Avenue Secretary / Certified Nursing Assistant
About The Position
This role combines secretarial and Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) duties to facilitate the operation of the Avenue. The Avenue Secretary will perform secretarial, reception, and related clerical duties, demonstrating skill in problem resolution and continuous quality improvement while maintaining confidentiality. The CNA responsibilities include assisting residents with daily living activities, participating in their daily care, providing personal care such as bathing and dressing, assisting with skincare and repositioning, maintaining a clean environment, using safe procedures, and completing required documentation. The position also involves interacting with residents, families, and staff.
Requirements
- High School graduate or equivalent or 4 years of relevant working experience
- Valid NYS certified nursing assistant (CNA) certification
- Two years prior experience in customer service and office protocol preferred.
- Previous experience with Microsoft Office and a medical computer system
Nice To Haves
- Associate degree preferred with additional training in medical terminology
- Meditech experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Facilitate the operation of the Avenue by performing secretarial, reception, and related clerical duties.
- Demonstrate skill in proactively resolving problems, recommending and implementing continuous quality improvements.
- Demonstrate integrity concerning confidential information.
- Provide secretarial support to nurse managers on a daily basis.
- Interact in a courteous and friendly manner with guests, residents, and staff.
- Assist residents in performing activities of daily living.
- Participate in the daily care of residents such as checking schedules for resident appointments, completing personal inventory upon admission, reporting care given & observations.
- Provide personal care to residents such as bathing, dressing, passes nourishment, collecting specimens of urine, stool, and sputum, performing post-mortem care.
- Assist with skincare and repositioning such as reporting skin breakdown, applying lotion, turning residents side to side, using mechanical lifts, toileting residents.
- Maintain an orderly and clean environment.
- Use safe procedures to prevent injuries to residents, self, and others.
- Complete required documentation such as intake/output forms, vitals, weight.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision insurance
- Tuition reimbursement up to $6000/year
- Contribution and match on Retirement Plan
- 4 weeks paid time off
- Access to Success coaches
- Free parking
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
