Nursing Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Must be a Certified Nursing Aide in good standing with the certification board, or a graduate of a state-approved nursing assistant training program who has passed a state-approved written and skills competency examination within 120 days of employment.
• Must communicate adequately in writing and orally, and effectively in an interdisciplinary care setting with residents, families, and staff.

Nice To Haves

• High school graduate or GED.
• Current CPR/BLS certification.
• At least one year of experience as a certified nursing assistant in long-term care.

Responsibilities

• Provides supportive services to nurses and other staff and performs assigned duties.
• Assists residents with activities of daily living, or performs those activities for them, in accordance with care plans and established policies and procedures.
• Assists residents with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transportation into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts.
• Coordinates dining-room services at assigned mealtimes, including setup and cleanup, meal-tray delivery, feeding assistance, and documentation of meal intake.
• Delivers nutritional supplements at assigned times, assists residents as needed to ensure intake, and documents intake.
• Assists with weighing residents according to facility policy, records weights in designated locations, and reports weight changes to the nurse and supervisor.
• Assists with tracking residents’ skin condition and reports pressure areas, skin breakdown, or skin tears to the nurse and supervisor.
• Assists nursing staff with toileting-program activities.
• Completes daily flow sheets to indicate that specified tasks were performed.
• Documents each resident’s progress as directed by the supervisor.
• Keeps the nurse and supervisor informed of factors that prevent assigned work from being performed, such as resident refusal or reassignment to a nursing unit.
• Reports changes in a resident’s condition to the resident’s nurse and supervisor.

Benefits

• Paid time off options
• Medical, dental, vision, life, long-term disability, and critical illness health benefits
• Employee assistance program
• 401(k)
• Flexible scheduling
• Holiday pay incentives
• Training and tuition reimbursement
• Bereavement leave
• Employee recognition