Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) (Part Time, Days)
About The Position
As a Certified Nursing Assistant at DeMay Living Center, you will provide high-quality, individualized patient care in collaboration with the nursing team. The role involves taking initiative while assisting with and maintaining patient care. The setting includes a diverse caseload involving ventilator care, dementia, long-term care, and short-term rehabilitation; the rehabilitation unit is connected to a hospital to support care transitions and experience with medically complex patients. The position is part-time, with 24 hours per week. The posting describes a 6 a.m.–3 p.m. schedule, Monday through Friday, with every other weekend, although it also labels the schedule as “Nights.” The role may float throughout the facility when necessary.
Requirements
- Currently certified in New York State as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
- Minimum age of 18.
- High school education or equivalent is listed as preferred; the education section lists HS as required.
Nice To Haves
- Strong customer service and communication skills.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
Responsibilities
- Read and follow each assigned resident’s care card for daily personal care needs, treatments, and therapies; ask the nurse for clarification or direction as needed and offer suggestions for meeting residents’ needs.
- Provide personal care, including bathing, toileting, feeding, transferring, and ambulating, while promoting resident involvement and independence as able.
- Assist residents with personal services such as laundry, keeping rooms neat, operating televisions or radios, and reading or writing letters.
- Assist relatives and visitors, referring questions about a patient’s clinical condition to the supervising nurse.
- Encourage residents to use self-help measures in activities of daily living.
- Assist with or perform assigned procedures according to policy and with proper instruction and supervision, including admissions, transfers and discharges; taking vital signs; collecting urine and stool specimens; changing colostomy bags and non-sterile dressings; bagging soiled briefs; measuring and recording intake and output; caring for residents on precautions; and caring for dying or deceased residents.
- Use standard precautions.
- Encourage residents to discuss their interests and concerns and reminisce about satisfying subjects.
- Participate in interdisciplinary care conferences when able.
- Observe and report residents’ physical condition, behavior, reactions, appetite, and changes from usual to the nurse; report hazardous conditions that may jeopardize resident, visitor, or staff safety.
- Transport residents throughout the facility as needed.
- Attend in-services and fulfill the required number of state-mandated in-service hours.
- Cooperate with and courteously assist all team members.
- Float throughout the facility when necessary.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Strong benefits package.
- 100% paid educational opportunities and support for CNA-to-LPN-to-RN career advancement.
- Overtime pay at time and a half.
- Tuition and student loan assistance.
- Signing bonus of up to $2,250.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
