Nursing Assistant

Lifespace Communities•Upper St. Clair, PA

25d•$15 - $19•Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Assistant provides supportive services to certified nursing assistants and other staff as needed. The role helps residents with meals, companionship, visitor support, and access to electronic devices, and assists with unit readiness, housekeeping, linen handling, and other assigned duties. The Nursing Assistant also reports changes in residents’ conditions to the resident’s nurse and supervisor.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Minimum of one year of experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide supportive services to certified nursing assistants and other staff as needed, and perform duties as assigned.
Assist with meal delivery and deliver fluids to residents.
Set up and clean the dining room, including plates, utensils, and napkins, and ensure dining areas are clean after meals.
Complete housekeeping duties in resident rooms while certified nursing assistants provide care.
Clean dentures.
Make a list of residents whose fingernails and toenails need trimming.
Check call lights for proper working order, document issues as directed by a supervisor, and notify the supervisor of issues immediately.
Check privacy curtains for cleanliness and retrieve and change clean curtains as needed.
Assist with resident visitors as instructed.
Help residents access electronic devices, including tablets/iPads, phones, computers, the internet, and television.
Take dirty linen, trash, and soiled clothing barrels to the laundry as needed, and retrieve clean linen, trash, and clothing barrels to maintain unit par levels.
Clean medical equipment that is not in use and clean the soiled and clean utility rooms on the assigned unit.
Provide assigned companion services, such as reading, table games, or cards, and other activities requested by residents.
Assist with transporting residents to activities after certified staff have safely transferred them into wheelchairs.
Deliver mail to residents as assigned.
Post activity calendars in resident rooms as assigned.
Report changes in a resident’s condition to the resident’s nurse and supervisor.