Weekend Certified Nursing Assistant; CNA

Weekend Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Competitive Wages! AM, PM and NOC shifts available. On demand pay with Tapcheck!

Pay: up to $25/ hr

Benefits:
On demand pay with Tapcheck, medical, dental, vision, 401k with 10% match, PTO, Holiday pay, tuition reimbursement, and more!

Do you want stability and longevity in your career? Are you dedicated to resident care and looking for competitive compensation? If YES, Beaver Dam Health Care Center is looking for you!

Beaver Dam Health Care Center is a skilled nursing home facility that takes pride in providing our residents with an amazing experience. We have an incredible tight‑knit family of caregivers that serve our residents everyday with compassion, care and a positive attitude. We value and work hard to appreciate our caregivers because we recognize they are the foundation of our organization.

Here at Beaver Dam Health Care Center, we rely on and trust our CNA to provide direct patient care and create a compassionate environment. In this role, the core of your care will be ensuring that all of our customers are treated with dignity and respect. You will empower our patients, recognizing their ability to make their own choices while guiding them with kindness and understanding through challenging times.

As our first point of contact with patients and families, you'll encourage communication and interaction, creating a supportive network.

• Provide quality nursing care to residents in an environment which promotes their rights, dignity, freedom of choice, and their individuality.
• Provide individualized attention which encourages each resident's ability to maintain or attain the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well‑being.
• Be knowledgeable of the individualized care plan for residents and provide support to the resident according to the care plan.
• Contribute to the care planning process by providing the charge nurse or other care‑planning staff with specific information and observations of the residents' needs and preferences.
• Attend to the individual needs of residents which may include assistance with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, colostomy care, prosthetic appliances, transferring, ambulation, range of motion, communicating, or other needs in keeping with the individual's care requirements and scope of practice.
• Maintain the comfort, privacy, and dignity of each resident in the delivery of services to them. Interact with residents in a manner that displays warmth and promotes a caring environment.
• Fully understand all aspects of residents' rights, including the right to be free of restraints and free of abuse.
• Report incidents or evidence of resident abuse or violation of residents' rights to the charge nurse or administrative staff promptly.
• Assist in maintaining a safe, neat, and clean environment; report environmental deficiencies to the charge nurse such as lighting or equipment problems.
• Protect the personal belongings of each resident, including eyeglasses, dentures, hearing aids, furnishings, jewelry, clothing, memorabilia, etc.
• Report missing items according to established policy and participate in efforts to locate missing items.
• Observe residents for changes in condition or behavior and report these promptly to appropriate licensed nursing personnel.
• Provide care that maintains each resident's skin integrity to prevent pressure ulcers, skin tears, and other damage by changing incontinent residents, turning, repositioning immobile residents, and applying moisturizers to fragile skin.
• Answer residents' call bells promptly and courteously.
• Perform various tasks assigned by the charge nurse including vital signs, residents' weights, applying creams/ointments, collecting specimens, etc.
• Assist with orienting residents and their families to the nursing home upon admission and to the unit when transfers occur.
• Lift, move, and transport residents, using proper body mechanics or lifting devices for accident prevention.
• Communicate and interact effectively and tactfully with the resident, visitors, families, peers, and…