CNA Full-Time or Part-Time 7am - 3pm or 7am-7pm

HES INC•York Township, PA

14h•$0 - $21•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves providing direct care to residents, ensuring their comfort, hygiene, and safety. The position requires performing various essential functions related to resident care, including assisting with daily living activities, monitoring vital signs, and maintaining a clean and orderly environment. The role also emphasizes participation in quality improvement initiatives, trauma-informed care, and adherence to compliance and ethics standards. Non-essential functions include assisting with therapies, performing personal services, and clerical duties.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania State Certification for nursing assistant. Must be in good standing.
Must have patience, compassion, a sense of responsibility and a sincere desire to work with the aged and infirmed.
Mental and physical health sufficient to meet the demands of the position.
Demonstrates ability to communicate with the elderly and other personnel.
Ability to anticipate needs and modes of geriatric Residents while remaining calm and composed.
Ability to treat Rest Haven and Resident information as confidential.
Must be a professional.
Criminal history background clearance – Act 169 & Act 13.

Nice To Haves

High school graduate preferred or equivalent.
Previous experience in hospital or nursing home preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform AM or PM care as required following the care plan outlined for each resident.
Assists residents to and from bed, chairs, etc.
Bathes Residents, gives shampoos, shaves Residents, trim nails, and assists Residents with personal and dental hygiene.
Dresses Residents properly and comfortably.
Makes beds and keeps Resident rooms clean and orderly.
Delivers, serves, and removes meal trays. Assists Residents with meals. Helps to feed. Gives personal care after meals.
Transports Residents for meals, activities, and therapies.
Serves fresh water, ice, and nourishment.
Assists Residents to and from bathroom. Assists Residents with bedpans and urinals. Keeps incontinent Residents clean at all times. Change bed linen as often as necessary.
Prepares Residents for tests, x-rays, physician visits, therapies, activities, etc.
Rinses out heavily stained Resident laundry.
Assists relatives and visitors.
Assists with and/or performs procedures as outlined and with proper instruction and supervision such as: admitting, transferring, and discharging; taking and recording vital signs; measuring and recording intake and output, collecting specimens; changes binders and slings; empties colostomy bags and drainage bottles; applies hot and cold compresses, and give sitz baths.
Cares for Residents in isolation.
Assists with care of dying/deceased.
Uses safety devices and takes precautions.
Ensures that room temperature and humidity are compatible with the Resident.
Assists nurses in giving treatments and examining Residents.
Uses aseptic technique and universal precautions in all Resident care to prevent spread of disease and infection.
Observes Residents and notes physical condition, attitude, reactions, appetite, etc. Reports changes or unusual findings to supervisor.
Charts required information and signed entries.
Answers call-lights and bells timely.
Receives and gives reports.
Assists with alarm rounds at change of shift.
Attends in-services, seminars, workshops, and conferences related to field.
Assists with emergencies and in redirecting agitated Residents.
Reserves Resident information as confidential.
Recognize your role as part of the QAPI efforts of your organization.
Attends trainings to build understanding and capacity to undertake QAPI work.
Carry out QAPI roles and responsibilities as assigned.
Follow established policies and procedures in support of QAPI efforts.
Look for and share with leadership ideas for improvement in the organization.
Communication to leadership upon witnessing a positive outcome of a QAPI project or detecting barriers preventing project success.
Support QAPI efforts both verbally and non-verbally (i.e., via actions and attitude), including adjusting performance and practice in accordance with QAPI initiatives and findings.
Recognize your role for Trauma Informed Care: Promotes a culture of safety, empowerment and healing; recognizes that everyone who interacts at Rest Haven may have past traumatic experiences and protects trauma survivors from being re-traumatized.
Recognize your role for Compliance and Ethics: Participates in annual compliance and ethics training. Follows code of conduct reporting any compliance and ethics concerns.
Assists with physical and occupational therapy.
Performs personal services for Residents within reason, such as: reading, writing letters, operating TV/radio, and running in-house errands.
Performs assigned clerical duties at nursing station. Answers telephone and intercom. Runs errands as directed by supervisor.
Participants in unit cleaning duties, such as cleaning of wheelchairs and geri-chairs, as directed.
May perform other duties as directed by supervisor.