Certified Nursing Assistant

Up to $5,000.00 Signing Bonus!! Starting pay rates from $14 to $20 per hour!! Join Lakeview's growing LTAC Hospital team ** Our new Rehab Unit opens soon! Immediate opportunities for dependable, kind, and enthusiastic Certified Nursing Assistants with a passion for providing care and companionship to patients challenged with Traumatic Brain Injuries and/or other neurobehavioral issues. Lakeview offers: 12 hour shift schedules for maximum scheduling flexibility and work-life balance Generous NOC and Weekend differential pay! Full benefits package - paid holidays, generous PTO accrual, insurance and retirement plans for FT and PT onsite, free American Heart Assn CPR & ACLS, CBRF Certifications and others! Earn your Certified Brain Injury Specialist Certification with us! Tuition reimbursement as you work towards your Nursing Degree!! Position Title: Certified Nursing Assistant- Hospital Name: Department: Hospital Date of Hire: Date Placed in Position: Reports To: Charge Nurse Position Purpose: To provide assistance and treatment to patients of Hospital. To help ensure active participation in the rehabilitation program. To participate as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team. To provide education, assistance, supervision, safety, and behavior management for the patient population. Key Responsibilities: 1. Provides descriptive and objective information for input into the treatment plan regarding each patient’s functional abilities and limitations as well as observes and records data regarding target behaviors in accordance with patient treatment plans, prescribed program interventions, and therapy protocols. 2. Actively seeks opportunities to teach age-appropriate responsibility, independent functioning, and pro-social behavior. 3. Tends to the patients’ immediate needs for safety, education, health / hygiene and comfort in ways that foster independent functioning on the part of the patient (i.e. ADL’s, mealtime, bathing, laundry, community access, recreational activities, and vocational skills) in accordance with competencies. 4. Works with patients in a variety of settings in accordance with the patient’s schedule. 5. Communicates with staff and patients in a manner consistent with both the individual patient’s treatment plan and individual patient needs. 6. Adheres to the administrative, clinical, and human resource policies of Lakeview Specialty Hospital and Rehab. Qualifications 1. Skill, Knowledge and Abilities: Knowledge of the sequela of brain injury and other neurological disorders. Knowledge of physical, cognitive, psychological, emotional, and/or communication disabilities. Ability to obtain and maintain BLS CPR course required. 2. Education: Required: successful completion of certified nursing assistant course as evidenced by certification. High school graduate preferred. 3. Licensure: Maintain a current certification by the State of WI as a Certified Nursing Assistant. Prefer a valid driver’s license. 4. Experience: Preferred one-year experience working with an acute population. 5. Physical Requirements: See attached Statement of Job Requirements 6. Exposure Categories: Category I = Tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues. Other potential hazard(s): Verbally and physically aggressive patients