CNA

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Joliet, IL

3-11 pm

Join our team at Joliet Living and Rehab Center LLC, where we are dedicated to providing exceptional patient care and support. As a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), you will play a vital role in ensuring the highest level of care for our patients and residents.

About the Role:

• 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 information from physicians, caregivers, and nurses about patient condition, 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 urine
• Reminding patients to take medications and nutritional supplements
• Noting observations of patient behavior, including complaints or physical symptoms to nurses
• Staying up-to-date on CNA training and facility policy and procedure

Requirements:

• State Certified Nursing Assistant Certification
• Current CPR (American Heart Association)
• Nursing degree from a Certified Nursing Assistant (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

What We Offer:

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