Certified Nursing Assistant - (7am-3pm)

Episcopal Retirement Services; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 20,664,000 - 27,552,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

PTO

HAS

Tuition reimbursement

Refer-a-friend program

Job summary

Episcopal Retirement Services seeks a Certified Nursing Assistant (7am-3pm) for Episcopal Church Home to provide caregiving and homemaking within a resident-centered household.

The Versatile Worker will support personal care, dining, mobility, activity programs and daily living tasks while ensuring safety and dignity for aging adults.

Qualifications

• State of Kentucky registered nurse's aide (ERS may provide training).
• Valid driver’s license and active auto insurance.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs regularly and 100 lbs occasionally.
• Ability to read, write and communicate effectively in English.
• Ability to relate to ill, elderly residents and remain calm in challenging situations.

Responsibilities

• Attends to personal care needs (grooming, hygiene, mobility, nutrition).
• Regularly monitors skin health and reports changes to the nurse.
• Responds promptly to call lights/alarms.
• Plans, develops, and evaluates activity/recreation programs.
• Assists residents with outings and in-house activities.
• Supports restorative programs (ambulation, transfers, ADLs) and maintains dignity.

Skills

Leadership

English language

Resident care

Driver's license

Education

Kentucky Nurse's Aide certification

Job description

Certified Nursing Assistant (7am-3pm)

The position, Certified Nursing Assistant, in Episcopal Church Home is titled as Versatile Worker.

Certified Nursing Assistant (7am-3pm)

Are you an Affordable Housing Professional looking to expand your career? Looking to join a team that is energized by helping others? Do you desire joining an organization that values their most valuable asset?

Our Team Members

at Episcopal Retirement Services has been voted one of the Top Places to work 13 years running! We are currently seeking an Energized, Certified Nursing Assistant to join our team!

• The position, Certified Nursing Assistant, in Episcopal Church Home is titled as Versatile Worker.

As a Versatile Worker you will enjoy all of the great benefits below and more!

• A professional and collaborative working environment
• Robust benefits package: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, HAS
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Refer and get paid every time a friend is hired and becomes a Team Member
• Making an impact to the area's aging adults and much more!

Want to learn more about our award winning culture? Watch the brief video below

https://youtu.be/bXk2AENVmo0

Position Purpose

Consistently working with all household team members and led by resident and family preference, the primary purpose of this position is to provide both caregiving and homemaking services to meet the needs and desires of all household residents, providing for the daily personal, physical, environmental, psycho-social and spiritual needs, activities of daily living and comfort of our residents in accordance with our established policies, procedures and standards. Versatile Workers provide resident care, housekeeping, life enrichment, and dining support and assistance to our residents. Supports all aspects of the household environment, including pets, plants, children, visitors, and guests, facilitating all planned and spontaneous needs and activities.

Essential Functions/Accountabilities

• Attends to all resident personal care needs, including but not limited to, grooming, hygiene, dining and nutritional, mobility, toileting, psychosocial and safety needs. Organizes all supplies necessary to complete the tasks. Supports residents in self-care and provides care as necessary for those unable to care for their own needs.
• Regularly checks and provides appropriate care and stimulation to residents needing specialized attention, including observation of the skin and provision of care related to the prevention of skin breakdown. Immediately reports any changes to the household nurse.
• Responds to residents’ requests, including call lights/pendants, silent alarms, in a timely manner.
• Plans, develops, implements and evaluates the activity/recreation programs of the household.
• With transportation provided, accompany and assists residents to the activities outside the household and to assist residents to activities inside the household.
• Assists resident in carrying out their restorative program(s), which may include but is not limited to, ambulation, transfers, bed mobility, ADL's, ROM, splints, dining restorative program, and bowel and bladder restorative program. Maintains the resident’s dignity while providing services and communicates immediately to the household nurse a resident’s complaint of pain during their restorative program.

Minimum Qualifications

• State of Kentucky registered nurse's aide is required. (ERS may be willing to provide training)
• Must have a valid driver’s license and must carry valid auto insurance.
• Must have the ability, with or without reasonable accommodation, to lift, push, pull of move 50 lbs on a regular basis and 100 lbs occasionally.
• Must have the ability to relate to and work effectively with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset and, at times, hostile people within the household and to remain calm in emotionally charged situations.
• Must have the ability to read, write and communicate effectively in the English language.
• Must have the ability to see and hear, with or without reasonable accommodation, so that the essential functions of this position may be fully met.
• Must have the ability to sit, stoop, bend, and move continuously throughout the day.
• Must have the ability to maintain an attendance record which falls within the guidelines of the company’s and household’s attendance policy.
• Must possess leadership ability and be willing to work harmoniously with other personnel as well as be willing to communicate with residents based at whatever behavior or acuity level they are currently functioning.
• Must have knowledge and competencies for age specific interventions.

ERS is committed to providing equal opportunity for employment and advancement to all team members and potential team members. There will be no discrimination in employment practices because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability (except where reasonable accommodation would not enable the disabled person to adequately perform the essential functions of the position) , military status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.