Registry Certified Nursing Associate

Registry Certified Nursing Associate

We are pleased to offer the opportunity to work as a Registry Certified Nursing Associate within the Kenneth Moy Care Center. We are currently accepting walk-in interviews for this position. Please submit an application online, then join us Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at 400 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187 for a walk-in interview. Base rate for a Certified Nursing Aide is $20.00 per hour plus additional hourly tenure payment based on years of experience as a C.N.A. Experience as a Certified Nursing Aide Hourly Tenure Payment 1 Year $1.50 2 Years $2.50 3 Years $3.50 4 Years $4.50 5 Years $5.50 6 or more Years $6.50 As part of our registry team, you will work a minimum of eight (8) shifts per calendar month, six (6) of which must be weekend days. All shifts worked must be eight (8) hours. Total number of hours worked per year must not exceed 1,000 hours. As part of your schedule, you will be required to work a minimum of: • One (1) major summer holiday: Memorial Day, Independence Day (July 4), or Labor Day. • One (1) major winter holiday: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, or New Year's Day • As well as two (2) additional County holidays: Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, or Day after Thanksgiving This position is assigned to the AFSCME Council 31 (Care Center) Bargaining Unit DuPage County is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include: • Changing, feeding, and bathing residents; attending to other personal and grooming needs • Serving meals to residents and feeding those unable to feed themselves • Performing incontinence checks on every resident every two hours • Providing basic skin care to residents • Noting any unusual changes in residents condition and reporting them to the RN • Transferring residents to and from commode, bed and wheelchair • Taking residents' temperatures and vital signs • Turning and positioning immobile residents every two hours • Maintaining resident quarters in neat and orderly condition

Requirements Include

Requirements include the following experience or equivalent combination of training and experience: • Completion of the State of Illinois Certified Nurse's Aide Training Program • Passing score on the State of Illinois Competency test • Must be registered as active with a clear record on the State of Illinois registry • Must be 18 years of age or older Candidates that have the State of Illinois Certified Nurse's Aide Training Program completed without a passing score on the State of Illinois Competency test must receive a passing score within 120 days of employment. A post offer physical is required. A pre-employment background check is required.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Heavy Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than for medium work. WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment for this position regularly includes working with residents and attending to their daily needs. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to quiet.