1st Shift Nurse Aide (CNA)

About the role

This position will work at Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute, a 72-bed Joint Commission accredited State Mental Health Facility in Danville, VA. Nurse Aides (CNAs) work directly with patients to achieve therapeutic goals through activities of daily living (ADLs), attend to patients’ problems and concerns, encourage patients in activities, provide intervention for behavior problems and crisis situations, and promote patients’ awareness and coping skills to deal with realities of judicial controls as required. The role involves working with patients who may become verbally and/or physically aggressive and requires using the least restrictive interventions per hospital policy to avoid seclusion and restraint whenever possible.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) to support therapeutic goals
• Observe, converse with, and listen to patients to distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate behavior
• Interact with patients in a therapeutic manner
• Monitor and report changes in patients’ medical and psychiatric status
• Provide intervention for behavior problems and crisis situations
• Promote patients’ awareness and coping skills regarding judicial controls as required

Schedule

• First shift, consisting of two 12-hour shifts (7:00 am–7:30 pm) and two 8-hour shifts (7:00 pm–3:30 pm)
• 30-minute meal break included
• Work some holidays on a rotating basis and every other weekend
• Shift differentials: $3.00/hour for weekends and weekday holidays

Requirements

• Licensed and in good standing as a Nurse Aide in the Commonwealth of Virginia; license must remain valid and in good standing throughout employment
• Basic computer skills for training in Electronic Health Record (EHR) documentation
• Valid driver’s license required and must remain valid throughout employment
• Ability to follow written and verbal directions
• Physical and mental ability to participate in patient treatment and behavior management, including performing manual tasks, walking, sitting, standing, lifting, seeing, hearing, breathing, learning, writing, and performing mathematical calculations
• Ability to lift heavy objects (greater than 50 pounds)
• Ability to walk and/or stand a minimum of 75% of the time while on shift

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED (additional consideration)
• Experience working in a psychiatric, healthcare, acute care, long-term, or correctional setting (additional consideration)
• Veterans and people with National Service experience (additional consideration)
• Bilingual fluency in Spanish and English (additional consideration)