CNA/NAR- Certified Nursing Assistant

Ebenezer•Minneapolis, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Jones-Harrison Senior Living is hiring a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA/NAR) to provide hands-on care and support to adult residents in its Transitional Care Unit and long-term care areas at its skilled nursing facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The position is a weekend patient-support role scheduled for 15 hours every two weeks on the evening shift. It includes every other weekend on Saturday and Sunday, as well as a holiday rotation. The role is benefit-eligible. Jones-Harrison Senior Living offers assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and long-term care. Its community includes 53 assisted-living apartments, 9 memory-care apartments, and 120 skilled and long-term care beds. The organization describes its mission as helping seniors heal, discover, and educate for longer, healthier, and more meaningful lives.

Requirements

Be active as a Nursing Assistant, Registered (NAR) on the Minnesota Department of Health Nursing Assistant Registry by the start date; alternatively, individuals hired into Ebenezer’s Nursing Assistant Course or Pre-CNA job have four months after hire to become active on the registry.

Nice To Haves

Ability to work with a diverse and geriatric population.
Communicate efficiently and with compassion and understanding for residents and coworkers.
Experience working as a home health aide (HHA), personal care assistant (PCA), direct support professional (DSP), nursing assistant (NA), or resident assistant.
Work experience in a customer service setting.

Responsibilities

Assist residents according to individual care plans with personal care, including bathing, oral hygiene, grooming, toileting, dressing, and showers; respond to call lights.
Check and record vital signs when required by the community’s patient-care model.
Provide morning, evening, and overnight care, including perineal care and catheter care.
Turn, lift, or transfer residents, with or without assistance from another person or mechanical equipment.
Observe residents and clearly and concisely report their status to appropriate staff.
Chart or document care in the electronic medical record system.
Seek to resolve resident and family concerns.
Receive and give reports to appropriate staff at various times during the shift.
Maintain order and cleanliness in rooms and work areas, report malfunctioning equipment to the maintenance department, and answer phones in a timely manner.
Perform other duties as assigned.