Certified Nursing Assistant

Lutheran Services Carolinas • Lumberton, NC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Glenflora is hiring Certified Nursing Assistants for full-time positions of 30 or more hours and part-time positions of 20 or more hours. The primary purpose of the role is to provide residents, clients, or participants with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with their assessments and care plans, as directed by nursing supervisors. The position is part of a senior living community operated through Lutheran Services Carolinas.

Requirements

• At least a 10th-grade education.
• North Carolina state certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
• Complete continuing education as required to maintain certification.
• Able to push, pull, and lift up to 35 pounds, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
• Able to stand and/or walk for prolonged periods while transporting objects.
• Able to bend, squat, or reach repeatedly on occasion.
• Able to assist with repositioning and transferring individuals of varying weights using established safe-lifting procedures.
• Able to ambulate throughout the facility.

Responsibilities

• Provide resident-centered care according to residents’ preferences and care plans, treating them with kindness, dignity, and respect, and responding promptly to call lights 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 assigned or needed.
• Assist with meals by setting up and serving trays, helping residents eat, preparing and serving thickened liquids as indicated, and passing snacks and fresh ice water.
• Assist residents with ambulating, transferring, lifting, turning, and repositioning, following safe-lifting policies and care plans. Use lift equipment according to manufacturer guidelines and facility protocols.
• Document care as instructed in the electronic medical record system, when applicable.
• Perform assigned tasks appropriate to certification and level of care, such as taking vital signs, providing catheter care, applying TED hose, weighing and measuring residents, collecting specimens, providing range-of-motion exercises and restorative procedures, and caring for dying or deceased residents.
• Timely and appropriately report changes in residents’ conditions and immediately report suspected abuse or crimes against residents.
• Report exposure to bloodborne pathogens or hazardous chemicals, as well as near misses 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, and immediately notify a supervisor of open areas, redness, or other changes in skin condition.
• Follow infection-control guidelines and standard precautions, including proper handwashing and use of personal protective equipment.
• Complete assigned training and maintain the continuing-education credits required to keep certification current under state and federal requirements.
• Assist with transportation to life-enrichment activities and participate in care-plan or other family conferences as indicated.
• Perform other duties necessary for the orderly operation of the facility or program.
• Reflect LSC’s mission, vision, values, and customer-service standards in daily interactions.

Benefits

• Flex scheduling
• Shift differential

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed