Inpatient CNA Weeknight
We are seeking an experienced CNA to join our team. Our team does amazing work that profoundly improves the quality of life of our patients and their families. Rediscover your passion for healthcare and the rewarding one-to-one patient connections that inspired you to enter healthcare to begin with.
Job Type: Full-time, Non-Exempt
Schedule: 3 - 12 hr shifts
Location: Mishawaka/Elkhart, Indiana
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package for eligible full-time employees, which includes:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Health savings and flexible spending account options
- Retirement plan with employer contribution
- Employer-paid life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Wellness and healthy lifestyle benefits
- Employee peer recognition program
- Annual anniversary/retention bonus opportunities
- Competitive paid time off (PTO)
Full details of benefits and specific eligibility (including any minimum scheduled hours for certain benefits) are provided during the interview and onboarding process.
Patient Care:
• Provides care and services to patients according to the care plan or as approved by the RN.
• Assists with activities of daily living as directed:
(a) Performs bed making duties
(b) Prepares meals and cleans items used in preparation and kitchen area
(c ) Light cleaning duties
• Offers support and encouragement to patients and families
• Demonstrates proper body mechanics when performing patient care, utilizing appropriate techniques to accomplish tasks.
• Performs job duties under the direction of the Registered Nurse.
Reporting Changes:
• Reports significant changes in the patient’s mental and/or physical condition, changes in scheduling, complaints or special requests, equipment problems, or patient incidents such as falls, which may have caused injury.
• Demonstrates good judgment in knowing what information needs to be communicated.
• Handles communication in a timely manner.
Documentation:
• Maintains daily documentation of patient care provided on appropriate forms.
• Records patient’s complaints or changes reported to nurse.
• Committed to Agency resolution against fraud and abuse.
• Knowledgeable in hospice philosophy and state and federal rules and regulations.
• Arrives to work and meetings on time and ready to work.
• Respects confidentiality of patients/families and other Agency employees.
• Attends educational meetings/conferences for professional growth as required.
• Sees change as an opportunity and maintains a level of flexibility which allows for adaptation to new ways of performing.
• May be required to work either IPU based on staffing needs and/or acuity
• Follows directions and policies that allow for an organizational commitment to working under time pressures without sacrificing quality.
• Performs other duties that may be assigned.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
• Possesses the ability to perform the following tasks for varying periods of time: standing, walking, sitting, lifting objects up to 75 lbs., pushing/pulling objects up to 200 lbs., climbing stairs, stooping, kneeling, twisting, bending, reaching overhead and in front of body, simultaneous use of both hands, wrists, and fingers.
• Possesses the ability to perform the following tasks for varying periods of time: speak in conversational tones utilizing the English/American Language, hear conversations as well as bodily function sounds with various medical or non-medical devices, observe patients via touch sensitivity that is strong enough to palpate various areas on the human body and allow an accurate reporting of a pulse, see with vision acuity: near, 20 inches or less, and far, 20 inches or more, with or without corrective devices such as glasses or contacts, have a depth perception of three dimensions, and a sharpness of vision/focus with adequate peripheral vision to allow an acute awareness of surroundings.
• Possesses the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions that include, but are not limited to the following: dust, fumes, noise, closed-in spaces or rooms, and locations with poor or improper lighting and glare.
• May be required to work in shifts that may be steady or rotating.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Prior training and experience is required with Indiana certification as a Nurse Aide