Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) PRN

Altamaha Health Center • Jesup, GA

7d

About The Position

Altamaha Health Center is hiring a Certified Nurse Aide to provide care in 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 to help develop and implement individualized Nursing Care Plans. The role provides customer care activities and related nonprofessional services to meet customers’ personal needs and comfort.

The CNA performs duties according to established methods and recognized standards, provides care within delegated-task limits, and assists nurses with admissions, discharges, transfers, treatments, and care of customers’ belongings. Duties include personal hygiene and skin care, positioning and mobility assistance, transportation, meal assistance, basic measurements and documentation, simple dressings and other delegated care, responding to call lights, maintaining equipment and linen, and reporting changes in customer condition or concerns to a nurse or supervisor.

A high school education or equivalency diploma is preferred. Candidates must be able to read, write, and understand English, complete a state-approved Certified Nursing Assistant program, and attend at least 18 hours of continuing education provided by the Center to maintain certification. The employer states that it provides equal employment opportunity to qualified applicants without regard to protected characteristics.

Requirements

• Successfully complete a state-approved Certified Nursing Assistant program.
• Read, write, and understand the English language.
• Attend at least 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 in accordance with established methods, techniques, and recognized standards.
• Provide customer care services within the limits of delegated tasks.
• Assist nurses with customer admissions, discharges, and transfers; treatments; and care of personal belongings.
• Bathe customers in bed, tub, or shower; comb hair; clean and cut fingernails; and shampoo hair.
• Position customers in correct body alignment in and out of bed and apply safety measures under a nurse’s direction.
• Assist customers with getting in and out of bed and walking, and transport them within the Center by wheelchair, Geri-chair, or stretcher; accompany customers outside the Center for appointments as needed.
• Coordinate scheduling for customers requiring occupational, physical, or speech therapy and assist with transportation to the rehabilitation area.
• Participate in formulating 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.
• Apply simple clean dressings, slings, stockings, and support bandages under a licensed nurse’s direction.
• Feed customers, assist with meals, provide between-meal nourishment, and provide fresh ice and water at the bedside.
• Answer call lights or bells, deliver messages, administer bedpans and urinals, and clean spills or accidents caused by customers.
• Provide isolation care as required by a 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.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED