CNA FT 2nd Shift (Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home)
About The Position
Full-time Certified Nursing Assistant position at Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home on the evening shift (3 p.m.–11 p.m.), requiring at least 52.5 hours every two weeks. The CNA assists residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with their care plans and supervisors’ directions. The individual must be certified in Pennsylvania. The role requires moving throughout the workday, communicating in English, managing the mental and emotional demands of the position, and working with residents who may experience confusion, emotional instability, or hostility. The employee must meet the facility’s general health requirements, including a medical and physical examination, and may need to assist with resident evacuation during emergencies.
Requirements
- Pennsylvania Certified Nursing Assistant certification.
- Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday.
- Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
- Ability to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
- Ability to see and hear, or use prosthetics that enable these senses to function adequately for the position.
- Must meet the facility’s general health requirements, including a medical and physical examination.
- Ability to relate to and work with people who may exhibit emotional instability, confusion, or hostility.
- Ability to lift at least 50 pounds to a height of at least 3 feet and carry it at least 25 feet.
- Ability, using a mechanical device, to regularly push, pull, or move more than 100 pounds a distance of 300 feet.
Responsibilities
- Perform assigned tasks as instructed by supervisors and outlined in resident care plans.
- Assist residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, ambulating, and feeding.
- Participate in giving and receiving nursing reports during shift changes.
- Follow incontinence-care protocols and provide assistance.
- Transport residents to and from appointments, activities, and social programs.
- Turn, move, and transfer residents into and out of beds, chairs, tubs, wheelchairs, and lifts.
- Position residents comfortably and correctly every two hours and as needed.
- Encourage residents to achieve their maximum level of functioning.
- Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures according to care plans, including range-of-motion exercises and ambulation.
- Measure and record vital signs, including temperature, pulse, weight, blood pressure, and respirations.
- Answer resident calls promptly and frequently monitor residents who cannot call for assistance.
- Regularly check assigned residents to ensure their care needs are met.
- Assist in the care of residents who pass away.
- Observe and report changes in residents’ condition or behavior patterns.
- Observe and report skin breakdown and injuries.
- Maintain a clean, orderly, and comfortable environment.
- Comply with standard precautions and infection-control guidelines.
- Maintain a safe environment for residents and staff.
- Protect resident rights.
- Comply with federal and state regulations and United Church of Christ Homes’ policies regarding resident care.
- Assist with resident evacuation during emergencies if necessary.
Benefits
- $3 per hour second-shift differential.
- Double-time pay on holidays.
- Highmark health insurance for $60 per month.
- Dental insurance for $2 per month.
- Choice of two vision insurance options.
- Free life insurance.
- $2,500 health expense reimbursement account.
- Employer-paid retirement plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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