Certified Nursing Assistant CNA - Spring Hills Livingston AL

Position Summary: Provides assistance to residents in the Assisted Living Program with their activities of daily living, enabling them to lead a quality life while maintaining their dignity. This position reports to the Director of Resident Care.

Essential Functions:

• Attends work as schedules and follows community’s call-off procedures.
• Provides assistance as needed with bathing, grooming, dressing, transferring, eating, toileting, escorting, and other activities of daily living.

• Follows residents’ service plans in providing care.
• Provides emotional and social support to residents.
• Adheres to departments documentation standards.
• Informs supervisor of any resident issues or concerns.
• Knows, understands, and adheres to resident right.
• Is familiar with emergency equipment and procedures.
• Abide by all health and safety regulations and community standards.

Non-Essential Functions:

• Attends all required training, in-service, and staff meetings.
• Strives to maintain a safe working environment through the prevention of accidents, the preservation of equipment, and the achievement of safe working practices.
• Maintains a positive and professional demeanor toward residents, visitors, families, and co-workers.
• Adheres to all policies and procedures of Spring Hills, LLC.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills:

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Attributes:

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Experience And Education

• A High School Diploma or General Education Degree; or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• May require a CNA or CHHA licensure

Time spent in physical exertion: Standing (1/3-2/3), walking (1/3-2/3), using hands to finger, handle or feel (over 2/3), reach with hands and arms (over 2/3), climb and balance (under 1/3), stoop, kneel (under 1/3), talk or hear (over 2/3), taste or smell (under 1/3). Lifting up to 10 pounds (1/3 - 2/3), Up to 25 pounds (under 1/3); Up to 50 pounds (under 1/3); up to 100 pounds (under 1/3), more than 100 pounds (none)

We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to a work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion