Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Company Description

Apply at www.oslnh.com/employment

About the Oglala Sioux Lakota Nursing Home, Inc.

The Oglala Sioux Lakota Nursing Home is managed by Native American Health Management (NAHM). A three-person Board was appointed to provide oversight of the operation of the facility. 

Oglala Sioux Lakota Nursing Home is a State of the Art, 60-bed long-term care unit with a 12-bed memory care unit.   

OSLNH Mission Statement

To provide a continuum of excellent care and service to the ageing in a spirit of love, respect, and compassion, while honoring the culture of the Sioux Nation. 

A Primary Objective

A primary objective of the staff is to help each resident to attain and maintain the optimum of his or her physical and mental capacity, to be as self-sufficient as possible and to continue to develop new interests that will give life content and purpose. Working with ageing in a nursing care facility is both challenging and strenuous. It is also very satisfying. We strive to prove those we serve with the nest possible care through the best utilization of available quality care. 

What we Offer

• Competitive Starting Wage
• Day and Night Differentials
• Excellent Benefits
  • 401(K), Employer; Matches 4%
  • Health Insurance, Blue Cross/ Blue Shield
  • Dental Insurance, Ameritas
  • Vision Insurance, VSP
  • Life Insurance
  • Aflac
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Flexible Schedule
  • Referral Program

Job Description

Purpose of your Job Position

The primary purpose of your job position is to provide your assigned residents with routine daily nursing care in accordance with our established nursing care procedures, and as may be directed by your supervisors. 

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Administrative Functions:

· Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative and descriptive manner.

· Report all changes in the resident's condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical.

· Report all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur.

Personnel Functions:

· Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors.

· Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.

Personal Nursing Care Functions:

· Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.

· Assist residents with daily dental and mouth care 

· Assist residents with bath functions 

· Assist residents with dressing/undressing as necessary.

· Assist residents with hair care functions 

· Assist residents with nail care

· Shave male residents.

· Keep residents dry 

· Change bed linens. 

· Make beds

· Position bedfast residents in correct and comfortable position.

· Assist resident with bowel and bladder functions

· Keep incontinent residents clean and dry.

· Assist residents to walk with or without self-help devices as instructed.

· Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.

· Weigh and measure residents as instructed.

· Measure and record temperatures, pulse, and respirations (TPRs), as instructed.

· Answer resident calls promptly.

· Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.

· Check each resident routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met in accordance with his/her wishes.

· Assist with the care of the dying resident.

· Provide post-mortem care as instructed.

Special Nursing Care Functions:

· Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdowns to prevent decubitus ulcers.

Food Service Functions:

· Prepare residents for meals

· Serve food trays. Assist with feeding as indicated

· Serve between meal and bedtime snacks.

Staff Development:

· Attend and participate in scheduled training and educational classes to maintain current certification as a Nursing Assistant.

Safety and Sanitation:

· Participate in an in-service training program prior to performing tasks that involve potential exposure to blood/body fluids.

· Keep the nurses' call system within easy reach of the resident.

· Wash wheelchairs, walkers, etc., as instructed.

Care Plan Functions: