CNA Caregiver - Full & Part Evenings & Overnights

The Goodman Group, LLC•Largo, FL

3d•$16 - $19•Onsite

About The Position

The Caregiver provides residents with routine daily care services in a caring and respectful manner, in accordance with each resident’s assessment and service plan. The role supports residents’ dignity, safety, privacy, social engagement, and personal care needs. Positions are available for full-time evenings (2 p.m.–10 p.m.) and overnights (10 p.m.–6 a.m.); the posting also identifies full- and part-time evening and overnight opportunities. The position works with residents, families, visitors, supervisors, team members, nurses, and the public. It requires communicating observed changes in residents’ physical or emotional condition, following facility policies and safety practices, maintaining confidentiality, and providing courteous, responsive service through the Platinum Service® program. Tasks may involve exposure to blood, body fluids, infectious diseases, air contaminants, and hazardous chemicals. The role has no direct reports.

Requirements

Meet all applicable state and federal requirements for the position.
Be able to make independent decisions and follow instructions.
Deal tactfully with personnel, prospects, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies and personnel, and the public.
Be capable of working with ill, disabled, elderly, and emotionally upset people.
Communicate effectively with supervisors, team members, prospects, residents, and families.
Maintain confidentiality to ensure resident privacy.
Have knowledge of or proficiency with the facility’s EHR.
Ability to lift 50 pounds; moving, lifting, or transferring residents may involve lifting up to 75 pounds.
Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift and carry to a height of 3 feet and push and pull to a distance of 5 feet.
Ability to use abdominal and lower-back muscles over time without fatigue.
Ability to stand for extended periods and to bend, stoop, stretch, twist, sit, and reach.
Fine motor skills.
Ability to execute tasks independently, communicate clearly and effectively verbally, concentrate on moderate details despite frequent interruptions, and meet visual-acuity and hearing-alertness requirements.

Nice To Haves

At least 6 months of experience in home care, assisted living, or a long-term care facility is preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, transferring, and mobility, while maintaining dignity and following applicable policies and guidelines.
Move and transfer residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts using safe lifting and transfer techniques.
Immediately communicate appropriate information, including incident-report details and observed or suspected changes in a resident’s condition, to a supervisor.
Assist residents with walking, with or without self-help devices, as instructed.
Encourage residents to socialize and participate in scheduled activities and outings, and assist as needed.
Respond promptly and courteously to resident alerts, needs, and requests for care.
Observe residents’ emotional condition and promptly report changes to the nurse.
Promote personal safety and a safe environment by observing infection-control practices, following facility guidelines, and reporting unsafe situations to the nurse or management.
Check residents according to their service schedules to ensure personal-care needs are met in accordance with their wishes.
Assist with fire and other safety drills to ensure resident safety.
Perform other essential job-related duties as assigned.
Follow facility policies and procedures and provide courteous, responsive, quality service in keeping with the Platinum Service® program.