Nursing Assistant

Hours of a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA): Non-Exempt/As Scheduled, 8 hour shifts Part or Full-Time Nights.

Salary Range: Base Rate $16.84 to $19.35 we also offer differentials for evenings and nights that are not included in this rate.

Benefits: Sign on Bonus, Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Cafeteria Plan (Health Flex Spending Account), Vacation/Holiday Pay, Sick Pay, Scholarship Program or Tuition Reimbursement, Childcare Discount, Uniform Allowance, Pension Plan and more!

Job Summary of a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA): To provide direct resident care services according to the plan of care prepared by and under direct supervision of the Charge Nurse.

Work Environment of a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA): Works in well lighted well-ventilated work area.

• Provide direct resident care services with attention directed toward improving or maintaining optimal physical, mental, and psychosocial functional performance, promoting resident choice and preferences, and increasing resident dignity and quality of life according to each resident's plan of care and the NA Standards of Care.

1. Nutritional care.

2. Continence care.

3. Mobility assistance.

4. Personal hygiene cares.

5. Comfort and quality of line needs.

6. Effective communication with residents, families, and other staff.

7. Other Skills (with special training), including:

a. Taking vital signs

b. Changing oxygen tanks

c. Documentation of care provided, vital signs, intakes and outputs, behaviors and others as directed

d. Other duties as assigned by the licensed nurse or Household Manager

• Regularly required to stand, bend, and walk. May also be required to sit, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, push and pull.

• Regularly assigned to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds.

• Frequently required to support up to 10-50 pounds.

• Emergency situations could require carrying/supporting 25 pounds or greater.

• Requires employee use hands for repetitive actions such as simple grasping, firm grasping and fine manipulating.

• May be required to work in unprotected heights, being around moving machinery, exposure to marked changes in temperature and/or humidity, driving automotive equipment and exposure to dust, fumes, or gases.

• Requires functional hearing ability to read medical records, make observatory assessments, and document in writing and computer records.

• Requires functional ability to perform job duties as listed in the job description.

• Must be at least 16 years of age.

• Able to read, write and follow oral and written instructions and document care provided in English.

• Must have successfully completed an approved NA training program and by on the Minnesota NA Registry or shall be enrolled in an approved training program and successfully complete that class and testing within 4 months of the date of hire.