CNA, Nursing Home

About the job

Verrazano Nursing and Post-Acute Center is actively seeking experienced Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to work for our Skilled Nursing Facility.

Per Diem Shifts Available

Rate: $24 hr.

Hours:

8 am to 4 pm, 4 pm to 12 am, 12 am to 8 am

• Provide personal care (i.e., grooming, bathing, dressing, oral care, etc.) of residents daily and as needed.
• Change bed linen and maintain appropriate grooming supplies in resident room on a regular basis.
• Ambulate and transfer residents, utilizing appropriate assistive devices and body mechanics.
• Record resident vital signs, weights and measurements, intake and output, food consumption, and other information, as assigned.
• Routinely turn and position residents, as necessary.
• Observe residents carefully and report changes in condition to Charge Nurse.
• Participate in collecting data needed for the accurate completion of the MDS and the plan of care. Provide input to the nurses for development of the plan of care.
• Provide adequate hydration to residents at regular intervals each day according to specific resident needs.
• Prepare residents for each meal and transport to dining room (unless a bed patient) making sure that food tray is accessible, self-help devices are available (if needed), and assistance is provided to those residents who cannot feed themselves.
• Keep an accurate record of food intake and output, as directed.
• Be alert for proper ventilation, temperature, light and noise control.
• Take TPR (temperature, pulse, & rate), blood pressure, weighing of residents, etc., as directed.

• Current Nursing Assistant certification from New York.
• Current/active CPR certification, preferred.
• At least one (1) year Skilled Nursing experience preferred.