Certified Nursing Assistant

Full-time, Part-time, PRN

12 Hour Shifts: 6am-6pm / 6pm-6am

8 hour shifts 6a-20,2p-10p,10p-6a

Position Overview

Responsible as a certified nursing assistant for providing routine daily nursing services to assigned residents in a manner that is caring, compassionate and customer-oriented and in accordance with laws, regulations and facility guidelines.

Basic Qualifications

Education & Certification:

High school diploma or equivalent; successfully completed a state-approved Certified Nursing Assistance program; must possess a current certification in good standing or be able to obtain certification within four months of employment, if allowable by the state; must have CPR certification.

Experience:

Minimum of six months experience in a long-term care or other geriatric care environment is preferred, but not required.

Essential Job Duties

• CNA provides quality nursing care to residents and communicates to each resident and family member to build positive relations.
• CNA routinely makes rounds and responsively provides proper resident care and service.
• CNA assesses residents for condition changes and reports to nurse supervisor.
• CNA answersresident call lights promptly and courteously.
• Delivers meals and performs feeding assistance to residents and provides hydration.
• Performs vital sign monitoring/charting and observes residents for changes in condition or behavior and reports nursing supervisors.
• Provides assistance to residents for showers or baths.
• Provides assistance with lifting, turning, moving, transporting or transferring residents.
• Monitors incontinent residents to ensure bed linens and clothing are clean and dry.
• Assists residents with toileting and bed pans and collects urine, stool and sputum samples as directed.
• Ensures good hygiene through oral care, hair care, shaving, etc.
• Changes bed linens and makes beds.
• Provides proper skin care and promptly reports observations of skin breakdown and pressure areas.
• Communicates changes and follows plan of care effectively by recording changes in charts.
• Adheres to facility admission, discharge and transfer policies and prepares resident rooms for arrival.
• Labels, organizes and stores resident’s personal belongings, clothing, etc.
• Provides support and assistance for dying residents and post-mortem care.
• Receives report from off-going shift or supervisor to better understand resident needs and changes.
• Promotes interdepartmental teamwork to meet resident needs.
• Promotes an environment of positive public relations by displaying a calm, caring, warm and friendly atmosphere in department and on each shift.
• Keeps residents’ water pitchers clean and filled with fresh was and within reach of the resident.
• Provides training to new CNAs, upon request.
• Ensures cleanliness of water pitchers and provides refills of fresh water as needed.
• Transfer residents to and from dining room, activities, therapy, etc.
• Works well with supervision, team members and other departments to properly care for each resident.
• Rotates residents on a two-hour schedule.
• Monitors dressings, bandages, etc. and changes, as directed.
• Arrives to work as scheduled and makes rounds with previous shift.
• As instructed and appropriate, collects specimens (urine, stools, etc.).

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract, PRN

Benefits:

• Paid training

Physical setting:

• Long term care

Standard shift:

• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Night shift
• Overnight shift

Weekly schedule:

• Choose your own hours
• Every weekend
• No weekends
• Rotating weekends
• Weekends as needed

License/Certification:

• certified nursing aide (Preferred)

Work Location: In person