Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), DeMay (Part-time, Nights)
About The Position
As a Certified Nursing Assistant at DeMay Living Center, you will provide high-quality, individualized resident care in collaboration with the nursing team. The role requires taking initiative while assisting with and maintaining resident care. The position is part-time, 24 hours per week, on the 10 p.m.–6 a.m. shift, with every other weekend scheduled. The department is Vantassel Dementia, and the location is DeMay Living Center in Newark, New York. The role involves following each resident’s care card and providing personal care, supporting residents’ independence, carrying out procedures under proper instruction and supervision, and reporting resident changes or safety concerns to the nurse. CNA certification in New York State is required. The stated pay range is $20.00–$22.00 per hour, with a signing bonus of up to $2,700. Rochester Regional Health describes a strong benefits package, educational and career advancement support, overtime pay at time and a half, and tuition and student loan assistance. The organization also notes opportunities to work with a diverse caseload, including vent care, dementia, long-term care, and short-term rehabilitation.
Requirements
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Be currently certified in New York State as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
- Hold a CNA certification through the NYS Office of Professions.
Nice To Haves
- Strong customer service and communication skills are highly desired.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
Responsibilities
- Read and follow each assigned resident’s care card for daily personal care needs, treatments, and therapies; ask the nurse for clarification or direction when needed and offer suggestions for meeting resident needs.
- Provide personal care, including bathing, toileting, feeding, transferring, and ambulating residents, while promoting their involvement and independence when possible.
- Assist residents with personal services such as laundry, keeping rooms neat, operating a television or radio, and reading or writing letters.
- Assist relatives and visitors, referring questions about a patient’s clinical condition to the supervising nurse.
- Encourage residents to use self-help measures in activities of daily living.
- Assist with or perform procedures according to policy and with proper instruction and supervision, including admissions, transfers, discharges, taking vital signs, collecting urine or stool specimens, changing colostomy bags and non-sterile dressings, bagging soiled briefs, measuring and recording intake and output, caring for residents on precautions, and caring for dying or deceased residents.
- Use standard precautions.
- Encourage residents to discuss their interests and concerns and reminisce about satisfying subjects.
- Participate in interdisciplinary care conferences when able.
- Observe and report residents’ physical condition, behavior, reactions, appetite, and changes from their usual condition to the nurse; report hazards that could jeopardize resident, visitor, or staff safety.
- Transport residents throughout the facility as needed.
- Attend in-services and fulfill the required number of state-mandated in-service hours.
- Cooperate with and be courteous to all team members.
- Float throughout the facility when necessary.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Strong benefits package
- 100% paid educational opportunities and support for CNA-to-LPN-to-RN career advancement
- Overtime pay at time and a half
- Tuition and student loan assistance
- Signing bonus of up to $2,700
- Diverse caseload including vent unit, dementia, long-term care, and short-term rehab
- Rehab unit connected to a hospital for smooth care transitions and experience with medically complex patients
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
