CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT - Full Time, Day Shift (Float)

St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children; New York (NY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Generous paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance

Flexible spending accounts

403(b) retirement plan

Job summary

St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children seeks a Certified Nursing Assistant to provide direct and indirect patient care under licensed supervision in a pediatric setting.

You will support the care team, participate in care planning, and help residents with daily activities and essential needs. The position requires NY CNA certification, BLS, and completion of a 100-hour CNA training program; prior experience in Medical-Surgical or Pediatrics is preferred.

Qualifications

• Requires NY CNA certification and BLS certification.
• Minimum 1 year experience in Medical Surgical or Pediatrics preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensures quality and safe delivery of resident care.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings and reports observations.
• Assists in direct resident care per care plan and completes daily assignments.
• Maintains resident safety throughout shifts.
• Supervises residents and tracks location during shift.
• Ensures residents' appearance and hygiene.
• Supports independence in ADLs.
• Keeps environment neat, clean and organized.
• Assists with feeding per care plan and documents data.
• Reports changes in resident status to staff nurse.
• Communicates resident status during shift changes.
• Engages residents in age-appropriate socialization.
• Collaborates with therapy staff.
• Escort residents to appointments and ensure forms are completed.
• Identifies belongings to residents and environment.
• Reports faulty equipment promptly.
• Initiates admissions and guides residents to unit.

Skills

1 year experience

Education

High School Graduate or equivalent

100 hours CNA training

Certified Nurses Aide by NY

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Job description

Brief Description

The Certified Nurses Aide performs direct and indirect patient care services under the direct supervision of licensed staff. Supports Hospital's mission to provide the highest quality care by complying with regulatory guidelines, meeting agency standards, and obtaining appropriate certification.

The Certified Nurses Aide performs direct and indirect patient care services under the direct supervision of licensed staff. Supports Hospital's mission to provide the highest quality care by complying with regulatory guidelines, meeting agency standards, and obtaining appropriate certification.

Responsibilities

JOB DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensures quality and safe delivery of resident care.
• Participates in the interdisciplinary team meetings and reports observations and makes appropriate recommendations.
• Actively participates in the implementation of direct resident care in accordance with the care plan. 4. Completes daily resident assignments efficiently.
• Accountable for resident safety throughout their shift.
• Provides supervision of assigned residents and accountable for location of resident throughout shift.
• Ensures resident's overall appearance reflects good personal hygiene and appropriate dress.
• Promotes age appropriate independence on ADLs.
• Ensues the residents living environment is neat, clean, and well-organized.
• Ensures optimal nutrition and hydration of the resident by assisting in feeding as per care plan.
• Accurately documents TPR, I & O, heights/weights and all important data as directed by unit routine.
• Promptly reports changes in resident status to staff nurse/nurse manager.
• Communicates resident’s status to staff nurse/nurse manager when reporting off unit for breaks and end of shift.
• Engages residents in age appropriate socialization/stimulation.
• Collaborates with therapeutic activity staff.
• Escorts residents to ACF/clinic appointments as assigned and is responsible for having clinic consult form filled out and returned.
• Accurately identifies resident/environmental /personal belongings.
• Reports all broken and malfunctioning equipment immediately to staff nurse/nurse manager.
• Maintains a clean, well-organized work environment.
• Initiates the admissions process by greeting the resident in the lobby, escorts to unit, orients to room and assist in vital signs, height, and weight.

Non-essential Duties

• Collaborates with environmental services to ensure adequate clean clothes are available.
• Accompanies patients on outside trips, and activities as needed with therapeutic activities staff/school.
• Actively seeks out opportunities to enhance present knowledge.
• Participates in unit based quality improvement activities.
• Assists Nurse or Doctor in procedures as needed

Requirements

Formal education required:

High School Graduate or equivalent.

Successful completion of 100 hours Nurses Aide Training Program. Certified Nurses Aide by State of NY.

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.

Previous Experience Required

One year experience in Medical Surgical / Pediatrics preferred.

• This position is subject to the schedule and applicable provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Summary

Join our fabulous team of professionals where big hearts help little patients!

We RECOGNIZE ability and REWARD excellence. We offer a competitive salary and generous benefits:

• Excellent individual/family benefits
• Generous paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Life insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• 403(b) retirement plan

St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children is committed to nurturing a compassionate environment that welcomes all children, young adults, families, and staff; built on the belief that what makes us different makes us stronger, and provides unity throughout our community

St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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