Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Job Description
$17.34 per hour and additional hourly tenure payment based on years of experience as a C.N.A.
Experience as a Certified Nursing Aide Hourly Tenure Payment
1 Year $1.50
2 Years $2.50
3 Years $3.50
4 Years $4.50
5 Years $5.50
6 or more Years $6.50
Schedules and shifts vary between Full-Time, Part-Time, First Shift: 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.; Second Shift: 3:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.; Third Shift: 11:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. All shifts include weekends. Shift differentials paid for the 3:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. shift and 11:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. shift.
This position is included in the Bargaining Unit of AFSCME, Council 31
Responsibilities include :
• Changing, feeding, and bathing residents; attending to other personal and grooming needs
• Serving meals to residents and feeding those unable to feed themselves
• Performing incontinence checks on every resident every two hours
• Providing basic skin care to residents
• Noting any unusual changes in residents condition and reporting them to the RN
• Transferring residents to and from commode, bed and wheelchair
• Taking residents’ temperatures and vital signs
• Turning and positioning immobile residents every two hours
• Maintaining resident quarters in neat and orderly condition
Requirements include the following experience or equivalent combination of training and experience:
• Completion of the State of Illinois Certified Nurse’s Aide Training Program
• Passing score on the State of Illinois Competency test
• Must be registered as active with a clear record on the State of Illinois registry
• Must be 18 years of age or older
Candidates that have the State of Illinois Certified Nurse’s Aide Training Program completed
without a passing score on the State of Illinois Competency test must receive a passing score within 120 days of employment.
A post-offer physical is required.
A pre-employment background check is required.