Certified Nursing Assistant - LTC​/Increased Shift Differential

Position: Certified Nursing Assistant - LTC - New Sign-on Bonus / Increased Shift Differential!
Looking for a new career that offers excellent benefits, tuition reimbursement, and endless opportunities for career growth? Then join the Good Shepherd family!

Good Shepherd Home Bethlehem is a 60-bed long-term care facility that offers intermediate, heavy, or skilled nursing care for persons with physical disabilities ages 18 years and older. We are looking for a compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant to join our family!

* JOB SUMMARY

* To provide and participate in the delivery of basic nursing care such as grooming, oral feeding, transfers, toileting, oral care, weight taking, vital signs, etc., as well as maintenance of the unit environment, all under the supervision of a licensed nurse.

* ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

* MAINTAINS PROVISION OF QUALITY CARE

* Renders basic nursing care in compliance with Residents' Rights, under the supervision of a licensed nurse

* Responds professionally and anticipates resident need

* Complies with individualized care plans of residents

* Receives reports regarding assigned residents as beginning of shift

* Reports off to supervising nurse at end of shift and whenever leaving unit

* Assists residents to attain or maintain their highest practicable level (physically, mentally, and psychologically)

* Utilizes resident specific information as conversation topics

* Assists residents to receive care in a timeframe and manner according to their preferences

* Reports changes in resident status, resident response to care, equipment and supply needs, repairs and maintenance needs, safety hazards, unusually occurrences or observations, and completion of assignments to licensed staff

* Documents resident care accurately and in a timely manner

* Respects residents' rights

* Contributes to the residents care plan by providing resident-specific physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual information derived through care giving activities

* Assists with resident admissions, transfers, and discharges

* Prepares rooms for new admissions

* Provides supportive care to residents as end of life

* Demonstrates knowledge of working with persons with cognitive loss

* MAINTAINS CONFIDENTIALITY

* Complies with all aspects HIPAA

* Conforms with organizational policies and procedures with regard to maintaining confidentiality of resident and organizational information

* ATTENDS TO RESIDENT PHYSICAL, PSYCHOSOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS

* Educates self and utilizes knowledge of resident preferences, needs, competencies, history, and cultural background through resident interaction, conversation, interview , and observation, in planning and provision of care

* Incorporates and implements strategies to include psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual components into resident's daily life

* Communicates information pertaining to residents' physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual characteristics/preferences, to the interdisciplinary team

* ASSISTS AND/OR RENDERS ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING TO RESIDENTS

* Performs direct and indirect resident care activities as per the plan of care and consistent with LTC policies and procedures including, but not limited to: bathing (bed bath, tub, shower), feeding, toileting, perineal care, grooming (hair, nails, foot care), shampooing residents' hair, oral /denture care, measuring intake and output, transfers from bed, chair, and wheelchair, assisting residents in use of assistive devices, positioning residents in chairs, beds, wheelchairs, gericharis, turning and changing resident position, lifting residents with mechanical lifts, performing both passive and active range of motion exercises, making occupied and unoccupied beds, obtaining resident weights, taking vital signs, providing post-mortem care, practicing universal precautions and special isolation techniques, monitoring devices as per plan of care

* Transporting and escorting residents as needed

* ENSURES RESIDENT SAFETY

* Demonstrates knowledge of all organizational emergency codes and participates effectively

* Demonstrates knowledge and skill in resident transfers, oral feeding, and provision of personal hygiene

* Protects residents from compilations and injuries

* Responds to the concerns, potential or actual…