Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Joliet, IL
3-11 pm
Join our team at Joliet Living and Rehab Center LLC, where we are dedicated to providing exceptional patient care and support. As a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), you will play a vital role in ensuring the highest level of care for our patients and residents.
About the Role:
- Providing great patient care, answering patient calls, and determining how best to help them
- Providing physical support for patients or residents with daily activities and personal hygiene, including bathing, dressing, getting out of bed, using the toilet, walking, standing, or exercising
- Turning and repositioning bedridden patients
- Ensuring patients or residents receive appropriate diet by reviewing their dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences
- Obtaining information from physicians, caregivers, and nurses about patient condition, treatment plans, and suggested activities
- Measuring and recording food and liquid intake and urinary and fecal output and reporting changes to medical or nursing staff
- Recording vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and respiration rate as requested by staff
- Examining patients to detect issues requiring medical care, including open wounds, bruises, or blood in urine
- Reminding patients to take medications and nutritional supplements
- Noting observations of patient behavior, including complaints or physical symptoms to nurses
- Staying up-to-date on CNA training and facility policy and procedure
Requirements:
- State Certified Nursing Assistant Certification
- Current CPR (American Heart Association)
- Nursing degree from a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program
- Ability to think and work independently and with direction, and communicate with staff members in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment
- Current certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant
- High School graduate or equivalent
- Current identification
- Comfortable using a computer
- Excellent personal hygiene
What We Offer:
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