CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT - Full Time, Evening Shift (Float) ($2500 sign on bonus!)

Responsibilities

• Ensures quality and safe delivery of resident care.
• Participates in the interdisciplinary team meetings and reports observations and makes appropriate recommendations.
• Actively participates in the implementation of direct resident care in accordance with the care plan.
• Completes daily resident assignments efficiently.
• Accountable for resident safety throughout their shift.
• Provides supervision of assigned residents and accountable for location of resident throughout shift.
• Ensures resident's overall appearance reflects good personal hygiene and appropriate dress.
• Promotes age appropriate independence on ADLs.
• Safeguards the residents living environment by ensuring it is neat, clean, and well-organized.
• Ensures optimal nutrition and hydration of the resident by assisting in feeding as per care plan.
• Accurately documents TPR, I & O, heights/weights and all important data as directed by unit routine.
• Promptly reports changes in resident status to staff nurse/nurse manager.
• Communicates resident’s status to staff nurse/nurse manager when reporting off unit for breaks and end of shift.
• Engages residents in age appropriate socialization/stimulation.
• Collaborates with therapeutic activity staff.
• Escorts residents to ACF/clinic appointments as assigned and is responsible for having clinic consult form filled out and returned.
• Accurately identifies resident/environmental /personal belongings.
• Reports all broken and malfunctioning equipment immediately to staff nurse/nurse manager.
• Maintains a clean, well-organized work environment.
• Initiates the admissions process by greeting the resident in the lobby, escorts to unit, orients to room and assists in vital signs, height, and weight.

Requirements

• Formal education required: High School Graduate or equivalent.
• Successful completion of 100 hours Nurses Aide Training Program.
• Certified Nurses Aide by State of NY.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
• Previous Experience Required: One year experience in Medical Surgical / Pediatrics preferred.

Qualifications

This position is subject to the schedule and applicable provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Skills

None specified

Benefits

Excellent individual/family benefits
Generous paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
Life insurance
Flexible spending accounts
403(b) retirement plan

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

TBD