Experienced Nursing Assistant/CNA - Part-Time Alternating Weekends

Arbor Place Assisted Living•Rockville, MD

22d

About The Position

This role is a collaborative member of a compassionate, dependable, warm, and long-tenured caregiving team. The nursing assistant provides hands-on overnight support to residents living with dementia and cognitive impairment, helping with daily care, comfort, safety, and mobility. The role requires attentiveness to changes in residents’ condition and behavior, calm responses to nighttime needs, accurate documentation, and clear communication with nursing staff and the incoming day team. Care is delivered in an intentionally relationship-based, highly attentive environment where residents are known individually and caregivers are valued as essential members of the care team.

Requirements

Ability to assist residents with transfers, repositioning, ambulation, and mobility support.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, lift 50 pounds, and respond quickly throughout the shift.
Ability to perform essential caregiving responsibilities safely and consistently throughout overnight hours.
Communicate calmly and respectfully with residents experiencing confusion or distress.
Demonstrate patience, attentiveness, reliability, and composure in urgent situations.
Work well as part of a close-knit team.
Notice small changes and communicate concerns clearly.
Treat residents with dignity, kindness, and respect.

Nice To Haves

Experience in memory care, assisted living, skilled nursing, home care, or healthcare.
Experience working with residents with dementia or cognitive impairment.
CNA/GNA certification.
Strong communication and teamwork skills.
Overnight shift experience.

Responsibilities

Provide hands-on support for residents living with dementia and cognitive impairment.
Assist with toileting, repositioning, hygiene, continence care, mobility, transfers, and overnight activities of daily living.
Monitor for changes in condition, behavior, comfort, gait, sleep patterns, or alertness.
Respond promptly and calmly to resident needs during the night.
Help prevent falls and reduce nighttime confusion or agitation.
Offer reassurance, redirection, companionship, and a calming presence.
Maintain a clean, safe, and organized environment.
Communicate observations clearly to nursing staff and the incoming day team.
Document care accurately and thoroughly.
Collaborate with nurses and caregivers as part of an integrated care team.
Help wherever needed.