Certified Nursing Assistant

The Certified Nursing Assistant provides direct patient care under the direction of the RN professional to all assigned patients, and maintains a safe patient area. He/she assumes responsibility and accountability for patient care as a team member in order to achieve established outcomes.

• Provides direct hygiene and comfort care to patients including bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, incontinent care, and bed making.
• Takes vital signs under the direction of the RN, documents accordingly, and notifies the RN of the results.
• Performs and documents glucose finger sticks and collects other specimens including stool, urine, and sputum.
• Obtains and documents daily patient weights and observes and documents patient's intake and output.
• Provides a safe patient environment by answering call lights promptly, communicating with the RN immediately for any change in patient's condition.
• Acts in the role of patient sitter when needed.
• Maintains a clean and safe nursing unit and patient room.
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.).
• This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).

Required Education:

• HS Diploma or GED.
• Completion of an approved CNA program.

Preferred Education: N/A

• NJ CNA License.
• BLS.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure: N/A

• Shift: 11PM-7AM
• Hours Per Week: 40
• Weekend Requirement: EOW
• Holiday Requirement: 4 of 6
• On-Call Requirement: No
• Float Requirement: Yes
• Required Years of Experience: 2 to 3 years
• Scrub Color: Burgundy
• Important notes: CNA need to have sub-acute and long-time care experience which is mandatory.

New Position

• BLS - AHA
• CNA