assists with lifting, positioning and transporting residents into
and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
, in keeping with specific resident safety needs; Assists
residents in preparation for and transporting to appointments, activities and social programs.
• Under the supervision of a licensed or registered nurse, participate in meal service including serving, clearing, and
cleaning the dining room; Assures that residents are positioned appropriately for meals; Assures that appropriate
utensils are within reach of residents; Serves food trays and assists with feeding as indicated; Delivers and documents
all a.
m.
, p.
m.
, and bedtime snacks and supplements; Provides hydration to all residents according to center policy.
• Assists nursing staff on the floor by making beds, passing ice and water, passing linens, answering call lights, passing
out meal trays, distributing resident’s laundry, and providing non hand on care to residents as requested.
• Cleans and organizes equipment, wheelchairs, tray tables, etc.
; Changes batteries on lifts; Makes and cleans
unoccupied beds using appropriate protocols.
• Provides 1:1 with resident under the supervision of a licensed nurse.
• Monitors residents during smoking hours (in the facility smoking room and/or designated area).
Charts and keeps
track of cigarette count for each resident; updates and organizes smoking books/logs and storage.
• Ensure that residents rooms are ready for receiving the resident (i.
e.
, bed made, name tags up, admission kit available,
etc.
); Completes inventory and marks the resident’s personal possessions as instructed.
• Assists residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when
being discharged.
• Checks residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.
• Transporting trays to dining area when nursing staff is ready to assist with meal.
Trays will be distributed to residents
by nursing staff (licensed nurse will have verified that the diet being served is as prescribed).
• At the direction of nursing staff, may perform the following tasks with training on placement of items to meet
resident needs and limitations: Passing water pitchers, delivering beverages and snacks, pouring beverages.
(not to
perform these tasks for residents who require assistance with feeding or drinking or require modified food texture or
beverage consistency (i.
e.
, thickened liquids).
• Acknowledges resident and family concerns and reports them to the clinical supervisor; Provides privacy and
maintains confidentiality.
• Organizes resident room, closet and bedside stand; Organizing room appropriately to enable residents and staff to
move about safely; Organizing resident closets to ensure the items are in the correct closet, labeled and are stored
properly.
Organizing bedside stand to ensure items are separated appropriately, labeled as needed and available to
resident; Replaces missing or worn items such as toothpaste, brush, comb, personal items, etc.
; Stocks rooms with
appropriate healthcare items such as gloves, gowns, disposable diapers and pads, etc.
• Disposing and safe handling of soiled linen using appropriate infection control procedures.
• Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or assigned at any time with or without notice.
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