What are the responsibilities and job description for the CNA - Care Center - Night Shift, Part Time position at Homewood Retirement Centers?
About Our Team
At Homewood at Martinsburg, we're a family dedicated to securing a bright future for our community. We honor Christ through faithful service to seniors and one another in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment.
Our Mission
We're committed to improving the quality of life of our residents by providing compassionate care and support. Our team's unwavering dedication to this mission shines brightly in everything we do.
Job Summary
We're seeking a Night Shift Part-Time CNA to join our team. This is a 55-hour per week position with opportunities for advancement and professional growth.
Benefits
- Paid time off, with an opportunity to cash out each year
- Shift and weekend differentials
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
- Retirement contributions
- Professional licensure reimbursement
Duties and Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities
The successful candidate will provide the activities of daily living care to residents under licensed staff supervision, including bathing, shaving, changing clothing, nail care, and toilet needs.
They will also ensure that residents have clean, dry linen and make beds to meet their needs, encourage proper resident nutrition by serving food promptly, and assist with feeding when necessary.
Additionally, they will perform resident treatments as assigned by the Team Leader and within the nursing scope of practice, record resident information concisely, accurately, and completely, and report to the team leader any objective observations of change in resident condition or need.
Secondary Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will actively participate in resident care planning, promote the activity of daily living according to the resident's care plan, and ensure that resident lifts and transfers are done according to the resident's care plan and the Lift Free Program.
Requirements
- Listed on the state registry as a Nursing Assistant within 120 days of employment
- Ability to speak English at a level residents can understand
- Ability to read and write in English to carry out functions related to the care plans and provide appropriate resident care
- Able to constantly work on their feet during an 8 hour shift; bend, stoop, twist, and turn constantly throughout the shift in performing regular duties
- Able to lift up to 30 pounds of resident weight and/or transfer and reposition a resident at least 25 times throughout the shift
- Able to react quickly and decisively in emergencies and in response to the unexpected behavior of residents either during lifting or repositioning or during other frequent occasions when having direct contact with residents
- Able to handle the physical transfer of residents from unsafe to safer locations in the event of a fire or other disaster
