Certified Nursing Assistant

Bethesda-7; Willmar (MN); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Bethesda is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant in Willmar, MN. You will be a primary caregiver providing quality, compassionate care to residents and assisting with ADLs.

This role supports the nursing team under LPNs/RNs, with shifts including days, evenings, and nights; weekend rotations and holidays may apply.

Applicants should complete an approved CNA program, maintain English literacy, and demonstrate teamwork and safety awareness.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of an approved nursing assistant training program and competency evaluation within four months from date of employment.
• Continued in-service education: no less than 12 hours per year to ensure competence.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct resident cares as directed on care plans.
• Perform AM/PM cares and assist with activities of daily living.
• Communicate with residents, explain instructions, listen and direct.
• Assist with transfers, toileting, bathing, grooming, and routine tasks as assigned.

Skills

English literacy

Teamwork

Safety procedures

Communication

Job description

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Certified Nursing Assistant

Full-Time or Part-Time Willmar, MN, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 10698

Salary Range: $20.60 To $24.85 Hourly

BETHESDA

NURSING ASSISTANT/RESIDENT ASSISTANT

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Summary: Provides quality, efficient and loving care to each resident in a personalized way. Assists in the common goal of maintaining the well-being of each resident by working as a primary caregiver. Meets the basic needs of assigned residents by supervising or assisting residents with ADLs.

Job Relationships:

Reports to: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered Nurse, and Director of Nursing.

Interrelationships with: Other Nursing Assistants, Transportation Aides, Rehabilitation Aides.

Internal Contacts: Activities, Housekeeping, Dietary, and Maintenance personnel.

External Contacts: Visitors, family and friends or residents, and volunteers.

Hours of Work : Shift work will vary depending on shift and floor

Day shift – 6:00 AM – 12:00PM

Evening shift – 2:00 PM – 10:30 PM

Night shift – 10:00PM – 6:30 AM

Scheduled to work every other weekend, including holiday rotation.

Dress Code: Clean, fitted scrubs in solid colors or simple patterns. Bethesda shirts. Footwear: Closed-toe, comfortable, slip-resistant shoes. Hair and Hygiene:Maintain a high standard of cleanliness, oral hygiene and deodorant. Neatly tied back if long. Identification:Visible name badge, worn on chest area. PPE:Compliance with facility guidelines for masks, gloves, goggles, etc. if applicable. Piercings: Covered or removed if posing infection or safety risk. Tattoos: Covered or removed if posing infection or safety risk. General Appearance:Clean, unwrinkled scrubs. Minimal jewelry/accessories. Nails must be kept clean and neatly trimmed or filed. Jeans with no holes or rips on Fridays.

Essential Requirement of Work: (Minimum qualifications necessary to function at full productivity).

• Training: Successful completion of an approved competency evaluation or an approved nursing assistant training program and competency evaluation within four months from the date of employment.
• In-serve Education: No less than 12-hours per year to ensure continued competence and address any areas of weakness as determined by performance reviews.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Ability for Full Performance:
• Ability and desire to follow all safety procedures.
• Ability to read and write in English.
• Ability to foster independence, self-respect, and self-worth in each client by consistent understanding and kindness.
• Use of equipment including tubs, lifts, splints, but not limited to, and ability to take vital signs.
• Knowledge of basic health and identifying changes in residents.
• Ability to successfully complete tasks on time and to be of assistance to others.
• Knowledge and appreciation of all rules and guidelines for resident care such as transfers and cleaning procedures.
• Use of transfer devices, safety procedures, and proper lifting techniques.
• Ability to use a computer.
• Personal:
• Ability to perform well with co-workers in a teamwork setting.
• Respect for others, residents, and staff alike.
• Ability to communicate.
• Ability to interpret or explain certain procedures or activities, to enlist and maintain cooperation from residents.
• Ability to read, understand, and follow directions.
• Genuine interest and willingness to work with cognitively impaired and/or geriatric aged clients.

Physical Demands of the Job:

• Frequent bending and stooping
• Standing for prolonged periods of time
• Patient handlers must sign & comply with the Skilled Nursing Facility Safe Patient Handling Policy.

Mental Demands of the Job:

• Working in an environment with many residents who exhibit a wide range of emotions and needs including occasionally aggressive residents.
• Ability to operate within time restraints.
• Ability to change work assignments with short notice.

Quality Performance results in:

• The residents feeling good about themselves and will show signs of being

physically and mentally healthy.

• Residents will willingly cooperate with their cares.
• Residents participating in promoting good health and wellness.
• Residents feel comfortable to share their needs and problems.
• Resident’s cares and needs being met.
• Residents who trust nursing assistants to provide needed care.
• Proper dressing results in resident being in warm, comfortable environment.
• Accurate charting provides dependable and true representation of the resident.
• Safe transferring leads to a safe, mobile resident.
• Respecting resident’s rights leads to further respect toward the worker.
• Cleaning resident’s rooms by putting objects in appropriate places will help others

to find those items more quickly and more conveniently.

Principle Job Responsibilities:

Responsibility: Provide direct resident cares to assure resident needs are being met as directed on the care plans.

Tasks:

• Communicate with resident, explaining, instructing, listening and directing.
• Provide AM/PM cares to assigned residents, according to resident plan of care. Cares include either performing these duties or assuring that the resident has done them:
• Partial bath in AM and at hour of sleep, including washing face, hands, back and peri care.
• Hair care - redo hair when needed, especially after naps.
• Toileting.
• Full baths as assigned, set women’s hair as needed. Clip toenails and fingernails on bath