CNA

Duncaster Inc•Bloomfield, CT

26d•$20 - $24•Onsite

About The Position

As a Best of Hartford organization, a career at Duncaster in more than just a place to work. Here, you can fulfill your passion for helping others and become part of something meaningful that pays you back in inspiring, heartfelt ways you may have never experienced. Duncaster offers residents a plan for life with independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing services all on a beautiful campus-like setting. Our residents share a bond of mutual respect with our staff that builds memorable and lasting relationships. Overview Under the direction of a licensed nurse, a certified nursing assistant performs daily personal care. Their primary responsibility is to ensure the residents’ quality of life by meeting their psychosocial needs in a safe and clean environment.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent is required.
Current certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant in the State of Connecticut is required.
Must be able to speak, read, and write the English language in an understandable manner.

Nice To Haves

Experience with MatrixCare or other electronic medical records is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides personal hygiene (bath, shower, shampoo, shaving, dressing, elimination needs, facial hair clipping, nail clipping, and other personal care).
Performs safe and proper transfers and assists with ambulation by using assistive devices such as gait belts, walkers, wheelchairs, and mechanical lifts.
Assists with restorative activities as identified in individual resident care plans. These may include ambulation, range of motion exercises, and assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) designed to maintain or improve the residents’ functional abilities.
Accurately weighs residents on admission or as assigned in a timely fashion. Takes vital signs and responsibly reports observations and changes in resident condition.
Checks bedfast or incontinent residents at least every two hours to adjust position, toilet and provide incontinent care.
Provides for physical comfort and safe environment. Follows all safety and security policies and procedures; performs all tasks to assure resident and personal safety and the protection of co-workers and facility property.
Assures resident rooms are in a neat, orderly fashion while maintaining the resident’s right to privacy, i.e., neat closets, labeled personal items. Assures cleanliness of utility rooms, kitchens, staff rooms, shower rooms, linen rooms and other work areas.
Promptly and courteously answers residents’ call bells and other requests for assistance; follows residents’ plan of care regarding out-of-bed schedule and respects residents’ choices for going back to bed unless otherwise ordered by Physician or Charge Nurse.
Serves meal tray, assists feeding as appropriate, and provides nourishments to residents as assigned in a timely fashion.
Completes documentation in EMR in an accurate and timely fashion.
Communicates with nurse any changes in resident condition, particularly behaviors, bowel regime, and skin conditions.
Follows all policies and procedures, annual mandatory in-services, required meetings, and all other conditions of employment are consistently met.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

401(k) with match and profit sharing
Medical, dental, and vision insurance available the 1st of the month after hire
Flexible spending accounts
Short-term and long-term disability
Employee assistance program
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
10% tuition discount on all degree and certificate programs at Charter Oak
Free Access to our Aquatic & Fitness Center & to our beautiful walking trails throughout our campus
Discount employee lunches
Duncaster Spotlight Employee Recognition Program
Referral bonuses
Free parking
Shoes for Crews - discounted safety shoes for all staff
Yearly performance increases plus additional bonus opportunities
Employee Appreciation Events held throughout the year by our own “Funcaster” Committee