Certified Nursing Assistant

Lutheran Services Carolinas•Lumberton, NC

12d•$15 - $0•Onsite

About The Position

Glenflora is hiring full-time (30+ hours) and part-time (20+ hours) Certified Nursing Assistants in Lumberton, North Carolina. The role provides residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with each resident’s assessment and care plan, and as directed by nursing supervisors. The position offers flexible scheduling and shift differential. Starting pay is listed as $15.00 per hour; the job details also list a salary range of $15.10 hourly. CNAs provide resident-centered care with kindness, dignity, and respect. Duties include assisting with activities of daily living, meals, mobility, transfers, and other care tasks; documenting care when applicable; monitoring and reporting changes in residents’ conditions; following safety, skin care, and infection-control procedures; and participating in training and resident activities. The work involves physical exertion, including lifting and transferring residents, and may require prolonged standing or walking.

Requirements

At least a 10th-grade education.
North Carolina state CNA certification.
Complete continuing education required to maintain certification.
No prior experience required.
Ability to push, pull, and lift up to 35 pounds, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
Ability to stand and/or walk for prolonged periods while transporting objects.
Ability to bend, squat, or reach repeatedly as needed.
Ability to assist with repositioning and transferring individuals of varying weights using established safe-lifting procedures.
Ability to move throughout the facility.

Responsibilities

Provide resident-centered care according to residents’ preferences and care plans, treating residents with kindness, dignity, and respect.
Answer call lights promptly when applicable.
Assist residents with activities of daily living, including oral, eye, and ear care; bathing; dressing; grooming; nail care; toileting; perineal care; and incontinence care.
Change bed linens as necessary and assigned.
Assist with meals by setting up and serving trays, helping residents eat, and preparing and serving thickened liquids when indicated; pass snacks and fresh ice water as assigned or needed.
Assist with ambulating, transferring, lifting, turning, and repositioning residents using safe-lifting policies and in accordance with residents’ abilities and care plans.
Use lift equipment properly according to manufacturer guidelines and facility protocols.
Document care as instructed using the electronic medical record system when applicable.
Perform assigned tasks within the CNA’s certification and level of care, including taking vital signs, catheter care, applying TED hose, weighing and measuring residents, collecting specimens, providing range-of-motion exercises and other restorative procedures, and caring for dying or deceased residents.
Report changes in residents’ conditions promptly and appropriately, and immediately report possible abuse or crimes against a resident.
Report bloodborne-pathogen or hazardous-chemical exposure, near-miss accidents, and accidents with or without injury to a supervisor as soon as possible.
Apply restraints, bed rails, and positioning devices only as ordered.
Follow skin-care protocols and preventive measures; immediately notify a supervisor about open areas, redness, or other changes in skin condition.
Follow infection-control guidelines and standard precautions, including handwashing and use of personal protective equipment.
Complete assigned training and maintain continuing education credits required to keep certification current under state and federal regulations.
Assist with transportation to life-enrichment activities and participate in care-plan or family conferences when indicated.
Perform other duties necessary for orderly facility or program operations.
Reflect LSC’s mission, vision, values, and customer-service standards in daily interactions.