Certified Nursing Assistant - Full Time (1st Shift)

Pay Range: $15.00 - $21.88/hour + shift differential

About the role

We are seeking compassionate and dedicated Certified Nursing Assistants to join our Catered Living team. This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference in patients' lives while working in a supportive and professional environment. If you are committed to providing high-quality patient care and eager to grow your career in healthcare, we encourage you to apply.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs): bathing, dressing, toileting, and dining.
• Document resident care while respecting and promoting each resident’s rights.
• Maintain a clean and safe home-like environment.
• Communicate with staff at the beginning and end of each shift to relay vital information about the shift and any resident concerns.
• Anticipate residents’ needs to help prevent falls.
• Adhere to hand hygiene and isolation precautions to prevent transmission of organisms.
• Bathe residents according to preference and schedule, ensuring privacy and providing tub baths, showers, or bed baths regularly.
• Provide foot and nail care with every bath.
• Transfer, lift, and turn residents using proper body mechanics and protocol.
• Assist residents to change positions according to care plans and report complaints of pain to the assigned nurse.
• Use gentle handling to prevent skin tears, abrasions, and lacerations; report any occurrences to the nurse immediately.
• Provide toileting needs according to individual resident needs, accurately record this information daily, and report changes in elimination to the nurse promptly.
• Encourage and allow residents to walk to and/or from meals, bathroom activities, etc., given current ambulation orders.
• Give or supervise mouth care to each resident as assigned at least once per shift.
• Answer resident call bells in a timely manner, responding within 3-6 minutes consistently.
• Respect residents’ choices regarding clothing, meals, and bedtime.
• Observe residents for changes and/or problems and report them immediately to the staff nurse.
• Assist in keeping CNA care plans current and accurate.
• Maintain resident rooms neat and uncluttered, straightening closets, bedside stands, and dressers.
• Correct safety issues regarding the resident-care environment or equipment and complete maintenance or housekeeping requests to keep the environment risk-free.
• Prepare residents and transport them to beauty shop, physical therapy, activities, and scheduled outside appointments as needed.
• Record and report vital signs and pertinent information, documenting care accurately and reporting abnormal results to the staff nurse promptly.
• Serve residents trays, feed residents requiring assistance, and encourage residents as needed.
• Operate patient care equipment such as electric and manual high/low hospital beds, wheelchairs, mechanical lifts, scales, and thermometers.
• Take direction from the staff nurse and ensure assignments/instructions are understood and carried out.
• Utilize time effectively to meet job requirements and residents’ needs.
• Complete items on “to do” sheets and return the list to the staff nurse prior to the end of the scheduled shift.

Requirements

• Must have completed an 80-hour certification course in Geriatric Nursing or be presently enrolled.
• Must have passed the Virginia NACEP test after completion of the 80-hour certification course.
• Must have a current Nursing Assistant license through the Virginia Board of Nursing.
• Must have CPR and First Aid certification or the ability to obtain it.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with confidential information and maintain its integrity.
• Ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to detail and good organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and handle medical emergency situations.
• Strong customer service skills; maintain a hospitality approach to engaging with all individuals.

Pay

$15.00 - $21.88/hour + shift differential