CNA (1st Shift)

Virginia Information Technologies Agency•Danville, VA

3d•$42,199 - $57,255•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Aide (CNA) works directly with patients at Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute, a 72-bed Joint Commission-accredited state mental health facility in Danville, Virginia. The role supports therapeutic goals through activities of daily living, responds to patients’ concerns, encourages participation in activities, intervenes in behavioral problems and crises, and promotes patients’ awareness and coping skills related to judicial controls as required. Patients may become verbally or physically aggressive, so the CNA must understand and use the least restrictive interventions available under hospital policy and avoid seclusion and restraint whenever possible. The position requires observing, conversing with, and listening to patients to distinguish appropriate from inappropriate behavior; interacting therapeutically; and monitoring and reporting changes in medical and psychiatric status. It involves lifting objects weighing more than 50 pounds and walking or standing for at least 75% of the shift. The schedule is described as first shift, with two 12-hour shifts (7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.) and two 8-hour shifts (7:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.), including a 30-minute meal break. The employee works some holidays on a rotating basis and every other weekend. Weekend and weekday holiday shift differentials are $3.00 per hour.

Requirements

Be licensed and in good standing as a Nurse Aide in the Commonwealth of Virginia, maintaining a valid license in good standing throughout employment.
Have basic computer skills and be able to complete documentation in an Electronic Health Record after training.
Have a valid driver’s license and maintain its validity throughout employment.
Be able to follow written and verbal directions.
Have the physical and mental ability to participate in patient treatment and behavior management, including manual tasks, walking, sitting, standing, lifting, seeing, hearing, breathing, learning, writing, and mathematical calculations.
Be able to lift objects weighing more than 50 pounds.
Be able to walk and/or stand for at least 75% of the shift.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
Experience in a psychiatric or healthcare facility, acute care, long-term care, or correctional setting.
Veteran status.
Fluency in Spanish and English.

Responsibilities

Work directly with patients to support therapeutic goals through activities of daily living.
Attend to patients’ problems and concerns and encourage participation in activities.
Provide interventions for behavioral problems and crisis situations.
Promote patients’ awareness and coping skills for dealing with realities of judicial controls as required.
Use least restrictive interventions in accordance with hospital policy and avoid seclusion and restraint whenever possible.
Observe, converse with, and listen to patients to distinguish appropriate from inappropriate behavior.
Interact with patients in a therapeutic manner.
Monitor and report changes in patients’ medical and psychiatric status.
Work some holidays on a rotating basis and every other weekend.