Full Time CNA 4:45PM-5:15AM

Homestead Brand•Lancaster, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Homestead Village is seeking a skilled, enthusiastic, and passionate Certified Nursing Assistant to join its community and support residents’ independence and dignity. The position is at The Apostle Center for Care, a 56-bed skilled nursing facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The full-time schedule is 4:45 p.m. to 5:15 a.m., two days per week and every other weekend and holiday. Base pay is determined by years licensed and experience; newly licensed CNAs start at $17.50. Shift differentials are $1.50 from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., $0.75 from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., and $1.25 on Saturdays and Sundays. The CNA provides resident care in accordance with care plans, instructions from licensed nursing staff or the Household Coordinator, and Homestead Village policies and procedures. Duties include supporting residents with personal care, mobility, meals, documentation, and daily needs while maintaining a safe and comfortable environment and communicating changes to the charge nurse.

Responsibilities

Maintain an organized, neat, safe, secure, and comfortable environment for residents.
Use Point of Care and the care plan to provide resident care.
Follow instructions from Licensed Nursing Staff and the Household Coordinator, and comply with established routines, methods, techniques, policies, procedures, standards, and practices.
Provide total care or assist residents with bathing and hygiene, working independently or as part of a team.
Assist with ambulation, transfers, and positioning using devices such as walkers, wheelchairs, mechanical lifts, gait belts, or assigned therapeutic devices as directed by the care plan.
Answer call bells promptly regardless of assignment.
Collect and record temperatures, pulses, respirations, and blood pressures on the daily data sheet.
Record care provided during the shift, including activities of daily living and ambulation.
Assist residents with dining needs, including in the country kitchen; monitor intake and output as requested; and weigh residents as instructed.
Observe residents and immediately report physical or behavioral changes to the charge nurse.
Interact tactfully, respectfully, and cooperatively with residents, families, visitors, and staff throughout the organization.
Perform resident care according to nursing department policies and procedures.
Participate in resident activities as directed.
Wash residents’ personal laundry as needed.
Perform cleaning and other assigned duties.