CNA - Full Time 2p-10p

PACS

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Whitehall Borough Post Acute is a 166-bed post-acute care facility in Pittsburgh. The CNA provides assigned nursing and personal care to residents in accordance with facility policies, procedures, work assignments, and supervisory instructions. The role includes monitoring residents’ needs and conditions, assisting with activities of daily living, recording and reporting relevant information, supporting admissions and transfers, and helping maintain a safe, calm, and respectful environment. Employees must protect residents’ rights and confidential health information, complete required training, and perform only care procedures and equipment use for which they have been trained. This is a full-time position on the 2 p.m.–10 p.m. second shift, with 8-hour shifts and a two-week rotating schedule. The stated hourly compensation is $24. Open shifts are subject to availability at hire.

Requirements

Current, unencumbered license to practice as a nurse in Pennsylvania and maintain good standing with the State Board of Nursing.
Ability to maintain all required continuing education.
At least 18 years of age.
Clear Cisive background check; the posting states the last seven years are reviewed.
Active CPR certification; BLS is preferred, with skills.
Compassion for a vulnerable population and willingness to advocate for patients.
Understanding of patient rights.
Meet the facility’s general health requirements, including a medical and physical examination.
Patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, enthusiasm, and willingness to handle difficult residents.
Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others in the workplace.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations; write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals; and present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems, handle concrete variables in situations with limited standardization, and interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule-form instructions.
Ability to occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds and to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear regularly; prolonged desktop or laptop computer use and frequent use of office equipment are also described.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Point Click Care is preferred.
BLS certification with skills is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform assigned tasks in accordance with facility policies and procedures and supervisors’ instructions; follow work assignments and schedules.
Cooperate with nursing and other facility personnel to maintain services that meet residents’ needs, and notify the facility when late or absent.
Routinely check residents’ personal care needs, frequently check residents unable to call for help, and answer resident calls promptly.
Assist residents with food arrangements, record food and fluid intake, report changes in eating habits, keep water pitchers clean and filled, and provide after-meal care.
Participate in and receive nursing reports as instructed.
Identify residents using the facility’s wristband or photo card file as necessary, use only authorized abbreviations, and make informative, descriptive entries in flow sheets, notes, and charts.
Report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents and incidents, complaints and grievances, injuries of unknown source, pressure areas or skin breakdown, occupational exposures, and missing residents to the appropriate supervisor or according to facility procedures.
Protect residents’ privacy and protected health information; report suspected unauthorized disclosure or access to facility information systems, allegations of abuse, and misappropriation of resident property.
Prepare rooms for incoming residents; greet and escort residents, make them comfortable, introduce them to others, inventory and mark possessions, store clothing, and assist with packing and transfers or discharge.
Maintain a warm, calm, and positive environment and meet with nursing personnel to help identify and address problems or improve services.
Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood and body fluids.
Make beds and add covers as requested; measure and record residents’ temperatures, pulses, and respirations, and weigh and measure residents as instructed.
Assist residents with oral care, bathing, grooming, dressing, changing wet or soiled clothing and linens, and preparing for tests or examinations.
Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts.
Perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special procedures or treatments as instructed; observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
Use only equipment for which trained and report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor or Charge Nurse.
Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report those requests to a supervisor.
Complete required new-hire and annual Relias training within designated time frames and monitor educational expectations through Workday and Relias.