CNA / ACU

Cary Medical Center•Caribou, ME

4d•$18 - $26

About The Position

Cary Medical Center is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to join its Acute Care Unit. The position is full-time for 36 hours per week on the day shift, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The CNA manages incoming information through telephone, call bell, and direct conversation to support smooth communication and timely patient attention. In collaboration with the Charge Nurse, Supervisor, and Nurse Manager, the CNA assists with up-staffing and down-staffing for current and incoming shifts and performs CNA functions as needed. The position promotes patient safety, provides and documents patient care, assists patients with activities of daily living and ambulation, and helps maintain safe, tidy patient rooms. The employee may need to work days, evenings, nights, weekends, and/or holidays and may need to float to other units. Cary Medical Center describes its culture as positive and team-oriented and says employees have voted it one of the 2026 Best Places to Work in Maine for the sixth consecutive year.

Requirements

Active, valid CNA certificate in Maine.
Obtain BLS certification within one year of hire and maintain current certification thereafter.
Complete CNA basic rhythms review.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

Promote patient safety, follow the patient fall risk program, and complete fall-risk rounding at least twice per shift.
Obtain and document vital signs and daily weights, and report abnormal findings to the patient’s nurse.
Document ADLs, ambulation, intake and output, vital signs, weights, safety rounding, and other patient-care activities performed during the shift.
Ensure patients have fresh water while observing NPO status and fluid restrictions as appropriate.
Assist patients with activities of daily living and provide needed supplies.
Assist with patient ambulation according to physician orders.
Provide one-to-one sitting supervision for patients who require it.
Keep patient-room whiteboards updated and rooms tidy and free of clutter.
Set up patient rooms for admission and change bed linens daily and when soiled.
Remove linens from patient rooms after discharge and before housekeeping begins terminal cleaning.
Replace telemetry leads and/or batteries as needed and document the patient’s name, date, and time on the computer for telemetry patients.
Perform weekly eyewash station checks every seven days.
Check patient refrigerators daily for dates on opened containers and for expired items.
Assist with up-staffing and down-staffing for current and incoming shifts in collaboration with the Charge Nurse, Supervisor, and Nurse Manager.
Perform other work-related duties as assigned and comply with applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations.