Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)

Bedrock Healthcare•Watertown, WI

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Watertown Health Care Center is hiring a Certified Nurse Assistant to provide direct patient care in a skilled nursing home. The CNA helps create a compassionate environment where residents are treated with dignity and respect, supports their choices, and encourages communication among residents, families, and caregivers. The role includes assisting residents with daily needs, following individualized care plans, observing and reporting changes, maintaining a safe and clean environment, documenting care, and following safety and infection-control procedures. The position may involve rotating shifts, holidays, weekends, additional hours, and work in different positions as facility needs require. AM, PM, and NOC shifts are available, including flexible eight-hour shifts. Both full-time and part-time opportunities are listed.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Successful completion of a state-approved Nursing Assistant Certification course or other education meeting state certification requirements.
Current Nursing Assistant Certification in the state of practice, or eligibility to obtain it.
Good organizational and time-management skills.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to remain composed and interact courteously and professionally.
Knowledge of resident rights and ability to support residents’ privacy, dignity, well-being, and safety.
Ability to meet ongoing requirements to maintain current CNA certification.
Ability to meet facility requirements for annual negative TB skin test verification.

Responsibilities

Provide individualized nursing care that supports residents’ rights, dignity, choices, and physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
Follow residents’ individualized care plans and share observations about their needs and preferences with the charge nurse or care-planning staff.
Assist residents with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinence care, toileting, colostomy care, prosthetic appliances, transfers, ambulation, range of motion, communication, and other care needs within scope of practice.
Maintain residents’ comfort, privacy, dignity, and skin integrity, including changing, turning, repositioning, and applying moisturizers as needed.
Interact warmly and respectfully with residents and communicate tactfully with families, visitors, peers, and supervisors.
Understand residents’ rights and promptly report suspected abuse, rights violations, changes in condition or behavior, and other concerns to appropriate personnel.
Help maintain a safe, neat, and clean environment and report environmental or equipment deficiencies.
Protect residents’ personal belongings and promptly report missing items according to policy.
Answer residents’ call bells promptly and courteously.
Perform assigned tasks such as taking vital signs and weights, applying creams or ointments, and collecting specimens.
Assist with orienting residents and families upon admission and following transfers.
Lift, move, and transport residents using proper body mechanics or lifting devices.
Escort residents to appointments and activities, and participate in activities and functions as directed.
Use supplies and linens carefully and follow established procedures for resident charge items.
Complete CNA records documenting care and other required information.
Follow safety and infection-control procedures, including handwashing, glove use, and proper disposal of soiled materials.
Respond to inquiries and requests within established time frames and policies.
Assist supervisors with administrative tasks and special projects as directed, and perform other supportive duties as assigned.
Maintain current CNA certification and meet ongoing training, attendance, hygiene, uniform, and dress-code requirements.
Support safety, confidentiality, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, risk management, and a homelike environment.
Cooperate with coworkers, use appropriate judgment, communicate tactfully in sensitive situations, follow up on concerns, and promote positive public relations.
Provide annual verification of a negative TB skin test as required.