Certified Nursing Assistant - LTC

About the role

Good Shepherd Home Bethlehem is a 60-bed long-term care facility offering intermediate, heavy, or skilled nursing care for persons with physical disabilities ages 18 years and older. We are seeking a compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Renders basic nursing care in compliance with Residents’ Rights, under the supervision of a licensed nurse
• Responds professionally and anticipates resident need
• Complies with individualized care plans of residents
• Receives reports regarding assigned residents as beginning of shift
• Reports off to supervising nurse at end of shift and whenever leaving unit
• Aids residents to attain or maintain their highest practicable level (physically, mentally, and psychologically)
• Utilizes resident specific information as conversation topics
• Aids residents to receive care in a timeframe and manner according to their preferences
• Reports changes in resident status, resident response to care, equipment and supply needs, repairs and maintenance needs, safety hazards, unusually occurrences or observations, and completion of assignments to licensed staff
• Documents resident care accurately and in a timely manner
• Respects residents’ rights
• Contributes to the residents care plan by providing resident-specific physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual information derived through care giving activities
• Aids with resident admissions, transfers, and discharges
• Prepares rooms for new admissions
• Provides supportive care to residents as end of life
• Demonstrates knowledge of working with persons with cognitive loss

Requirements

• Maintains confidentiality
• Attends to resident physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs
• Aids with activities of daily living to residents
• Ensures resident safety
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment
• Ensures operation of equipment
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge
• Maintains cooperative relationships among healthcare teams
• Contributes to organizational team efforts

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required
• Previous rehabilitation or LTC experience preferred
• Certified Nursing Assistant certification required
• Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required