General Purpose
The primary purpose of your job position is to provide each of your assigned residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident's assessment and care plan, and as may be directed by
your supervisors.
Essential Duties
• Report all changes in the resident's condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical.
• Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative, descriptive manner.
• Report all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur.
• Ensure that the resident's room is ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.).
• Make resident comfortable.
• Inventory and mark the resident's personal possessions as instructed.
• Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
• Meet with your shift's nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services.
• Report all complaints and grievances made by the resident.
• Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Make beds.
• Measure and record temperatures, pulses, and respirations (TPRs) of residents, as instructed. Weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Answer resident calls promptly.
• Check residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.
• Keep residents' water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water (on each shift), and within easy reach of the resident.
• Perform after meal care (i.e., remove trays, clean resident's hands, face, clothing, etc.).
• Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Must possess a Certificate of completion of an STNA training program not more than 2 years old or have a current STNA certification.
CPR Preferred
Physical Demands The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand; walk and talk, read or hear. Frequent use of all office related equipment to include copier/scanner/fax, telephone, and calculator.

May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.