Certified Nursing Assistant - Chattahoochee, FL

STI; Chattahoochee (FL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The Florida Department of Health’s Chattahoochee Psychiatric Hospital is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant to support residents with daily living activities, mobility, and observation on a 24/7 unit.

Applicants must hold a Florida CNA license and CPR certification, be able to work 16-hour shifts if needed, and attend a two-week orientation, Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

The facility emphasizes safety, professionalism, timeliness, and accurate documentation as key expectations.

Qualifications

• Ability to speak and understand English.
• Ability to pass a level 2 fingerprinting.
• Must have a current State of Florida Certified Nursing Assistant license.
• Must have current CPR certification or able to complete once hired.
• Intervention with combative persons may be required.
• Ability to stay alert for up to a 16-hour shift.
• Able to lift and carry 25 lbs.
• Ability to push, pull, bend, stoop and kneel.

Responsibilities

• Assist with all aspects of resident care as assigned by the nurse/shift supervisor, including activities of daily living, ambulation, mobility, and nutrition.
• Observe, identify, and report resident concerns or needs to the shift supervisor.
• Document information factually and objectively, within acceptable time frame as defined by facility policy.
• Provide safe and supportive observation and effectively monitor assigned residents.
• Complete assignments timely, completely, accurately and in a cooperative manner.
• Provide the necessary assistance when giving residents activities of daily living nursing care: oral hygiene, bathing, dressing, grooming, hair and nail care, shaving, toileting, eating and drinking, and mobility.
• Assist with monitoring and accountability of residents to enable medical personnel to accomplish health related tasks.
• Display professionalism throughout employment including arriving to work on time, maintaining an accurate timesheet, and maintaining professional appearance as defined by facility policy.

Skills

Speak English

Fingerprinting Level 2

CPR certification

Stay alert for 16-hour shift

Lifting 25 lbs

Push, pull, bend, stoop and kneel

Education

Florida Certified Nursing Assistant license

Job description

FL-DOH-Chattahoochee-CNA - This facility operates 24/7. Candidate may be required to work 16 hr shift as needed

FL-DOH-Chattahoochee-CNA - Candidates will need to attend an full two week orientation, working Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm

WORK ENVIORNMENT

This is a State of Florida Psychiatric Hospital which operates 24/7, 7 days a week. It currently has 223 buildings on campus with a capacity of 1,042 patients. The hospital's current Administration Building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

TYPE OF PATIENTS

Two categories of patients are treated at the hospital; those civilly committed under Statute 394, who represent a small portion of the hospital's residents; and those forensically committed under Statute 916. The Civil portion of the hospital houses adult and elderly individuals who have been civilly committed to the hospital, and forensic residents who have been "stepped down" to the civil unit. The civil units are also known as Forensic Transition units.

Forensic ward entry has security guards and a metal detector.

Candidate Responsibilities

• Assistwith all aspects of resident care as assigned by the nurse/shift supervisor,including activities of daily living, ambulation, mobility, and nutrition.
• Observe,identify, and report resident concerns or needs to the shift supervisor.
• Documentinformation factually and objectively, within acceptable time frame as definedby facility policy.
• Providesafe and supportive observation and effectively monitor assigned residents.
• Completeassignments timely, completely, accurately and in a cooperative manner.
• Providethe necessary assistance when giving residents the following activities ofdaily living nursing care: oral hygiene, bathing, dressing, and grooming, hairand nail care, shaving, toileting, eating and drinking, and mobility.
• Assistwith monitoring and accountability of residents to enable medical personnel toaccomplish health related tasks.
• Displayprofessionalism throughout employment including, but not limited to, arrivingto work on time, maintaining an accurate timesheet, and maintainingprofessional appearance as defined by facility policy.

Required/Desired Skills

Skill

Required /Desired

Amount

Of Experience

Ability to speak and understand English
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Ability to pass a level 2 fingerprinting
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Must have a current State of Florida Certified Nursing Assistant license
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Must have current CPR certification or able to complete once hired
0

Intervention with combative persons may be required
0

Ability to stay alert for up to a 16-hour shift
0

Able to lift and carry 25 lbs
0

Ability to push, pull, bend, stoop and kneel
0