CNACertified Nursing assistant

Title: CNA(Certified Nursing assistant)
Location: Bedford PA
Weeks: 06
Shift: 2:30 Pm 10:30 Pm
guaranteed hours: 30

we have multiple roles open for a skilled CNA. You will provide outstanding patient care and physical support for patients and residents daily. To do well in this role you should have your statecertified nursing assistant certification and a nursing degree from a recognized CNA program.
CNA Responsibilities:

• Providing great patient care.
• Answering patient calls and determining how best to help them.
• Providing physical support for patients or residents with daily activities and personal hygiene including bathing dressing getting out of bed using the toilet walking standing or exercising.
• Turning and repositioning bedridden patients.
• Ensuring patients or residents receive appropriate diet by reviewing their dietary restrictions food allergies and preferences.
• Obtaining a wide range of information from physicians caregivers and nurses about patient conditions treatment plans and suggested activities.
• Measuring and recording food and liquid intake and urinary and fecal output and reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
• Recording vital signs including blood pressure pulse temperature and respiration rate as requested by staff.
• Examining patients to detect issues requiring medical care including open wounds bruises or blood in the urine.
• Reminding patients to take medications and nutritional supplements.
• Noting observations of patient behavior including complaints or physical symptoms to nurses.
• Stay up to date on CNA training and facility policy and procedure.

CNA Requirements:

• State Certified Nursing Assistant Certification.
• Current CPR (American Heart Association).
• Nursing degree from a CNA program.
• Ability to think and work independently and with direction and communicate with staff members in a fastpaced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Current certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Current identification.
• Comfortable using a computer.
• Excellent personal hygiene.