Job Description
The Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA) performs direct patient care under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. The Geriatric Nursing Assistant performs a variety of individualized patient care activities including bathing, dressing, feeding and transporting as well as related non-professional services necessary in caring for the personal needs and comforts of the geriatric patient population.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**
+ Maintains patient confidentiality of all residents
+ Assists residents with activities of daily living and feeding
+ Performs transfers and lifts per facility protocol
+ Completes timely and thorough documentation in the facility EMR charting system
+ Provides support and companionship to patients
+ Assists residents with use of assistive devices
+ Safeguards the client/patient by observing appropriate infection control procedures including but not limited to universal precautions
+ Notifies the superv...