Restorative Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) - CNA Required, Rotating Weekends!

About the role

Solaris HealthCare Pensacola is seeking dedicated and compassionate individuals to join our team. Located at 8475 University Pkwy, Pensacola, FL 32514, we are proud partners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Responsibilities

• Understands and practices universal precautions with all patient care.
• Aids in the preparation for admission of patients.
• Aids in and accompanies patients in admission, transfer, and discharge procedures.
• Provides post-mortem care.
• Performs morning care, including bed baths, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patients, changing bed linen, cleaning overbed tables, straightening rooms, and other general care.
• Performs evening care, including hand/face washing as needed, oral hygiene, special skin care, freshening linen, cleaning overbed tables, straightening rooms, and other general care.
• Provides general nursing care such as positioning patients, lifting and turning patients, applying/utilizing special equipment, assisting in use of bedpan, urinal, or commode, and ambulating the patient using a gait belt.
• Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure, and intake and output measurements.
• Participates in socialization activities on the unit and assists patients to activities.
• Turns and positions patients as ordered or as needed, ensuring no rough surfaces are in direct contact with the body.
• Lifts and turns patients with proper and safe mechanics and with available resources.
• Checks for reddened areas or skin breakdown and reports to an RN or LPN.
• Ensures patients are dressed properly and assists as necessary.
• Ensures clothing is properly stored in dressers or on hangers.
• Ensures patients are clean and dry at all times.
• Checks unit for adequate linen and supplies.
• Restraints patients properly when ordered, understanding the reasons for restraint and suggesting less restrictive measures if possible.
• Accompanies patients to appointments as directed.
• Provides reality orientation in daily care.
• Prepares patients for meals and services, removes food trays, and assists with meals or feeds patients.
• Distributes drinking water and other nourishments to patients.
• Performs general care activities for patients in isolation, adhering to the Center’s Infection Control Policies.
• Answers patients' call lights, anticipates patients' needs, and makes rounds to assigned patients.
• Aids in handling and care of patients' clothing and other personal property (including dentures, glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, and prosthetic devices).
• Captures and transports specimens as directed.
• Reports (and records when appropriate) any changes observed in condition or behavior of patients and any unusual incidents.
• Familiarizes with Nursing Care Plans and contributes when new information is available.
• Maintains a safe and clean environment, reporting equipment that is out of order, reporting other problems to the charge nurse, maintaining appropriate handling of clean and soiled linen, and storing supplies on the unit.
• Promotes careful, efficient, and non-wasteful use of supplies and linen and follows established charge procedures for patient charge items.

Requirements

Health – Ability to meet performance requirements.

Education and Training: Must be Certified Nursing Assistant. Attend in-service programs to learn procedures and develop skills and meet state requirements.

Personal Qualifications: Sensitive to patients’ physical and psychosocial needs. Ability to follow oral and written instructions. Capable of charting accurately in the Patient Care Record or other similar form. Pleasant and cheerful personality. Tactful and courteous approach with patients and visitors. Treat all patient information as confidential material. Adhere to dress code as directed by Center Policy (see Personnel Manual).

Qualifications

Must have a High School Diploma or equivalent.

Skills

Knowledge of basic medical terminology.

Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, and colleagues.

Benefits

• Affordable Health, Dental & Vision Insurance (family options included)
• Advanced Pay - get paid when YOU want
• 401k with Company Match - plan for your future
• Generous ETO, Holidays & Sick Time - we value work life balance
• Tuition Reimbursement - invest in your growth
• Life Insurance & Disability Coverage - peace of mind for you & your family
• Uniforms Provided & Perks Programs - we've got your covered
• Shift Differentials depending on location, position & shift!

Pay

Hourly Pay Rate

Schedule

Flexible scheduling based on department and patient needs.