What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Nursing Assistant position at Chickasha Nursing Center?
Job Overview
Join our care team as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and help patients feel safe, respected, and supported throughout their care. You’ll assist with daily activities, observe changes in condition, and share timely updates with nurses and other care team members. Your impact: attentive, compassionate care helps patients maintain comfort and dignity while giving families and clinicians clear, useful updates.
Duties
- Assist with bathing, dressing, grooming, meals, mobility, and other activities of daily living.
- Measure and record vital signs; report changes promptly and complete accurate medical documentation.
- Support safe patient transfers using approved methods and equipment, including a Hoyer lift when appropriate.
- Provide catheter care and follow infection prevention practices, including aseptic technique, while protecting patient confidentiality under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
- Communicate respectfully with patients, families, and care teams; maintain clear medical records in electronic health record (EHR) or electronic medical record (EMR) systems.
Experience
- Required: Current CNA certification and the ability to provide safe, compassionate patient care, follow instructions, and communicate observations clearly.
- Preferred: Experience in senior care, geriatrics, nursing homes, long-term or post-acute care, assisted living, home care, hospice, memory care, or dementia and Alzheimer’s care.
- Additional relevant experience may include hospitals, acute or sub-acute care, medical-surgical units, intensive care units (ICU), emergency medicine, pediatrics, outpatient or clinic settings, and care for people with developmental disabilities.
- Familiarity with Epic, Cerner, eClinicalWorks, medical terminology, CPR or basic life support (BLS), phlebotomy, medication administration, and safe lifting practices is useful. Related experience may include trauma centers, teaching hospitals, infectious disease care, patient transfers, and durable medical equipment (DME).
Pay: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour
Expected hours: 24.0 per week
Benefits:
- Health insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $16 - $18