Certified Nursing Assistant CNA NOC Shift in Santa Cruz, California

Location

Santa Cruz, California

Job Type

Full-time and Part-time

Company

Redwood Grove Post Acute

If you want to be part of a team that cares about giving top quality patient care you have found the right place. We are a growing company and have multiple roles open for a skilled CNA. You will provide outstanding patient care and physical support for patients and residents on a daily basis. To do well in this role you should have your state-certified nursing assistant certification and a nursing degree from a recognized CNA program.

CNA Responsibilities:

• Providing great patient care.

• Answering patient calls and determining how best to help them.

• Providing physical support for patients or residents with daily activities and personal hygiene, including bathing, dressing, getting out of bed, - using the toilet, walking, standing, or exercising.

• Turning and repositioning bedridden patients.

• Ensuring patients or residents receive appropriate diet by reviewing their dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences.

• Obtaining a wide range of information from physicians, caregivers, and nurses about patient conditions, treatment plans, and suggested activities.

• Measuring and recording food and liquid intake and urinary and fecal output and reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.

• Recording vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and respiration rate as requested by staff.

• Examining patients to detect issues requiring medical care, including open wounds, bruises, or blood in the urine.

• Reminding patients to take medications and nutritional supplements.

• Noting observations of patient behavior, including complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.

• Stay up to date on CNA training and facility policy and procedure.

CNA Requirements:

• State Certified Nursing Assistant Certification.

• Nursing degree from a CNA program.

• Ability to think and work independently and with direction, and communicate with staff members in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.

• Current certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant.

• High School graduate or equivalent.

• Current identification.

• Comfortable using a computer.

• Excellent personal hygiene.