Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) FULL TIME DAY SHIFT

Altamaha Health Center•Jesup, GA

23h

About The Position

Altamaha Health Center is hiring a full-time Certified Nurse Aide to provide care for customers receiving short-term rehabilitation and long-term care. Under the supervision of the Director of Nursing, the CNA applies a general understanding of nursing principles and basic physical assessment skills while helping develop and implement individualized Nursing Care Plans. The role provides customer care activities and related nonprofessional services that support customers’ personal needs and comfort. The CNA performs assigned care in accordance with established methods and recognized standards, providing services within the limits of delegated tasks. Duties include supporting nurses with admissions, discharges, transfers, treatments, and care of personal belongings; assisting customers with personal care, mobility, meals, and comfort; taking and recording vital signs and other information in the electronic medical record; and reporting changes in condition, family concerns, and complaints to a nurse or supervisor. The position requires successful completion of a state-approved Certified Nursing Assistant program. Candidates must be able to read, write, and understand English and must attend at least 18 hours of continuing education provided by the Center to maintain certification. A high school education or equivalent diploma is preferred.

Requirements

Successfully complete a state-approved Certified Nursing Assistant program.
Be able to read, write, and understand English.
Attend a minimum of 18 hours of continuing education programs provided by the Center to maintain certification.

Nice To Haves

A high school education or high school equivalency diploma is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform duties using established methods and techniques and in accordance with recognized standards.
Provide customer care services within the limits of delegated tasks.
Assist nurses with customer admissions, discharges, transfers, treatments, and care of personal belongings.
Provide personal care, including bathing customers, combing hair, cleaning and cutting fingernails, and shampooing.
Position customers in correct body alignment and apply safety measures under the direction of a nurse.
Assist customers with getting in and out of bed, walking, and transportation within the Center by wheelchair, Geri-chair, or stretcher; accompany customers to outside appointments as needed.
Coordinate scheduling for customers receiving occupational, physical, or speech therapy and help transport them to the rehabilitation area.
Participate in developing and following customers’ Nursing Care Plans.
Take and record weights, blood pressures, temperatures, pulse, and respiration in the electronic medical record.
Provide skin care treatments and apply simple clean dressings, slings, stockings, and support bandages under a licensed nurse’s direction.
Feed customers and assist with meals, between-meal nourishment, and providing fresh ice and water at the bedside.
Answer call lights or bells, deliver messages, provide bedpans and urinals, and clean areas soiled by spills or accidents caused by customers.
Provide isolation care as needed based on the customer’s condition.
Report changes in customers’ conditions, family concerns, and customer complaints to a nurse or supervisor.
Collect and bag soiled linen and deliver it to the dirty linen area.
Clean and sterilize customer equipment.
Record customers’ oral intake and output.