CNA Certified Nursing Assistant

Pay rate up to $26.50/hour (experience based rate shift differential)

Elcor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is committed to hiring enthusiastic, professional and compassionate individuals who enjoy coming to work every day! Elcor is currently seeking a CNA to care for our very special residents in a professional and considerate manner.

Elcor, conveniently located on the outskirts of Horseheads, NY – halfway between Elmira and Corning – is a 305-bed Nursing and Rehabilitation Center that has been providing family care choices for over 60 years! We offer Short-Term Rehabilitation, Long-Term Nursing Care and Medical Model Adult Day Care with a goal to provide all residents, clients and families with the best quality health care and support services.

We are on the busline!

Requirements for a CNA:

• High School Diploma or GED
• NYS Certified Nursing Assistant Training Program Certification
  
  
  

Responsibilities for a CNA:

• Gives bed baths, tub baths, showers and back rubs. Shampoos & combs hair
• Assists residents or performs oral hygiene, denture care and special mouth care
• Assists residents with nail care
• Answers residents’ call lights and determines residents’ needs
• Assists residents in and out of bed, to the bathroom, with walking with the use of walkers or wheelchairs and range of motion.
• Assists with dressing and shaving as necessary.
• Serves and collects food trays, assists in feeding residents requiring help, provides between meal nourishment and fresh drinking water when indicated. Transports residents to the dining room.
• Assists with other personal hygiene duties to increase the residents’ comfort and well-being
• Makes beds and changes bed linens as needed
• Encourages, motivates and transports residents to participate in recreational, occupational, group and physical therapy to promote activities of daily living.
• Reports any unusual behavior or conditions to the charge nurse immediately. Reports status of residents to the charge nurse at the end of the shift.
• Knows the location of assigned residents at all times.
• Completes documentation of resident status on a daily basis.
• Takes and records temperatures, pulse and respiration rate.
• Accurately weighs residents.
• Obtains urine and stool specimens.
• Responsible for bowel managements.
• Cares for external catheter devices, empties and records drainage at the end of each shift.
• Provides special skin care, may apply compresses, as directed.
  
  
  

Benefits offered to team members at Elcor:

• Weekly Pay
• Competitive Wages
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Flexible Scheduling Options
• Low Cost Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• 401k with Employer Match
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 7 Paid Holidays
• Shift and Weekend Differentials
• Direct Deposit
• Referral Program