Nursing Assistant-SNU

Nursing Assistant – Skilled Nursing Unit (SNU) - Full Time

Provide compassionate care that enhances quality of life. Join our Skilled Nursing team and make a meaningful difference every day by helping residents maintain their comfort, dignity, and independence. As a Nursing Assistant, you'll work alongside a dedicated healthcare team to provide exceptional care in a supportive environment.

The Nursing Assistant works under the direction of the professional nursing staff to provide direct resident care within the Skilled Nursing Unit. This role assists residents with activities of daily living, supports individualized care plans, and helps maintain a safe, comfortable, and respectful environment for residents and their families.

• Full Time, Evenings
• Schedule varies by assigned shift
• Weekend and holiday rotations required

• Competitive compensation
• Collaborative interdisciplinary care team
• Career advancement opportunities within Guthrie
• Employee wellness resources
• Benefits Eligible

Responsibilities include compliance with rules and regulations of all federal, state, and local governments, providing direct care to assure resident comfort, participating in team conferences and care planning, preparing residents for meals, assisting in feeding, maintaining resident's rights, making rounds, anticipating resident needs and responding to call lights, reporting to appropriate nursing personnel pertinent information including any changes observed in condition or behavior of resident, providing input into resident care plans, assisting in maintaining safe and clean environment, other duties assigned, reasonably related, assisting in orientation of nursing assistants, completing daily documentation, keeping informed of fire, safety, and disaster programs, attending designated in-service programs, participating in Performance Improvement activities, and attending staff meetings.

Mental Demands include routine, repetitive duties with minor variations under close supervision, good concentration, ability to interact with all age, social and economic levels, the ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects by planning and organizing own work, daily stress associated with the care of chronic patient population, and adaptable to stressful, ever-changing situations.

Caregivers must be active participants in quality improvement processes: identifying areas where quality improvement processes can be applied, collecting & organizing quality measurement data, and participating on quality teams.

Daily contact with clients at all levels, including managers and employees.

Physical Demands include occasionally required to push, move, and/or lift 100+ pounds, occasionally required to push, move and/or lift object weighing up to 60 pounds, considerable walking, standing, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting and sitting.

Tasks involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or other tissues and communicable diseases. Other duties include other duties as assigned.

Qualifications include education with a High School Diploma or GED preferred, experience with previous nursing assistant experience preferred, but not required, ability to read, write, and understand written and verbal communication, must follow universal precautions and utilize proper body mechanics, maintains CPR certification, and Act 34 Criminal Background Check required.

Licensure & Certifications include Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Certification required within 120 days of hire through verified reciprocity or successful completion of a CNA training program, and CPR/AED Certification required.

Skills include compassionate, resident-centered approach to care, strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively as part of an…