Certified Nursing Assistant Lead, LTC

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WI-St Francis Home

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Job Opportunity: Lead Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Location: SSM Health St. Francis Home

33 Everett St., Fond du Lac, WI 54935

Position Details

• Department: Long Term Care
• Schedule: 20 hours per week
• Shift: Evenings
• Hours: 2:00 PM to 10:30 PM 
• Required Certification: Wisconsin State-issued CNA Certification

Job Summary:

Provides direct personal care to residents according to an established care plan and in compliance with state and federal regulations. Works closely with the team to ensure that daily assignments are completed including ADL (activities of daily living) flow sheets, daily rounds, meal percentages, intake & outputs (I & O's), vital signs, calorie counts, weights, and BM's. Attends care conferences on primary residents whenever possible. Alerts team nurse when care cards need to be updated. Leads by example (always follows dress code, has gait belt, badge, and hand gel). Floats throughout the facility as needed for equal distribution of lead CNAs on all neighborhoods. Promotes the safety of residents and staff.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports orientations of new and floating organizational staff and agency staff and provides training.  Provides feedback to peers and team members regarding care delivery.  Supports facility and nursing department standards of practice and policies. Seeks opportunities to be cross trained in specific skills.  Floats to other neighborhoods or shifts as needed.  May offer input into CNA interviews/evaluations. Attends monthly meetings, and reads all minutes from meetings when unable to attend.  Supports CNA efforts to attend their monthly meetings and other shared accountability team meetings by assisting with and reassigning tasks during their absence.
• Provides quality care and services for residents in a dignified and respectful manner that meets individual resident care needs in accordance with the resident's plan of care. Provides care that helps to maintain the highest level of resident independence. Monitors and reports changes of condition. Completes required records to document resident care.  Assists nurses with vital signs, weights, and specimen collection.
• Provides care to prevent skin breakdown such as utilizing specialty mattresses, foam boots, Cavilon to heals, turning/repositioning schedules, toileting schedules, cushions in all wheelchairs.  Promptly reports rashes, open areas, edema, blisters, skin tears, or bleeding to nurse.
• Responds promptly to fall alert alarms. Ensures that restraint alternatives are in place and are activated as indicated including personal alarms, cushion alarms, wheelchair belts, tumble mats, alarm mats, bolstered beds, hip protectors. Remains alert to fall risks for residents and reports concerns to nurse.
• Ensures quality end of life care. Uses comfort basket to report resident pain/restlessness to nurse. Demonstrates compliance with post-mortem care procedures. Participates in departure ceremony.
• Complies with safety policies/procedures to ensure safe practices for residents, staff, self, and others. Maintains compliance with gait belt use for all manually assisted transfers, locomotion/transfer/lifting devices, resident positioning, and always uses a mechanical lift to lift residents from the floor. Uses good body mechanics while on duty. Identifies wandering residents and responds to door alarms. Reports safety incidents, concerns, or hazards to the supervisor or other responsible parties as indicated.
• Complies with infection control standards during tours of duty including hand hygiene, appropriate use of personal protective equipment, and isolation precautions. Understands to use handwashing with soap and water when dealing with gastrointestinal illnesses. Helps to maintain residents in isolation when indicated. Participates in mandatory vaccination programs. Does not work when contagious.
• Completes whiteboards within the first hour of duty on AM/PM shift. Answers call lights as soon as possible to meet resident ne