CNA Job at Bethany Village Horseheads, NY in Town of Horseheads

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Description

Join Our Caring Team at Bethany Village! Are you a dedicated Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) looking to make a real difference in the lives of others? At Bethany Village, we provide compassionate care in a supportive, team-focused environment. As a CNA, you’ll play a vital role in helping residents feel safe, valued, and cared for every single day.

Position Overview

Provide care or assistance in the activities of daily living as prescribed in the resident's plan of care. Provide direct resident care encompassing admission process, physical hygiene, and treatment intervention within limits of authority.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Bathes residents and otherwise assists with personal hygiene to maximize their comfort, including bed baths, tub baths and showers, oral hygiene, care of hair, fingernails, etc.
• Prepares residents for meals, feeds residents as required, and provides nourishments and fresh water when indicated.
• Assistance with toileting and cleaning resident if incompetent, including transferring on & off commodes or toilets.
• Monitors residents, recognizing and reporting adverse symptoms and reactions.
• Checks blood pressure, temperature, respiration, intake and output, weight, and records results.
• Changes bed linen of both occupied and unoccupied beds, and tidies residents’ rooms.
• Responds to call lights, determines residents’ needs and reports unusual changes in status.
• Assists in moving and lifting of residents both in and out of bed, and walks residents for exercise.
• Administers various treatments as directed: e.g. enemas, compresses, dressings: collects stools, urine and sputum specimens as ordered by physician.

Basic Duties & Responsibilities

• Assists in the orientation and training of new employees.
• Performs various housekeeping duties: e.g., cleaning shower, utility and treatment rooms.
• Makes beds properly with in the expected time frame.
• Maintains cordial relationship with residents and their families.
• Performs other duties as outlined in the organization/Department policy/procedure manual, or as assigned.

Requirements

Education Required:

• CNA Certified
• High school education or GED preferred.
• Ability to read, speak and write English is also required for this position.

Experience Required

• Previous long-term care experience helpful
• Prior experience working with the dementia resident preferred, and a genuine interest in the geriatric resident is required.

Additional Qualifications

• Must be able to communicate with co-workers, residents, and the families of the residents.
• Dependable, prompt, tactful, patient, a desire to work with geriatric residents.
• Resident-focused at all times, while acting as a pleasant professional is essential.
• Task-centeredness, punctuality, and a pleasant demeanor are beneficial to successful performance in this position.

Bethany Village is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.