CNA (Tuesday-Saturday)

Kisco Senior Living•Louisville, CO

15h•$23 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

Balfour Senior Living at Balfour Retirement Community in Louisville, Colorado, is seeking a team-oriented Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). The CNA supports residents with activities of daily living and delivers quality care that encourages independence and promotes each resident’s physical, social, cultural, and intellectual well-being. The schedule is Tuesday through Saturday, 2:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Pay is $23–$25 per hour, with an additional $1.50 evening differential after 6:30 p.m. Employment offers are contingent on completing the pre-employment process, including a drug screen, TB test, background check, and physical exam, paid for by the employer.

Requirements

State certification and graduation from a state-approved nursing assistant training program.
Nursing Assistant Certification (CNA).
Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Ability to communicate openly, honestly, and responsibly with others.
Ability to maintain a customer focus and treat customers with respect and integrity.
Ability to read thermometers, charts, and testing equipment.
Ability to read, speak, and understand English.
Demonstrated time management skills and ability to prioritize competing demands.
Meet state training requirements and/or certifications.
Basic competency using multiple forms of technology, including Microsoft Office applications, internet-based applications, and custom applications.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends and holidays as needed.

Nice To Haves

First Aid certification and CPR, if required.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate Balfour service and operational values in every interaction.
Perform nursing assistant duties, including measuring intake and output, height, weight, and vital signs; collecting specimens; providing catheter care; and assisting with range-of-motion exercises.
Accurately document residents’ information daily on appropriate forms, such as intake and output forms when ordered, vital sign sheets, and bowel movement records.
Provide personal care, including bathing, showering, shampooing, oral hygiene, skin, hair, and nail care, dressing, shaving, toileting, transferring, turning and positioning, ambulating, and transporting.
Recognize changes in residents’ behavior and condition, and care for their environment.
Assist with residents’ nutritional needs by serving and feeding them, providing appropriate fluids, and offering substitutions when appropriate.
Monitor food and fluid intake and offer or provide snacks and fluids between meals.
Care for dying residents and provide postmortem care.
Follow infection-control guidelines, including handwashing and universal precautions, and report exposures to infection according to OSHA and Balfour guidelines and procedures.
Perform duties safely and efficiently, including keeping call lights within residents’ reach and applying physician-ordered restraints when applicable.
Observe and promptly report changes in residents’ conditions to the care manager, and exchange resident information with the care manager on an ongoing basis.
Respond consistently to residents’ needs and call lights, acknowledge residents’ and families’ concerns, and initiate action.
Protect residents’ privacy and confidentiality and support their right to make personal choices.
Attend in-service education programs required by Balfour, state, and federal guidelines.