Certified Nursing Assistant

Certified Nursing Assistant

JOB-10040541

Anticipated Start Date

Location

NY

Type of Employment

Contract Hire

Employer Info

Our client provides top-ranked care, dozens of inpatient and outpatient specialties, and mental health services with a team of highly trained and caring medical professionals who are compassionate, culturally competent and patient centered. Their vision is to be a fully integrated health system that enables New Yorkers to live their healthiest lives. Many of their roles are temp-to-hire, giving our client and our candidates the opportunity to ensure they are the right fit for a full-time position, as this comes with career advancement opportunities and excellent benefits. In fact, over 30% of our candidates have converted to full time positions at our client.

Job Summary

We are looking for individuals to join our client’s team as Certified Nursing Assistant. Under direct supervision of a licensed Nurse or other professional medical staff in a health care setting, performs a variety of clerical and health-related duties associated with patient care; performs related work.

Job Description

• Assists with physical care of selected patients.
• Performs assigned procedures such as changing of simple dressings, taking vital signs, giving enemas, etc.
• Records personal care given.
• Prepares patient for examination by performing assigned procedures such as temperature, pulse, respiration, height, weight, and measurements, and assists in the examination process and records findings on patient chart.
• Observes patients’ and/or families’ condition, mental state, and social behavior.
• Reports observations.
• Participates in nursing and interdisciplinary health team conferences to assess patients’ and families’ needs and to plan nursing care programs.
• Assists in recreational, motivational and resocialization activities of nursing care programs.
• Sets up and arranges examining room.
• Assists clinic in admission procedures and in regulation of visitors. Cares for patients’ clothing and property.
• Prepares patients for meals and helps feed them as necessary.
• Changes linen and makes beds. Keeps wards, utility, and treatment rooms in a neat and orderly condition.
• Provides postmortem care.

Skills Required

• 2 years’ experience required.

Education/Training/Certifications

• Graduate of an approved CNA program; NYS CNA Certification – required; Primary Source Verification – required.
• AHA - BLS preferred.
• Completed High School (Diploma or GED)

Additional Requirements

• Malpractice Insurance - All clinical workers are required to have active individual Medical Malpractice.  A copy must be provided prior to start of assignment. All clinical workers licensed by the state of NY are required to provide.