Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Golden Legacy Care Center is hiring Certified Nursing Assistants for the afternoon shift (3:00 PM - 11:00 PM). In this role, you will work under the supervision of the Charge Nurse to provide direct care and support to residents in a nursing home setting, assisting with activities of daily living and ensuring a safe, comfortable environment.

Responsibilities

• Answer call lights to determine and meet resident needs
• Provide personal hygiene assistance including bathing, oral care, skin care, nail care, dressing, undressing, and shaving
• Make beds correctly and change linens
• Assist with toileting, bowel and bladder retraining, and incontinent care
• Serve and collect food trays
• Feed residents or assist them to eat
• Record dietary intake, pass nutritional snacks, and record intake and output as requested
• Weigh residents as requested
• Perform and assist with mobility, transferring, ambulation, positioning, and range of motion using assistive devices as required
• Use proper body mechanics when necessary
• Assure resident rights and privacy, maintain confidentiality of all resident care information
• Observe and report medical and behavioral changes in residents immediately
• Perform rounds per protocol and as needed
• Observe universal precautions for infection control including proper hand washing and isolation techniques
• Follow all safety rules
• Meet required in-service attendance
• Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor, director of nursing, and administrator

Required Qualifications

• Active Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certificate
• CPR certification
• Ability to read, write, and understand English
• Ability to verbally communicate with residents, families, and coworkers
• Honest, dependable, and able to exhibit a caring manner toward residents
• Ability to safely perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation
• Valid U.S. work authorization
• Valid identification (driver's license, Social Security card, or passport)

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience as a CNA (experience is a plus but not necessary)
• New graduates are welcome; you do not need to wait for your CNA card to arrive in the mail

Schedule

• Full-time position
• Evening shift: 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM
• 7.5-hour shifts on a rotation of four days on and two days off
• Includes holidays, overtime, and weekend work

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay: $21.00 - $22.00 per hour, depending on experience
• Vacation pay and paid time off
• Sick pay
• Holiday pay
• Supplemental medical, dental, vision, accidental, and hospitalization coverage
• In-house skills training
• Waiting period may apply for benefits

Clinical Setting

• Nursing home
• Geriatrics specialty
• Special treatment program