Certified Nurse Aide; CNA - PT

Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) – PT

Join Bluestem Communities as a part‑time Certified Nurse Aide. Current shift available: night shift.

• Monday – Friday Evening/Night: $2.00
• Weekend Day: $2.75
• Weekend Evening/Night: $4.75

• Insurance coverage
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
• Financial wellness and security
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Gradifi student loan payment program
  • Payactiv:
    Early access to earned wages
• Company‑paid benefit
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Time off and perks
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) and Six (6) paid holidays
  • Bluestem Wellness Center membership
  • Meal discounts at our dining locations

The primary responsibility of the Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) is to provide assigned residents with personal, quality care to meet their daily needs in accordance with established federal, state and facility policies. The CNA cooperates with co‑workers and follows directions given by licensed nurses.

• Assure residents’ privacy and dignity while providing care
  • Identify residents before providing care in accordance with their care plan
  • Address residents by their name of choice when providing care
• Interact with residents in a warm, personal manner and provide a calm environment
  • Provide opportunities for the residents to talk, and listen attentively
  • Warmly greet residents upon admission
  • Introduce new residents to staff and other residents as appropriate
  • Cue activities with residents in groups or individually
• Assist with maintaining residents’ cleanliness and comfort
  • Assist the residents in feeding, dressing, grooming and toileting as necessary
  • Provide baths weekly or more often as necessary
• Assist residents in ambulating and transferring as necessary
  • Ambulate, transfer, provide range of motion, and apply adaptive equipment according to care plan
  • Assist residents to activities and meals in a timely manner
  • Assist with loading and unloading residents from vehicles as necessary
• Provide nursing care for residents within scope of training and as directed by licensed nurses
  • Apply dressings and treatments and perform other duties as directed by licensed nurses
  • Supervise exercise routines
  • Take vital signs when needed
• Provide nutrition and hydration to promote well‑being
  • Provide fresh water and other fluids frequently and regularly
  • Assist in preparing and serving food trays and snacks
• Communicate residents’ care needs with peers and supervisors
  • Exchange/Obtain pertinent information regarding residents’ care at shift change
  • Read and sign care plans regularly
  • Promptly reports changes in residents’ conditions to licensed nurse
  • Attend residents’ care plan meetings
  • Attend and participate in stand‑up meeting
• Observe and record residents’ conditions and any incidents or accidents
  • Record all information regarding care of residents in accordance with federal, state and facility policies
  • Assist in completing incident and accident forms in accordance with federal, state, and facility policies
• Assist in maintaining an organized and clean area for residents and co‑workers
  • Help to maintain a clean and organized room for residents
  • Change bed lines weekly or more often as necessary
  • Maintain clean and organized work area and equipment
  • Observe all infection control policies according to federal, state, and facility policies
• Assist in the admission process
  • Prepare residents’ room for admission
  • Assist resident and family in completing inventory form
  • Measure residents’ height and weight upon admission and a required thereafter.

• Must be at least sixteen (16) years old.
• Must be a Certified Nurse Aide in Kansas.
• Must be 18 years old to operate or assist in the operation of most power‑driven hoists – this includes those designed to lift and move patients.

Medium work – exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly.