CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant

HIRING ALL SHIFTS/DIFFERENTALS OFFERED

Sign on bonus –

FT $2000 (paid $500 quarterly for one year)

PT $1000 (paid $250 quarterly for one year)

· Handles and attends to residents in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort, adhering to instructions issued by the nursing supervisor and or charge nurse to establish shift routines;

· Assumes responsibility for varied resident care duties as assigned by charge nurse to include admitting, discharging, transferring and caring for the resident’s personal belongings and assisting the professional nurse in performing resident treatments;

· Bathes the resident in bed, tub or shower, combs hair, cleans and cuts fingernails and gives shampoos;

· Makes both occupied and unoccupied beds;

· Assists with self-medications;

· Assists with treatments and vitals, as necessary;

· Verifies that all residents have wrist bands, medication, picture, and door tags;

· Accompanies residents when transported outside facility for appointments, as needed;

· Assists the charge nurse during the resident admission assessment;

· Participates in the formulation and follow through of the resident’s nursing care plan;

· Takes and records weights, blood pressures, temperatures, pulse and respiration;

· Assists all residents with their meals and provides in between meal nourishment, as well as providing fresh ice and water to the resident’s bedside, as needed;

· Answers resident’s call light or bell, delivers messages, administers bedpans and urinals, cleans areas of spillage or accidents caused by the resident;

· Participates in the orientation of new nursing assistants;

· Reports any/all changes in resident’s condition, any family concerns and resident’s complaints to charge nurse and/or supervisor;

· Collects and bags soiled linen and delivers to dirty linen area; if assigned, washes and dries items in domestic washer/drier;

· Obtains clean linens and supplies from supply areas as directed, cleans utility rooms, kitchen areas and all other nursing areas, as assigned;

· Cleans and sanitizes resident equipment; must have a good understanding of basic medical asepsis, sterile techniques and universal precautions to avoid infection of residents and self-contamination of equipment and supplies.

· Receives and escorts visitors, collects, charts, records and reports;

· Transfers resident’s belongings and equipment as directed, and assists with postmortem care;

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Geriatrics
• Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Night shift
• Rotating weekends
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay
• Differential pay
• Overtime pay
• Signing bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Perth Amboy, NJ 08861: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Caregiving: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• CPR Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: One location