NA/CNA, Watkins 2, 24-Hour, Nights, Every other weekend, Every other holiday

Heywood Hospital • Gardner, MA

88d

About The Position

You Matter Here! Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages, great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter! The C.N.A. acts as a vital member of the patient care delivery team, performing delegated nursing duties, environmental service duties and food service duties to enhance the satisfaction level of the hospitalized patient.

Requirements

• High School Diploma preferred.
• AHA CPR certification obtained within 60-days of hire.
• 1 year experience working in a long term care facility.
• Med/Surg experience preferred.
• Current Certified Nursing Assistant certification required -OR- A minimum of 75 hours in an accredited nursing program to include completion of first rotation -OR- Active EMT or Paramedic Certification -OR- Active Patient Care Technician/Assistant Certification -OR- Active Home Health Aide Certification.
• Successful completion of a Nurse Aide program OR previous Massachusetts CNA licensure for Nurse Aide.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures under direction of a licensed nurse.
• Collects basic health data as directed by a licensed nurse.
• Assists patients with activities of daily care (e.g. personal hygiene, toileting, nutrition, ambulation, etc).
• Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).
• Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.
• Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent patient according to established standards.
• Maintains clean and safe work environment (identifies and/or removes safety hazards).
• Provides timely and thorough information on assigned patients to supervising licensed nurse and other health care team members.
• Participates in learning for colleagues and self (attends educational programs, in-services, assist with orientation of new staff).
• Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).
• Assists patients with activities of daily living, including bathing, shampooing, shaving, brushing teeth, etc.
• Obtains heights and weights of assigned patients per care plan.
• Assists patients with ambulation using appropriate technique (i.e. gait belt).
• Assists patients with turning in bed and transferring from bed to stretcher or chair using appropriate technique (i.e. transfer mattress).
• Provides incontinent care to patients.
• Assists patients with eating and drinking per care plan.
• Maintains and documents fluid intake, output measurements and vital signs on patients per care plan.
• Assists with obtaining late trays as needed.
• Maintains infection control precautions per Infection Control Policy.
• Cleans the food refrigerators on a weekly basis.
• Maintains unit food inventory on a daily basis.

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Great benefits
• Generous earned time off

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED