Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Bridgeway Community Health - Jobs • Salem, OR

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About The Position

Bridgeway Community Health is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant to provide care to clients in its Medically Managed Withdrawal (Detox) setting. The position focuses on personal care, mobility, nutrition, elimination, assistive devices, client safety and environment, and gathering, recording, and reporting client data. The CNA works alongside nursing staff and supports clients with activities of daily living and other needs during treatment.

The role also includes safety checks, documenting care, assisting with admissions and discharges, supporting provider visits, maintaining beds and supplies, handling laundry and cleaning duties, and helping maintain an organized and safe unit. The CNA attends staff meetings and works with the team to identify and implement service-quality improvements.

Requirements

• High school diploma.
• Graduation from an OSBN-approved nursing assistant training program.
• Current, unencumbered Oregon CNA 1 certificate before appointment.
• Two years of Certified Nursing Assistant experience, or a satisfactory equivalent combination of relevant education, training, and experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of and skill in current nursing assistant practice.
• Ability to apply nursing assistant knowledge and principles and policies underlying administration of a nursing assistant service.
• Ability to recognize the needs and concerns of individuals during medical treatments.
• Ability to maintain confidential records and information.
• Ability to accept and abide by supervision.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, orally and in writing.
• Skilled in English usage and basic mathematics.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with coworkers and the public.

Nice To Haves

• Spanish/English bilingual ability; an additional stipend is available for bilingual employees.

Responsibilities

• Review and compare the bed whiteboard with the safety checklist.
• Complete required hourly safety checks throughout the shift and report concerning behavior or changes in condition to nursing staff.
• Add and remove client names following admissions, discharges, and bed changes.
• Empty laundry bins in the specified areas.
• Assist clients with nursing staff requests, including obtaining vital signs and providing support with eating, bathing or showering, dressing, transferring, toileting, and other activities of daily living.
• Announce mealtimes and record meals that need to be saved for clients who choose not to eat, then provide the information to kitchen staff.
• Gather clients for provider visits and escort them as directed by nursing staff.
• Check and remake client beds as needed; disinfect and remake beds after discharges, when linens are visibly soiled, or upon client request.
• Assist housekeeping with cleanliness, including wiping down tables and chairs.
• Wash, dry, fold, and store laundry; return towels to bathrooms and place admit clothing at clients’ beds.
• Restock drinking water, hygiene packets, shower shoes, and socks, and notify the appropriate unit by email when supplies are running low.
• Assist with other duties as needed, including answering phones, conducting screenings, and supporting client admissions and discharges.
• Monitor the nursing station while nursing staff conducts shift reports and emails shift notes.
• Perform general cleaning as needed, including wiping down tables and chairs, sweeping floors, and maintaining the laundry room.
• Empty trash bins in the specified areas and take the trash to the dumpster.
• Assist with client mobility, including transferring, transporting, positioning, turning, and lifting.
• Assist clients with nutrition and hydration, including eating and drinking.
• Assist clients with bed pans and urinals and collect specimens.
• Assist with assistive devices and related personal care, including dentures, eyeglasses, hearing aids, wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, footboards, self-help devices, and devices for transferring, ambulation, and alignment.
• Assist nursing staff with gathering, recording, and reporting client data, including vital signs, height, weight, oral intake, emesis, liquid stool, pulse oximetry, and pain-scale responses.
• Chart on all clients seen for medical support.
• Attend staff meetings and work as a team member to identify and implement quality-of-service improvements.
• Maintain an organized and clean work environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Paid holidays.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 5% employer match 401(k) retirement savings plan with pre- and post-tax options.
• Corporate fitness membership subsidy.
• Employer-sponsored life, accidental death, critical illness, and long-term disability coverage.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) plan.
• Health savings accounts.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Internal growth opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED