Certified Nursing Assistant Trainees

The primary purpose of your job position is to acquire the knowledge, skills, and certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant by participation in the WisCaregivers program consisting of classroom instructions, clinical practice, and on-the-job, supervised training, and to perform certain services for which you have been trained and found to be competent during the training period.

• Perform only those nursing care procedures that you have been trained to do.

• Ensure that the resident's room is ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.).

• Greet residents and escort them to their room.

• Introduce resident to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate.

• Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged.

• Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area.

• Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed.

• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.

• Weigh and measure residents as instructed.

• Measure and record temperatures, pulses, and respirations (TPRs) of residents, as instructed.

• Answer resident calls promptly.

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

• Check residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.

• Assist residents with identifying food arrangements (i.e., informing resident with sight problem of foods that are on his/her tray, where it is located, if it is hot/cold, etc.).

• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.

• Report all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property.

• Must have the ability to interact diplomatically and effectively with staff, residents, family members, visitors and volunteers.

• Must have the ability to communicate effectively and efficiently with residents and staff.

• Must have the ability to read, write and communicate using the English language.

• Must have the ability to spend 90% of the work shift moving about the work area.

• Must have the physical strength to move or assist residents following the plan of care.

• Must be able to push, pull or lift up to 35 pounds.

• Must follow Nursing Department Dress Code at all times.

• Actively participates in or initiates problem solving for job-related issues.

• Works positively with coworkers, sharing job responsibilities when assignments are completed and in times of shortage and special projects.