CNA Caregiver - Flexible Shifts & Full Benefits

Bluestem Communities Management; McPherson (KS); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance Coverage

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Gradifi student loan payment program

Payactiv: Early access to earned wages

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid Time Off (PTO) and Six (6) paid h

Bluestem Wellness Center membership

Meal discounts at our dining locations

Job summary

Bluestem Communities Management is seeking an Entry Level Certified Nursing Assistant at The Cedars in McPherson, KS. This part-time role supports residents with daily living activities, hygiene, nutrition, and medication administration under nurse supervision.

The CNA will assist with care plans, monitor residents, and engage them in social/therapeutic activities while maintaining a safe, home-like environment. Bilingual Spanish is a plus.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Graduate of a state approved program for nursing assistants; valid CNA license required.
• Demonstrates proficiency at reading and understanding the Resident Plan of care or assignment.
• Understands quality of care objectives.
• Understands quality of life objectives.
• Competency evaluated, tested, and registered with the state of Kansas.
• Must be a minimum of 16 years of age.
• Spanish bi-lingual capabilities are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provides physical care to the residents of the neighborhood/house to meet their daily needs and enable them to function at the highest possible level.
• Be the residents’ closest advocate, under the direction of a professional nurse.
• Promote the residents’ psychosocial well-being through meaningful relationship building.
• Works with the neighborhood/house team to meet other social needs of the resident and of the neighborhood/house.
• Provide support, friendship, compassion, and kindness for each of the members.
• Plan and facilitate social activities for residents of the neighborhood/house which provide meaningful ways to spend time as recreation, exercise, relationship building and fun.
• Attend to the dietary and nutritional needs of the resident by establishing a pleasant and enjoyable dining experience.
• Participates and leads as needed in the dining process, for example, help other team members serve residents breakfast, lunch and/or dinner and/or clean-up afterwards.
• Builds home by respecting the resident’s room as their home and assists the resident in feeling in charge of everything that happens within.
• Contributes to making the neighborhood/house a healthy and happy place, works together to get things done, facilitates the creation of homey spaces, sees the possibilities an creating a daily life that naturally facilitates pleasurable moments, laughter, and fun with lots of opportunity for a wide variety of meaningful relationships.
• Help maintain the neighborhood/house by maintaining a clean, safe environment as if this was your own home. This is the residents’ home. Treat it as such.
• Care for the residents’ personal laundry.
• Preparing each resident's room with necessary items: blankets, pillows, medical equipment, and toiletries.
• Assist housekeeping by cleaning rooms, when needed (dusting, taking out trash, vacuuming).
• Attends to all resident personal hygiene and personal care needs, including but not limited to grooming, hygiene, dining and nutritional, mobility, elimination, and safety needs. Organizes all supplies necessary to complete the tasks.
• Monitoring vitals and behavior and reporting them to the nursing and/or medical leaders.
• Transferring residents with low mobility from wheelchair to bed and vice versa.
• Turning or adjusting residents in bed to prevent bedsores.
• Supports residents in self-care and provides care as necessary and as designated on the Plan of Care for those unable to care for their own needs.
• Support the psychosocial needs of individuals and all members of the neighborhood/house through assistance and encouragement to engage in activities and social contacts through support, friendliness, and kindness.
• Follows standard precautions, proper infection control, sanitation, and safety standards of practice in all work and activities.
• Provides restorative therapy under the leadership of therapy professionals and in accordance with the resident’s functional maintenance plan.
• Observes residents closely, identifying changing needs and conditions and reports immediately to nursing or leadership as appropriate.
• Participates actively in the resident’s care planning and care conference, serving as the residents’ closest advocate in directing their care and honoring their preferences.
• Consistently works well with all household team members, led by resident and family preference to meet the needs and desires of all household residents.
• Maintains documentation.

Skills

CNA license

Spanish bilingual

Resident care

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Graduate of state approved CNA program

Job description

Bluestem Communities Management is seeking an Entry Level Certified Nursing Assistant at The Cedars in McPherson, KS. This part-time role supports residents with daily living activities, hygiene, nutrition, and medication administration under nurse supervision.

The CNA will assist with care plans, monitor residents, and engage them in social/therapeutic activities while maintaining a safe, home-like environment. Bilingual Spanish is a plus.