CNA / Nurse Assistant - LTC

Carenest Health Services•Newark, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide CNA care to residents in the Moore Place Neurobehavioral Rehabilitation Program, a 20-bed unit within DeMay Living Center on the third floor of Newark-Wayne Community Hospital. The unit serves residents with Alzheimer’s disease and/or dementia who may exhibit unpredictable verbal or physical aggression and whose needs cannot be met on a regular dementia floor. The program provides a secured, structured environment focused on behavioral stabilization, medication management, successful daily routines, and discharge planning. Residents are expected to return to their previous setting once stabilized; the program is not intended for long-term care. Each resident’s case may be unique and complex, and care focuses on individual behavioral management strategies and helping residents achieve their maximum health and functional ability. The role includes supporting residents with daily care, mobility, hygiene, transfers, monitoring and recording measurements, and reporting changes in condition. Staff may float as needed by the facility. Orientation is held during the day in the employee’s first week. Fingerprint forms must be submitted within 48 hours of signing.

Requirements

One year of experience.
BLS certification.
CNA skills in long-term care, including resident care, hygiene, mobility, transfers, monitoring and recording measurements, and reporting changes in condition.
Must be able to work every other weekend.
Must live more than 50 miles from the facility; local candidates are not accepted.

Responsibilities

Assist residents with ambulation, feeding, turning, repositioning, transfers, and range-of-motion activities.
Provide bathing and hygiene care, including bed baths, showers, shampooing, mouth care, perineal care, shaving, foot care, and skin care.
Change occupied and unoccupied bed linens and provide incontinence and elimination care.
Support safe patient handling and transfers using appropriate equipment and body mechanics.
Provide decubitus prevention and use heel and elbow protection and antiembolic stockings as appropriate.
Provide routine catheter care as assigned and measure and record fluid intake, diet/calorie counts, drain output, urine output, weight, and vital signs.
Obtain blood pressure, including orthostatic readings, and temperature using oral, rectal, axillary, or tympanic methods.
Follow PPE and isolation precautions, clean equipment, and stock supplies.
Recognize cardiac arrest and report changes in a resident’s condition.
Float as required by facility needs.
Submit fingerprint forms within 48 hours of signing.