CNA Personal Care

Job Description

Job Description

White Horse Village (WHV),a retirement community located in Newtown Square, PA is seeking to Certified Nursing Assistants to our team! White Horse Village is an active senior living community offering a full range of living options and healthcare services. The community intentionally creates opportunities for extraordinary living in a vibrant, diverse community through personal growth, connectedness, and relationships. As a nonprofit organization, White Horse Village reinvests earnings back into the organization to further the mission and vision.

*The Certified Nursing Assistants are eligible for sign on bonuses, as well as stay bonuses and referral bonuses; WHV offers its full-time team members a very competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental & vision insurance, short term disability insurance, 403B with company match after one year of service, and generous paid time off, and so much more.

Certified Nursing Assistants will be responsible for:

• Assisting residents in bathing according to the resident’s wishes and support plan interventions
• Assisting with toileting and the use of incontinence products. Monitors for changes in incontinence and ability to self-care, reports findings to charge nurse
• Assisting residents with dressing and clothing care, including making sure residents are dressed in clean clothing daily
• Providing personal care when the resident is unable to due to health/medical status
• Taking meal orders and delivers ordered meal to residents who are unable to come to the dining room. Returns to ensure satisfaction and removes dirty trays in a timely manner
• Assisting residents who are on restorative nursing programs by performing passive range of motion exercises, encouraging active range of motion activities and/or ambulation. Provides the necessary assistance/support when transferring residents to and from beds or chairs to wheelchairs, or chairs
• Reports all accidents, incidents, allegations of abuse and changes in ability/ mood to the Charge Nurse and/or Nursing Supervisor immediately
• Provides comfort care during the terminal stages of life
• Takes temperatures, pulses, respirations and blood pressures and weights and records results in the time frame set forth by the Supervisor
• Answers call lights promptly and complies with resident's request if qualified or authorized to do so, or refers the request to appropriate personnel
• Collects and labels urine, sputum, and emesis specimens
• Reports any unusual changes in resident's appearance or behavior to the nurse in charge
• Removes soiled linen from beds and stretchers and replaces with clean linen in a manner consistent with resident preferences

Qualifications:

• High school diploma and current Certified Nursing Assistant certification in the state of PA
• At least one year of experience working in a direct patient care setting; long term care experience preferred
• Must be able to lift and move patients, and to be able to walk or stand for long periods of time
• Attention to detail
• Ability to handle emotional and stressful situations in a professional manner while remaining calm

Shifts Available:

• 1 shift- 7am-3:30pm
• 2 shift- 3pm-11:30pm
• 3 shift- 11p- 7:30am

An Equal Opportunity Employer