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

HES INC•York Township, PA

7h•$0 - $21•Onsite

About The Position

The CNA provides personal care and support to residents according to each resident’s care plan, keeping up with changes during the resident’s stay. The role includes helping residents with mobility, hygiene, dressing, meals, toileting, transportation, and preparation for tests, visits, therapies, and activities. CNAs observe residents, report changes or unusual findings to a supervisor, document required information, answer call lights, and communicate during shift reports. The role also includes assisting nurses with treatments and examinations, following infection-prevention and safety practices, maintaining resident confidentiality, and supporting residents and their families. The CNA participates in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) activities, related training, and organizational improvement efforts. The position also supports trauma-informed care and compliance and ethics practices. Schedules offered include full-time day shifts of 7 a.m.–3 p.m. five days per week (or 10 shifts biweekly as scheduled), or 7 a.m.–7 p.m. three days per week. Part-time schedules are 2–3 days per week. Schedules include every other weekend and every other holiday. The working environment includes well-lighted, ventilated rooms and halls. The position involves intermittent sitting, standing, and walking; lifting, bending, stooping, pushing, and pulling; communication with residents, visitors, families, nursing staff, and other personnel; and exposure to infection, odors, and behaviors or reactions associated with aging.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania State Certification for nursing assistant in good standing.
High school graduate or equivalent preferred.
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.
Ability to communicate with elderly residents and other personnel.
Ability to anticipate the needs and behaviors of geriatric residents while remaining calm and composed.
Ability to keep Rest Haven and resident information confidential.
Professional conduct.
Criminal history background clearance under Act 169 and Act 13.
Ability to lift 50 pounds.
Ability to perform duties involving lifting, bending, stooping, pushing, and pulling.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a hospital or nursing home.
High school graduation or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Provide AM or PM care to residents in accordance with their care plans and changes to those plans.
Assist residents with transfers and mobility, including moving between beds and chairs.
Provide bathing, shampooing, shaving, nail trimming, and personal and dental hygiene assistance.
Dress residents appropriately and comfortably.
Make beds and keep resident rooms clean and orderly.
Deliver, serve, and remove meal trays; assist residents with eating and provide personal care after meals.
Transport residents to meals, activities, and therapies.
Provide fresh water, ice, and nourishment.
Assist residents with bathroom needs, bedpans, and urinals; keep incontinent residents clean and change bed linens as needed.
Prepare residents for tests, x-rays, physician visits, therapies, and activities.
Rinse heavily stained resident laundry.
Assist relatives and visitors.
Perform or assist with assigned procedures under proper instruction and supervision, including admissions, transfers, discharges, vital signs, intake and output, specimen collection, changing binders and slings, emptying colostomy bags and drainage bottles, applying compresses, and giving sitz baths.
Care for residents in isolation and assist with care of dying or deceased residents.
Use safety devices and precautions and help maintain room temperature and humidity appropriate for residents.
Assist nurses with treatments and examinations.
Use aseptic technique and universal precautions to prevent the spread of disease and infection.
Observe residents’ physical condition, attitude, reactions, appetite, and other relevant changes; report changes or unusual findings to a supervisor.
Chart required information and sign entries.
Answer call lights and bells in a timely manner.
Receive and give reports and assist with alarm rounds at shift changes.
Attend in-services, seminars, workshops, conferences, and trainings related to the role and QAPI.
Assist with emergencies and redirect agitated residents.
Maintain the confidentiality of resident information.
Carry out assigned QAPI duties, follow related policies and procedures, share improvement ideas, communicate outcomes or barriers to leadership, and support QAPI initiatives in practice.
Promote trauma-informed care by supporting safety, empowerment, and healing and avoiding re-traumatization.
Participate in annual compliance and ethics training and report compliance or ethics concerns.
Assist with physical and occupational therapy as a non-essential function.
Provide reasonable personal services to residents, such as reading, writing letters, operating a TV or radio, and running in-house errands.
Perform assigned nursing-station clerical duties, answer telephone and intercom, and run errands as directed.
Participate in unit cleaning duties, including cleaning wheelchairs and geri-chairs, as directed.
Perform other duties as directed by a supervisor.