CNA

Bethany Village Horseheads, NY; Town of Horseheads (NY); Sur place; USD 25 000 - 36 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Bethany Village in Horseheads, NY is seeking caring Certified Nursing Assistants to join our skilled nursing team. CNAs provide direct resident care, assist with activities of daily living, meals, mobility, and comfort, ensuring dignity and safety for seniors.

The ideal candidate is compassionate, reliable, and team-oriented, with a CNA certification and ability to read and communicate in English. Experience in long-term care and geriatric settings is valued; training is provided to support

Qualifications

• CNA certification required.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Ability to read, speak and write English is required for this position.

Responsabilités

• Provide direct resident care including activities of daily living, personal care and meals.
• Assist residents with mobility and transfers as needed.
• Monitor residents for changes in condition and report to nursing staff.
• Support treatment interventions and adhere to care plans and safety protocols.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and warm environment for residents and families.

Connaissances

CNA Certification

English Proficiency

Formation

CNA Certification

High school diploma or GED

Description du poste

Description

Bethany Village is seeking caring and dependable Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) to join our skilled nursing team. CNAs play an important role in the daily lives of our residents by assisting with personal care, activities of daily living, meals, mobility, and overall comfort and wellbeing.

Bethany Village is seeking caring and dependable Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) to join our skilled nursing team. CNAs play an important role in the daily lives of our residents by assisting with personal care, activities of daily living, meals, mobility, and overall comfort and wellbeing. The ideal candidate is compassionate, team-oriented, and committed to providing respectful, quality care to seniors in a long-term care setting. Responsibilities include direct resident care, monitoring and reporting changes in condition, assisting with treatments, and helping create a safe and supportive environment for residents and families.

Position Overview:

Provide care or assistance in the activities of daily living as prescribed in the resident's plan of care. Provide direct resident care encompassing admission process, physical hygiene, and treatment intervention within limits of authority.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Bathes residents and otherwise assists with personal hygiene to maximize their comfort, including bed baths, tub baths and showers, oral hygiene, care of hair, fingernails, etc.
• Prepares residents for meals, feeds residents as required and provides nourishments and fresh water when indicated.
• Assistance with toileting and cleaning resident if incompetent, including transferring on & off commodes or toilets.
• Monitors residents, recognizing and reporting adverse symptoms and reactions.
• Checks blood pressure, temperature, respiration, intake and output, weight, and records results.
• Changes bed linen of both occupied and unoccupied beds and tidies residents’ rooms.
• Responds to call lights, determines residents’ needs and reports unusual changes in status.
• Assists in moving and lifting of residents both in and out of bed and walks residents for exercise.
• Administers various treatments as directed: e.g. enemas, compresses, dressings, collects stools, urine and sputum specimens as ordered by physician.

Basic Duties & Responsibilities

• Assists in the orientation and training of new employees.
• Performs various housekeeping duties: e.g., cleaning shower, utility and treatment rooms.
• Makes beds properly with in the expected time frame.
• Maintains cordial relationship with residents and their families.
• Performs other duties as outlined in the organization/Department policy/procedure manual, or as assigned.

Requirements

Education Required:

• CNA Certified
• High school education or GED preferred.
• Ability to read, speak and write English is also required for this position.

Experience Required

• Previous long-term care experience helpful
• Prior experience working with the dementia resident preferred, and a genuine interest in the geriatric resident is required.

Additional Qualifications

• Must be able to communicate with co-workers, residents, and the families of the residents.
• Dependable, prompt, tactful, patient, a desire to work with geriatric residents.
• Resident-focused at all times, while acting as a pleasant professional is essential.
• Task-centeredness, punctuality, and a pleasant demeanor are beneficial to successful performance in this position.