Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Job Description
Sycamore Creek Ranch is currently seeking to add a compassionate caregiver to our care team. We are a 16 resident assisted living / memory care community filled with lots of life, love, and laughter. We recognize that our care team is the back bone of everything we do, and know our residents won't be happy unless our care team members are happy. We offer a great team environment, top pay, bonuses, paid vacations, PTO, and sick pay. Our 12 hour shifts are 6 - 6, with every other weekend off. 2 years minimum experience required. We are currently hiring for both day and night shifts. A CNA certification is PREFFERED but not required. The Caregiver is responsible for providing professional, compassionate, and quality care for all residents. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Assists residents with activities of daily living (ADLs). Implements and supports resident care plan. Provides for the residents physical care including lifting, bathing, performing hygiene tasks, toileting, assisting with meals, and other tasks. Transfers residents in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, and/or automobiles. Changes bed linens, washes and irons residents laundry, and assists to maintain tidiness of residents bedrooms, closets, and dresser drawers. Facilitates and/or participates in resident group activities and resident care conferences. Engages residents in meaningful conversation and activities related to their individual interests. Assists with resident room, bathroom, and common area cleanliness, overall facility, and other housekeeping duties as needed. Maintains professional approach to responsibilities (uniform, start times, absenteeism, confidentiality, communication with residents, family members, other staff members and vendors, and daily work responsibilities). Promptly responds to all resident care needs. Supports new resident welcome and assimilation process. Monitors residents for changes in condition and reports changes to leadership, if delegated to do so by licensed nurse. Completes incident reports for any incidents occurred on assigned shift. Responds to all emergency situations. Performs other duties as assigned. JOB REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. High school diploma or equivalent. Must complete 12 hours of continuing education provided through community in-services. Must be fluent in English and have the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating procedures, policies and employee manuals. Ability to write reports and correspondence. Must work with other staff towards overall resident care. Ability to report to work at least 15 minutes early to conduct a walk-though with previous shift personnel. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Required to stand, stoop, bend, lift, and walk regularly, occasionally sit, lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.