Certified Nurse's Assistant (CNA)

Description

• Ensuring effective communication is being utilized by community staff with the residents’ families concerning residents’ care, encompassing their physical, personal, and emotional wellbeing.
• Changing bed linens, runs errands, directs visitors, and answers telephone.
• Promoting the physical, personal, and emotional wellbeing of each resident and striving to maintain the ultimate goal, which is to return the resident to their maximum level of self-care and independence, when possible.
• Answering signal lights, bells, or intercom system to determine residents needs using a proactive approach.
• Assisting and providing direction to residents regarding their personal care needs, which include but are not limited to, grooming, hygiene, dressing, nutrition, etc.
• Transporting residents or assisting residents with walking along with turning or repositioning residents alone or with assistance.
• Taking and recording temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates, and food and fluid intake and output, as directed.
• Encouraging and assisting residents to participate in activities.
• Assisting with laundry and housekeeping duties.
• Assisting residents to and from dining room as needed and assists with meals.

Requirements

• Completion of an accredited CNA program preferred.
• Cedarhurst of Ft. Wayne considers the health and safety of its residents, family members, and team members as its highest priorities. All offers of employment are conditioned on completing and passing a background and drug test, participating in testing requirements (such as TB) and using designated PPE when required.
• Understanding the residents’ Advance Directives and following their wishes.
• Must possess a general knowledge of laws and restrictions regarding senior living care, as well as a solid understanding of opportunities and limits of other levels of care within senior living.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand/move, communicate, and identify written information. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds independently; occasionally lift and/or move up to 200 pounds with assistance.
• CPR or BLS certification preferred.
• Dependable and able to meet scheduling requirements with no restrictions.
• Working well with others and taking direction from management, as well as taking initiative with the capability to engage in conflict intervention and resolution for residents, families, employees, and others as needed.
• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• One year of experience as a certified nursing assistant preferred.
• Listening and understanding of the problems of residents and reports observations immediately to the care team as needed.
• Be able to demonstrate proficiency in Internet browsers (e.g., Explorer, Chrome, and Fire Fox), Microsoft Office programs including Outlook, Excel, Word and Publisher, electronic health records (EHR) systems, and any HR related systems if applicable.

Benefits

• To be a Cedarhurst of Ft. Wayne team member means you’re devoted to doing The Friend’s Work: In your every effort, you reassure, energize, and inspire older adults in Cedarhurst of Ft. Wayne.
• Cedarhurst of Ft. Wayne believes that its team is its greatest asset. For this reason, we provide our team members with extensive training as well as personal and career development opportunities.
• Cedarhurst of Ft. Wayne offers a competitive benefits package including medical insurance coverage, life insurance, long-term disability coverage and a 401(k) Plan with company match (after 1 year of service).

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance