Certified Nursing Assistant

Caring Hearts Staffing Solutions • Newport News, VA

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About The Position

A certified nursing assistant renders direct patient care including activities of daily living, maintaining safety and assessing client changes.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED must be kept in personnel file (Medicaid only)
• Certification from an accredited Nursing Assistant Training course
• Be capable of working well with others and under the direction of supervisors and superiors
• Able to follow directions and instructions intelligently and accurately without reluctance
• Honest and Loyal to client
• Cooperative and flexible with client needs
• Trustworthy
• Prompt and dependable
• Courteous and Polite
• Maintain an acceptable degree of respect and obedience for supervisors and superior
• Be professional always, even when someone else is behaving inappropriately
• Be Prompt and dependable in reporting to duty and in performing assigned duties
• Neat in appearance

Responsibilities

• Encourage clients to be active, to participate in recreational therapy activities of daily living
• Foster self-respect and self-esteem in clients
• Assist with personal care and feeding as needed
• Keep environment safe for individuals and other workers
• Observe clients carefully and report changes in conditions or other important information to the Medicaid Staffing Supervisor
• Follow established rules and regulations outlined in General Orientation and Employee Handbook of Embassy Home Care
• Complete all necessary paperwork during a shift
• Provide personal hygiene when necessary: o Mouth hygiene - after every meal when necessary o Provide Bath daily, as needed or requested Continued on Next Page… o Assist with clothing o Observe and report the presence of any reddened skin areas or breakdown and report to the Medicaid Staffing Supervisor.
• Make bed daily
• Tidy bedside stand, remove all unnecessary articles
• Keep a person's clothing put away
• See that soiled clothing is laundered
• Be observant of proper ventilation, temperature, and noise control
• Keep a person’s environment neat, safe, and clean

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED