Certified Nursing Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Join a dedicated team of compassionate clinicians committed to making a meaningful difference every day. Our nursing staff provides high-quality, person-centered care in a supportive residential setting, where building relationships and meeting individual needs are at the heart of what we do.

As a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), you’ll play a vital role in helping clients live with dignity, comfort, and independence. If you’re passionate about delivering exceptional patient care and want to be part of a team that truly values empathy, respect, and purpose-driven work, we encourage you to apply today.

Responsibilities

• Assists nurses by performing various basic care activities related to services essential to caring for the personal needs and comfort of patient
• Dresses, grooms, bathes, feeds, takes and records vital signs of patients
• Answers call lights, assists in toileting, oral care, nail care, catheter care, assists patients in wheel chairs, transports, turns bedridden patients, reports patient changes, and takes out trash
• Requires certification as a Nurse Assistant; functions may not exceed Standards of Practice as accorded by certification
• Provides simple or uncomplicated patient care
• Cleans room and changes bed linen
• Takes and records temperature, pulse, and respiration rate
• Gives medication as directed by Physician or Nurse and makes notation of amount and time given
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum age requirements is 18 years
• Valid driver's license, with satisfactory driving record, as defined by agency policy
• Certification, if required by state licensure as a CNA or Home Health Care Aide in the state in which the aide is to provide care
• Completion of a recognized home care aide training program or 6 months of recent experience as an aide
• Must be able to utilize proper body mechanics while lifting and may be expected to lift up 75 lbs.; must be able to sit, stand, and walk for periods of time and bend, stoop, push, pull, and reach