CNA - PRN

Join our not-for-profit organization that has provided over 100 years of housing and services to seniors with a commitment to quality care and service in a Christian environment. Facility: Gss Nd Mandan Sunset, 1011 Boundary Street Northwest, Mandan, ND 58554.

About the role

Come join one of the nation’s largest nonprofit providers of senior care and services since 1922. Mandan Sunset is a 128-bed senior skilled nursing facility specializing in long-term and post-acute care services.

Responsibilities

• Serve as caregiver to residents during scheduled work period in long-term care.
• Provide resident-centered nursing care and daily living assistance under RN supervision.
• Deliver age-appropriate care per care plan, addressing physical and psychological needs.
• Follow infection prevention and control policies and PPE use.
• Assist with basic health care needs: bathing, toileting, grooming, dressing/undressing, obtaining and recording vital signs, psychosocial support, and other personal care.
• Assist with transferring, repositioning, walking using correct techniques and equipment; provide range of motion and passive exercises.
• Complete tasks related to food preparation and dining, creating a positive dining experience.
• Assist residents with meals and snacks, provide water and supplements as appropriate.
• Aid providers and nursing staff with procedures as needed.
• Document resident interactions, outcomes related to care, behavior, activity, and dietary.
• Communicate resident's changing condition and care concerns to charge nurse.
• Collect non-invasive body fluid specimens and gather vital signs.
• Provide housekeeping and laundry services to keep living areas clean.
• Assist with wellness and recreational programs, encourage resident participation.
• May participate in departmental/organizational committees and task forces as needed.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or GED preferred, but not required.
• Minimum age of 16.
• Prior clinical or nursing assistant experience in long-term care preferred.
• Active Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification with State Board of Nursing, or state certified CNA within four months of hire (enrolled in training program or obtaining certification through endorsement).
• CNA training and certification provided by facility.
• Satisfactorily complete yearly department-specific competency testing and maintain continuing education credits (minimum 12 hours annually).
• Maintain all department-specific required certifications.
• When applicable, certified and registered with Unlicensed Assistive Person (UAP) Registry.
• Dependent on facility, may classify as Sanford Category II