Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Watertown Health Care Center is seeking Certified Nursing Assistants to provide direct patient care in a long-term care setting. As a CNA, you will be the first point of contact with residents and families, delivering compassionate care while maintaining each resident's dignity, privacy, and comfort. You will work AM shifts with flexible 8-hour scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with activities of daily living including grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, toileting, and dressing
• Provide incontinent care, colostomy care, and assistance with prosthetic appliances
• Help residents with transferring, ambulation, and range of motion exercises
• Maintain resident comfort and skin integrity by changing incontinent residents, turning and repositioning immobile residents, and applying moisturizers to fragile skin to prevent pressure ulcers and skin tears
• Answer resident call bells promptly and courteously
• Lift, move, and transport residents using proper body mechanics or lifting devices
• Protect and account for residents' personal belongings including eyeglasses, dentures, hearing aids, jewelry, clothing, and memorabilia
• Communicate with residents in a manner that displays warmth and promotes a caring environment
• Understand and uphold all aspects of residents' rights, including freedom from restraints and abuse
• Promptly report to the charge nurse or administrative staff any incidents or evidence of resident abuse or violation of residents' rights
• Report missing items according to established policy and participate in efforts to locate them
• Complete certified nursing assistant records documenting care provided

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Successful completion of a state-approved Nursing Assistant Certification course or equivalent education meeting state certification requirements
• Current Nursing Assistant Certification in Wisconsin or eligibility to obtain certification

Schedule

• AM shifts available
• Flexible 8-hour shifts

Compensation and Benefits

• Starting wage: $15/hour
• $1,500 sign-on bonus
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• 401(k) matched at 10%

Location

• Watertown, Wisconsin