Certified Nursing Assistant
About The Position
Sentara Health is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant for Sentara PACE in Portsmouth, Virginia. This full-time, day-shift position requires travel within Hampton Roads using a personal vehicle. Mileage for travel between patient visits is reimbursed. The Certified Nursing Assistant performs basic and routine patient care, including personal hygiene, toileting, meal preparation and feeding, vital-sign checks, intake and output monitoring, ambulation, and assistance with transfers to and from beds, toilets, and other areas of the PACE center or the home. The role also involves supporting activities of daily living, performing specified patient-care procedures, following patient-safety practices under the direction of a professional RN, and observing and documenting patients’ physical, mental, and emotional conditions. The base pay range for full-time employment is $19.93–$29.44 per hour. Compensation may also include shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonuses, and may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs.
Requirements
- Graduate of a state-approved Nursing Assistant program or trade school program.
- Active Certified Nursing Assistant certification in Virginia.
- Patient-care experience, including supporting independent and dependent activities of daily living.
- Experience with vital signs, mobility, and ambulation.
- Experience with phlebotomy, point-of-care testing, EKG testing, peripheral IV removal, specimen collection, and Foley catheter insertion and removal.
- Ability to follow patient-safety practices under the direction of a professional RN nurse.
- Ability to observe and accurately document patients’ physical, mental, and emotional conditions.
Responsibilities
- Provide basic and routine patient care, including personal hygiene, toileting, meal preparation, and feeding.
- Check vital signs and monitor intake and output.
- Assist patients with ambulation and transfers to and from beds, toilets, and other areas of the PACE center or the home.
- Support patients with independent and dependent activities of daily living.
- Perform phlebotomy, point-of-care testing, EKG testing, peripheral IV removal, specimen collection, and Foley catheter insertion and removal.
- Comply with patient-safety practices under the direction of the professional RN nurse.
- Observe patients’ physical, mental, and emotional conditions and document observations in a timely and accurate manner.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid time off and sick leave
- Paid parental and family caregiver leave
- Emergency backup care
- Long-term and short-term disability and critical illness plans
- Life insurance
- 401(k)/403(b) with employer match
- Tuition assistance up to $5,250 per year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Student debt pay down up to $10,000
- Pet insurance
- Legal resources plan
- Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus, subject to established system and employee eligibility criteria
- Mileage reimbursement for miles driven between patient visits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
