Certified Nurse Assistant

Syra Health is a healthcare consulting company with a mission to improve healthcare by providing innovative services and technology solutions. Syra Health aims to achieve its goal by becoming a valuable partner to the government payers providers life sciences organizations and academic institutions. Syra Health offers products and services in digital health behavioural and mental health population health management health education and the healthcare workforce.

Purpose of Position/Summary:

We also prefer that CNAs have at least one year of acute psychiatric nursing experience

• Incumbent works as a Certified Nurse Aide in the Nursing Department.
• Performs all aspects of basic nursing care within the scope of the Certified Nurse Aide training rules with moderate supervision.
• Reports to the unit manager but also takes directives from the charge nurse (either RN or LPN) on the unit.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provides safe efficient personal care of residents as directed on aide assignment.
• Care may include but is not limited to bathing showering positioning feeding transferring toileting nail care hair care range of motion;
• Uses recommended safety devices and follows infection control standards.
• Documents care provided.
• Answers call lights and residents requests for assistance.
• Adheres to all residents rights.
• Assists with orientation of new employees on the unit.
• Takes vital signs.
• Participates in resident care planning and reports unusual behaviors signs.
• Assists with resident transportation to and from infacility and outoffacility appointments.
• Puts residents clean clothing away and updates inventory records.
• Cleans assigned areas and resident equipment/supplies on the unit.
• Mentor and train new staff/students