Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Full & Part-Time Vacancies!

Pay

• Annual range: $38,758.72 to $42,827.20
• Less than 5 years of experience: $18.63 per hour, plus shift differential and weekend bonus
• 5 to 9 years of experience: $19.90 per hour, plus shift differential and weekend bonus
• 10 or more years of experience: $21.28 per hour, plus shift differential and weekend bonus

  Benefits

  Full-time employees of the County of Northampton are offered a package of benefits which includes:

  • Medical Insurance
  • Vision and Prescription Dental
  • Life Insurance
  • Traditional Pension

    General Purpose

    The Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) assists the professional staff by performing various resident care activities and related nonprofessional services necessary in caring for the personal needs and comfort of the residents.

    Responsible for the delivery of resident care as directed by a Nursing Supervisor, Registered Nurse (RN), or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).

    Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

    Supervision

    • This position reports directly to a Nursing Supervisor, Registered Nurse (RN), or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).
    • This position is not responsible for the supervision of other employees.

      Essential Duties

      • Answers resident call bells to determine resident needs.
      • Assists nurses or physicians in the provision of resident care.
      • Changes bed linens and/or make beds.
      • Demonstrates the ability to apply restraints as directed by nursing.
      • Documents or otherwise reports observations of resident behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.
      • Prepares and serves food trays and feeds residents or assists residents to eat or drink.
      • Makes measurements and records food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to nursing staff.
      • Observes and reports any symptoms that may require medical attention including but not limited to bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine, changes in mentation, intake and vital signs, etc.
      • Provides physical support to assist residents to perform daily living activities, such as bathing, dressing, getting out of bed, using the toilet, standing, or walking.
      • Obtains and records vital signs such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiration rate as directed by nursing.
      • Utilizes proper body mechanics to prevent personal injury.
      • Maintains resident confidentiality and does not discuss resident in public areas, such as cafeteria, hallways, elevators, etc.
      • Completes daily documentation on the care provided to each resident concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms.
      • Enters resident data into database and performs simple math functions.

      Required Minimum Qualifications

      • Completion of a high school, or general equivalency diploma;
      • Eighteen (18) years or older;
      • Graduation from a State-approved training program.
      • Must have current CNA license, in good standing, with the State licensing board.

        Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

        • Knowledge of resident care procedures in a long term care facility.
        • Skills necessary to safely and efficiently operate equipment and machines used in the performance of this job (mechanical lifts, shower equipment, adjustable chairs/beds, etc.), as well as the demonstrated ability to transfer and transport residents in wheelchair, bed, specialty chair, etc.
        • Proficient interpersonal relations and communication skills.
        • Ability to work well with geriatric patients.
        • Ability to complete and record documentation consistent with job requirements; cognitive skills as related to the position.
        • Ability to enter information into a computer database and operate a calculator.
        • Ability to read, write, speak, understand and communicate in English to perform the duties of this position.

          Tools and Equipment

          • Telephone
          • Personal computer
          • Calculator
          • Bedside equipment, i.e., bed pans, urinals, commodes, items of personal hygiene, beds, mattresses, walkers, wheelchairs, geri-chairs, mechanical lifts, shower equipment, adjustable chairs/beds, disposable pads, thermometers, ice bags, stretchers, oxygen tanks, and tubes.

            Physical Demands

            • Regularly required to stand and talk or hear.
            • Frequently required to walk.
            • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
            • The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
            • Helps residents with transferring, raising residents in beds and turning and repositioning immobile residents.

              Work Environment

              The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.