Certified Nursing Assistant - Hospital

LifeCare Medical Center•Roseau, MN

2d•$23 - $26

About The Position

The certified nursing assistant provides nursing and related services consistent with each resident’s comprehensive assessment and plan of care. Care is provided to meet residents’ physical, mental, and psychosocial needs and help them attain or maintain the highest practicable level of functioning. The role maintains a homelike environment, protects and promotes resident rights, and supports residents’ independence and control. The CNA promotes resident well-being through resident-centered care and participation in the interdisciplinary team’s development and implementation of care plans with residents or their representatives. The role also supports household relationships and activities, contributes to a collaborative and compassionate team, helps orient and train new staff, maintains a safe and functional environment, uses household resources effectively, and demonstrates dementia-sensitive care practices. This position is located in Roseau, has varying shifts and weekends, rotating holidays, and a flexible schedule. The schedule is 32 to 36 hours per week (0.8 FTE). The stated pay range is $22.60–$26.45 per hour.

Requirements

Successfully complete a nurse aide training and competency evaluation program approved by the State of Minnesota within four months of hire.
Meet regulatory requirements for certified nursing assistants in Minnesota.
Be active on the Minnesota State Nurse Aide Registry.
Have excellent interpersonal relationship skills and a commitment to person-centered care.
Have good communication skills.
Demonstrate good infection-control practices.

Nice To Haves

Two or more years of experience as a certified nursing assistant in a skilled nursing facility is preferred.
Training and experience in geriatric nursing are preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain a welcoming, homelike physical environment and enhance household relationships through shared activities of living.
Offer emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents and help evaluate and address household successes and needs.
Promote resident well-being and satisfaction through resident-centered care.
Participate in the interdisciplinary team’s establishment and implementation of residents’ plans of care with residents or their representatives.
Promote teamwork, participate in team problem-solving, and contribute to team and individual successes.
Participate in supportive orientation and training of new staff.
Assess the household for potential hazards and maintain a safe, comfortable, and functional environment.
Use appropriate sanitation, infection-control, hazardous-waste-management, fire-safety, disaster-preparedness, and emergency-care techniques.
Use household resources, including supplies, efficiently and effectively.
Demonstrate and nurture dementia-care practices that meet individual needs and promote well-being.
Provide nursing and related services consistent with residents’ assessments and plans of care while supporting resident rights, independence, and functioning.