Travel Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Responsibilities of the Certified Nurses Aide include but are not limited to:

• Ensures proper resident care is maintained in a clean and safe environment.
• Provides residents’ personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths.
• Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding residents as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning residents. 
• Participate in meal service 
• Checks residents in section regularly; Answers call light promptly; Follows through with resident problems or needs by delivering care or reporting to supervisor depending upon level of ability and nature of resident need. 
• Maintains cleanliness of resident units, central bathing area, treatment and supply rooms, workrooms and linen closets; cleans bedpans, urinals and commodes; washes basins and emesis basins; sanitizes bath tub after each resident’s use; cleans floors if resident is incontinent; wipes spilled foods and liquids.
•  Provides post-mortem care as instructed.
• Review care plans routinely to determine if changes in the residents’ care routines have been made.
• Responsible for delivering and assisting resident with daily needs, including personal care needs, preparation for activity and social programs
• Provides resident comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting residents; answering resident call lights and requests; reporting observations of the resident to nursing supervisor. 
• Prepares equipment and aids nurses during treatments and examination of residents. 
• Responsible for knowledge of proper procedures to provide personal care services to residents; provide requested personal care services to residents. 
• Performs other duties as directed

Qualifications of the Certified Nurses Aide include:

• An active New Mexico CNA certification
• Prior experience as a CNA in a nursing community
• The desire to care for residents and act with integrity
• The ability to work flexible hours