Certified Nurses Assistant CNA

**Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) – Join Our Team!**

**$3,000 SIGN-ON BONUS!**

The Springs of Magnolia is actively seeking Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) to be part of our exceptional team. Apply online or visit us in person for an application and interview – we can't wait to meet you!

**NEW PAY SCALE**

**DAILY PAY**

**New Graduates Welcome!**

Now hiring CNAs for day and night shifts - ALL SHIFTS AVAILABLE, full-time and part-time positions open.

***Weekend Option is available Saturday and Sunday 16 hour shifts***

**Full and Part-Time CNAs Enjoy:**

- Health/Dental/Vision Insurance

- PTO accrual

- Daily Pay available – get paid when you need it!

- Competitive pay with added shift differentials

- Comfortable staffing ratios

- Fun and friendly work atmosphere with a great leadership team

- Top pay in the area

**BENEFITS:**

- Medical, Dental, Vision

- 401K

- Life Insurance

- Daily Pay

- Incentive Bonuses

**CNA License Required**

**Administrative Functions:**

- Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative and descriptive manner.

- Use the wristband or photo card file to identify residents before administering care.

- Report all observed accidents/incidents promptly.

- Use only authorized abbreviations when recording information.

- Report changes in residents' conditions to the Charge/Staff Nurse promptly.

**Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Functions:**

- Ensure residents' rooms are ready for receiving them.

- Greet and escort residents to their rooms, introducing them to roommates and others as appropriate.

- Make residents comfortable and inventory their personal possessions.

- Assist residents with packing and unpacking when transferring rooms or being discharged.

- Transport residents to new rooms or the receiving area.

**Personnel Functions:**

- Follow work assignments and schedules.

- Perform all assigned tasks according to established policies and procedures.

- Notify the facility of late arrival or absence.

- Report residents' complaints and grievances.

- Cooperate with inter-department personnel for efficient nursing services.

- Create and maintain a positive and calm environment throughout the unit and shift.

- Attend scheduled meetings to identify and correct problem areas.

**Personal Nursing Care Functions:**

- Participate in and receive the nursing report upon duty.

- Assist residents with daily dental and mouth care, give or assist with bath functions, backrubs, dressing/undressing, hair care, nail care, shaving, and keeping residents dry.

- Make beds, position bedfast residents, change bed linens, and assist with bowel and bladder functions.

- Collect specimens, assist with medical tests, and prepare residents for physical examinations.

- Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents.

- Provide restorative and rehabilitative procedures, eye and ear care, and measure/record vital signs.

**Special Nursing Care Functions:**

- Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdowns.

- Provide daily perineal care and turn bedfast residents at least every two (2) hours.

- Perform diabetic urine testing, observe disoriented and comatose residents, and report any changes in room conditions.

- Turn over all medications found in residents' rooms to the Charge/Staff Nurse.

**Food Service Functions:**

- Prepare residents for meals and serve food trays, assist with feeding, and record residents' food/fluid intake.

- Keep residents' water pitchers clean and filled, serve snacks, and perform after-meal care.

- Check rooms for food articles, ensuring adherence to dietary allowances.

**Staff Development:**

- Attend and participate in scheduled training, educational classes, and orientation programs.

**Safety and Sanitation:**

- Restrain residents as instructed, release restraints periodically for exercises and other activities.

- Maintain records of restrained residents.

- Report missing residents promptly and follow established safety precautions.

- Keep floors dry, store supplies and equipment properly, and follow smoking regulations.

- Keep bedside rails up when residents are in bed and wash hands before and after resident services.

- Follow isolation precautions, use gowns and gloves as indicated, and adhere to Universal Precautions.

**Equipment and Supply Functions:**

- Use only trained equipment and operate it safely.

- Use only necessary equipment and supplies to avoid wastefulness.

- Report defective equipment and inform the Charge/Staff Nurse of needs.

**Care Plan Functions:**

- Review care plans daily to ensure appropriate nursing care.

**Residents' Rights Functions:**

- Maintain confidentiality of resident care information.

- Treat all residents fairly, with kindness, dignity, and respect.

- Provide nursing care in privacy, knocking before entering residents' rooms.

- Report residents' grievances and complaints to the Charge/Staff Nurse.

**Working Conditions:**

- Work in well-lighted and ventilated areas throughout the nursing service area.

- Sit, stand, bend, lift, and move intermittently during working hours.

- Subject to frequent interruptions.

- Involved with residents, personnel, visitors, government agencies/personnel under various conditions.

- Subject to hostile and emotionally upset individuals.

- Communicate with nursing and other department personnel.

- Willing to work beyond normal hours, on weekends, holidays, and temporarily in other positions when necessary.

- Attend and participate in continuing educational programs.

- Subject to falls, burns, odors, and exposure to infectious waste.

- Maintain a liaison with other department supervisors.

**Education Requirements:**

- Minimum 8th-grade education.

- Must be a Certified Nursing Assistant or enrolled in a Certified Nursing Assistant Training Program.

**Experience:**

- None required, on-the-job training provided.

**Specific Requirements:**

- Write the English language legibly.

- Make independent decisions as warranted.

- Deal tactfully with various individuals.

- Minimum age of eighteen (18).

- Work harmoniously with diverse personnel.

- Demonstrate patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, and enthusiasm.

- Willingness to incorporate new methods and principles into existing nursing practices.

**Physical Requirements:**

- Move intermittently throughout the workday.

- Speak English understandably.

- Cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.

- See and hear or use prosthetics to enable these senses to function adequately.

- Function independently with flexibility, personal integrity, and emotional stability.

- Be in good general health and demonstrate physical and emotional stability.

- Relate to and work with diverse residents and personnel.

- Lift a minimum of fifty (50) pounds.