Certified Nursing Assistant / CNA / P/T Weekend with Benefits Nights

Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.)

Our CNAs are the heart of our Hackensack Meridian Health Nursing & Rehab team, which is why we offer highly competitive pay rates from day one! Brand new CNA graduates start out earning $20.32 per hour, and our pay rates increase from there based on years of experience. In addition, we are currently offering a $2,500 sign-on bonus to eligible CNAs who join our team. Please apply today so that we can discuss your future and career with Hackensack Meridian Health! Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It's also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The role of a Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.) is to demonstrate the ability to provide exceptional resident care. The C.N.A. also ensures resident's plan of care is followed. He or she must complete all required documentation as per state/federal guidelines, while also following all facility policies and procedures.

A day in the life of a Certified Nursing Assistant at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Provides patient care, as per Patient Care Plan, including but not limited to ROM exercises, ambulation, transfer training, assisting with feeding and calorie counts, bed making, personal hygiene, skin checks, AM and HS care, vital signs, answer call bells promptly, post-mortem care, assist with room changes, and participate in reports.
• Identify and report all real or potential problems regarding the administration of patient care.

• Ensure residents are wearing/using adaptive equipment, as ordered.
• Ensures patients are clean, neatly dressed, groomed, safe, and fed during assigned shift hours.
• Follows through on ordered restorative nursing for assigned patients.
• Completes all required tasks, documentation, and reports daily as per facility policy and state and federal regulations.
• Records intake and output and bowel movements.

• Reports any unusual changes in patient condition to Charge Nurse promptly. Communicates pertinent information and actual or potential problems to RN throughout the shift.
• Participates on committees, as requested by supervisors.
• Identifies patient needs and treatment opportunities, providing services to meet those needs on an on-going basis.
• Maintains professional competence and keeps current with Occupational Health trends through participation in continuing education, in-service programs, professional staff sessions and training of nursing personnel.
• Fosters good relationships and communications with all Team Members, patients, family/significant others and visitors.

• Additional duties as assigned

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Completion of an approved CNA program
• Able to lift 50lbs.
• Current with all Continuing Education (CE) requirements
• Perform clinical care professionally
• Serve as patient advocate and role model to other Team Members

• Deliver patient care in a timely, efficient, and effective manner
• Ability to effectively work on a multidisciplinary team Education,

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Computer skills, including Microsoft Office
• Long-term care and rehabilitation facility experience
• Prior work experience with geriatric and disabled populations.
• Bi-lingual (Spanish)

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• NJ CNA License

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Compensation Minimum rate of $22.74 Hourly HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package. The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to:

• Labor Market Data: Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness.
• Experience: Years of relevant work experience.
• Education and Certifications: Level of education attained, including specialized certifications, credentials, completed apprenticeship programs or advanced training.
• Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in relevant skills and competencies.
• Geographic Location: Cost of living and market rates for the specific location.
• Internal Equity: Compensation is determined in a manner consistent with compensation ranges for similar roles within the organization.
• Budget and Grant Funding: Departmental budgets and any grant funding associated with the job position may impact the pay that can be offered.

Some jobs may also be eligible for performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions not reflected in the starting rate. Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts. In addition to our compensation for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.