Certified Nurse Assistant, Part Time

Certified Nurse Assistant, Part Time at Bethesda Home Of Aberdeen

The primary purpose of this job position is to provide each of your assigned residents and others, with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident assessment and care plan; and as may be directed by your nurse supervisor and in accordance with current regulations, policies, and guidelines.

• Part‑time
• Day or evening shift hours available
• 5, 8 and 12 hour shifts available
• Every other weekend and holiday required

• Education:
  
  High school education or equivalent (must be at least 16 years of age).
• Experience:
  
  None. On‑the‑job training provided.
• License/Certification:
  Current active CNA license or willingness to obtain license upon hire; paid training/certification available.

• Perform assigned day‑to‑day nursing assistant functions.
• May be required to assist in other areas than those assigned.
• Perform specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments and established nursing procedures.
• Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.
• Observe and report resident conditions to the nursing staff or appropriate supervisor and all information pertaining to procedures carried out, changes, incidents, or unusual findings.
• Become familiar with resident daily needs, likes, dislikes, etc. to personalize care; review care plans daily to determine if changes have been made.
• Record all data including food/fluid intake, eating habit changes, TPRs (temps, pulse, respirations), bowel records, etc. on the computer, kiosk, flow sheets, notes, charts, etc.
• Participate to maintain the physical, social, and psychological environment conducive to the resident’s welfare and best interests.
• Perform direct resident cares including but not limited to dental care, dressing/undressing, hair, and nail care, shaving functions, bowel and bladder functions, catheter care, repositioning, transporting, bathing functions, specimen collection, special treatments as instructed, etc.
• Ensure all nursing cares are provided in privacy.
• Respond to call lights in a timely manner.
• Keep residents dry and clean (change gown, clothing, linen, etc.) when it becomes wet or soiled.
• Make beds occupied and unoccupied; change bed linens; keep linens tight to avoid wrinkles.
• Cooperate with inter‑departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel to ensure nursing services can be adequately maintained.
• Assist to ensure that the resident’s room is ready for receiving the resident (bed made, name tags up, etc.).
• Store resident’s clothing as instructed.
• Help restore independence through encouragement in ADL skills.
• Assist residents to walk with or without self‑help devices as instructed.
• Provide daily range‑of‑motion exercises; perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Prepare residents for meals (take to bathroom, wash hands, comb hair, raise bed, position tables, place bibs, take to/from dining area).
• Assist with feeding; serve food trays.
• Keep resident water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water and within easy reach of the resident.
• Serve between meal and bedtime snacks.
• Perform after‑meal care (remove trays, clean resident’s hands, face clothing, take to bathroom, brush teeth, clean dentures, etc.).
• Check rooms for food articles (food in proper container, unauthorized food items, etc.).

Starting Pay: $15.40 uncertified; wage dependent on experience and certification.

Day position is eligible for a sign‑on bonus.

Bethesda Aberdeen offers a full benefits package including health, dental, vision, life insurance, vacation, sick and holiday pay, discounted on‑site meals, flexible spending plans, pension plan and on‑site childcare/pre‑school with reduced employee rates.