CNA / Caregiver (Full Time)

Nhccare; Murrells Inlet (SC); Hybrid; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The Palmettos of Garden City is seeking a Caregiver / Certified Nursing Assistant to join the team in Murrells Inlet, SC. You will deliver direct and indirect patient care under RN/LPN supervision, assisting residents with daily living activities and maintaining a safe, clean environment.

Responsibilities include morning and evening care, assistance with admissions/transfers/discharges, and precise charting in patient records.

Qualifications

• Attend in-service programs to learn procedures and meet state requirements.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Capable of charting accurately in the Patient Care Record or other forms.
• Pleasant and cheerful personality.
• Tactful and courteous with patients and visitors.
• Treat all patient information as confidential material.
• Adhere to dress code as directed by center policy.

Responsibilities

• Under universal precautions, perform care tasks as assigned or report to charge nurse.
• Assist in admission, transfer and discharge procedures.
• Provide morning care (bed bath, oral hygiene, hair care, dressing, linen changes).
• Provide evening care (face/hand washing, oral hygiene, skin care, linen changes).
• Maintain a safe, clean environment and accurate documentation.

Skills

Follow instructions

Accurate charting

Patient care

Compassionate care

Confidentiality

Job description

The Palmettos of Garden City
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576, USA

Description

Caregivers / Certified Nursing Assistant - The Palmettos of Garden City

The Palmettos of Garden City is looking for a Caregiver / Certified Nursing Assistant to join our team!The Med Tech provides direct and indirect patient care activities under the direction of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse. Assists patient with activities of daily living, provides for personal care, comforts and assists in the maintenance of a safe and clean environment for an assigned group of residents.

Qualifications:

• Attend in-service programs, as assigned, to learn procedures and develop skills and meet state requirements.

Personal Qualifications:

• Sensitive to our patients’ physical and psychosocial needs.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Capable of charting accurately in the Patient Care Record or other similar form.
• Pleasant and cheerful personality.
• Tactful and courteous approach with patients and visitors.
• Treat all patient information as confidential material.
• Adhere to dress code as directed by center policy (see Personnel Manual.)

Position Highlights:

• Understands and practices universal precautions with all patient.
• Performs all tasks/procedures included on assignment or reports to charge nurse any tasks not completed.
• Assists in the preparation for admission of patients.
• Assists in and accompany patients in admission, transfer and discharge procedures.
• Provides morning care, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patients, changing bed linen, cleaning overbed table and bedside stand, straightening room, and other general care as necessary throughout the day.
• Provides evening care, which includes hands/face washing as needed, oral hygiene, special skin care, freshening linen, cleaning overbed tables, straightening room, and other general care as needed.

The Palmettos of Garden City is proud to be a part of the NHC family! National HealthCare Corporationis recognized nationwide as an innovator in the delivery of quality long-term care. Our goal is to provide a full range of extended care services, designed to maximize the well-being and independence of patients of all ages. We are dedicated to meeting patient needs through an interdisciplinary approach combining compassionate care with cost-effective health care services.

TheNHCenvironment is one of encouragement and challenge ... innovation and improvement ... teamwork and collaboration ... and honesty and integrity. All NHC employees are committed as partners, not only to the health of our patients, but to the well-being of the communities we serve.

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