NEEDED: Certified Nursing Assistant
LOCATION: 42 Patton Road Ayer Massachusetts 01432
SCHEDULE: 40 hours per week 5 days per week
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Shall possess the necessary skills abilities and credentials to perform professional services of a Certified Nurse Assistant.
- Must have a Valid and current certification as a Nurse Assistant in the United States
- Minimum of 1year recent experience as a Certified Nurse Assistant. Experience
- Proof of CPR certification.
JOB DUTIES:
- Provide assistance to the Registered Nurse (RN) and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in performing patient care activities.
- Assists with admissions and discharges from the unit.
- Bedside care and assisting patients with activities of daily living.
- Assists with toileting incontinence care showering and dressing.
- Safely transfers/transports patients in wheelchairs or on gurneys.
- Assists with ambulation turning and positioning of patients.
- Assists the RN or LPN with respiratory care (coughing deep breathing etc. as well as intake and output measuring/ documentation patient vital signs and other patient care or procedures not requiring the knowledge or experience of a RN or LPN.
- Secures specimens for laboratory analysis (i.e. urine stool sputum etc. labels specimens and transports them to the lab.
- Assists with postmortem care.
- Restock supplies.
- Documents actions in the Bureau Electronic Medical Record (BEMR).
- Responsible for all other duties and tasks assigned by the supervisor.
BENEFITS: Competitive hourly pay rate accrued vacation accrued sick leave 11 paid federal holidays 401K opportunity and Healthcare benefits contribution.