CNA Certified Nurse Assistant

Topaz Fiscal Services LLC; Orbisonia (Huntingdon County); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Woodland Park Nursing Home in Pennsylvania seeks compassionate CNAs to provide direct resident care under licensed nurses, supporting care plans and resident comfort.

Duties include bathing, dressing, mobility help, monitoring vital signs, documenting care, and maintaining a clean, safe, home-like environment.

English proficiency and prior LTC experience are preferred; reliable teamwork and willingness to participate in ongoing training are essential.

Qualifications

• Certified CNA trained per state requirements.
• Completed Competency Evaluation Program.
• Must maintain current state registry status.
• LTC experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct resident care under supervision of licensed nurses.
• Assist with bathing, dressing, and grooming of residents.
• Monitor vital signs and report changes to nurses.
• Maintain infection control and cleanliness of facilities.
• Record meal intake and hydration and assist with feeding.
• Assist with mobility and transfers and proper positioning.
• Attend in-services and staff meetings as scheduled.

Skills

Direct resident care

Communication with residents

Team collaboration

English proficiency

Education

State Approved Nursing Assistant Training

Competency Evaluation Program

Good standing in state registry

LTC CNA experience preferred

Job description

Woodland Park Nursing Home is seeking CNAs to join our team.

Join a team that is continuously growing and advancing in long term care!

Summary

We are looking for compassionate and self-driven CNAs to perform direct resident care under the supervision of liscensed nurses. Our CNAs ensure that resident's personal care needs are being met in accordance with residents' wishes and care plan objectives, as well as promoting a home-like environment for the physical and psychosocial wellbeing of our residents.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Answers signal lights, bells, or intercom system to determine residents' needs and ensures call lights are within reach of resident.
• Ensures that residents' who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Gives direct resident care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming of residents.
• Explains procedures to residents.
• Assists residents as necessary in their activities of daily living.
• Assists residents with bowel and bladder functions, Assists residents in preparation for and transporting to appointments, activities and social programs.
• Assists with lifting, positioning and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc., in keeping with specific resident safety needs.
• Provides incontinent care as needed. Dresses resident appropriate to the current weather,
• Notifies Supervisor if resident needs clothing.
• Changes bed linens.
• Handles linens according to infection control guidelines.
• Feeds residents requiring help and records meal intake.
• Delivers and documents all snacks and supplements.
• Offers fluids to residents frequently to ensure that residents are hydrated where designated by care plan.
• Reviews and implements daily nursing needs as outlined by resident Care Plan or nurse managers.
• Transports residents or assists residents with mobility needs.
• Turns and repositions bedfast residents, alone or with assistance.
• Takes and records temperatures, blood pressure, pulse rates, respiration rates, height, weight, and food and fluid intake and output, as directed.
• Monitors resident's activities and reports any irregularities of resident performance to nurse managers.
• Participates in and receives nursing report upon reporting and departing to/from work.
• Reports all changes in residents' conditions to supervisor.
• Cleans instruments and equipment and returns to proper area after use.
• Maintains cleanliness of residents units, central bathing area, treatment and supply rooms, workrooms, and linen closets.
• Provides post-mortem care as instructed.
• Accurately records all care as directed.
• Participates and attends periodic in-services and staff meetings.
• Understands and adheres to the guidelines of "Residents Rights".
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

EDUCATION / REQUIREMENTS

Ability to communicate with residents and nursing staff. Ability to speak, read, and write English. Prior experience as LTC nursing assistant preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Successful completion of State Approved Nursing Assistant Training and Competency Evaluation Program. Good standing in the state registry is required.