Hospitality Aide/CNA Trainee

About the role

Lonestar is seeking dedicated, customer-centric, and passionate individuals to join their healthcare provider team. They are offering a new program that provides paid on-the-job training leading to certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).

Responsibilities

• Assisting residents with activities of daily living such as transferring, turning, positioning, bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding, toileting, and ensuring residents are clean.
• Obtaining vital signs and weights upon request by the Director of Nursing or licensed nurse unit manager, and monitoring food and liquid intake.
• Responding to resident and family needs respectfully and with a positive manner in all interactions.
• Making routine care rounds on assigned residents in accordance with established guidelines.
• Reporting data in resident records consistently, accurately, and in a timely manner.
• Promptly reporting suspected or actual resident changes of condition to the licensed nurse.
• Complying with procedures for infection prevention, including hand washing, transmission-based precautions, TB and Hepatitis B requirements, and blood borne pathogen regulations.
• Following safety rules and requirements, including lift and transfer procedures, hazard communication, electrical safety, slips, trips, and falls policies, use of personal protective equipment, and elopement procedures.
• (Examples: Must safely operate mechanical lifts, sit-stand lift, gait belts, and meal and line carts, adjust beds, use shower equipment, and wheelchairs.)
• Safeguarding residents' protected health information.
• Providing other services such as cleaning wheelchairs and resident areas as assigned.

Requirements

• A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• Successful completion of a Nursing Assistant training program.
• CPR certification is preferred.
• Excellent communication and observation skills.
• Ability to read and communicate in English at an adequate level to perform essential job duties.