Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in California

POSITION TITLE: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

REPORTS TO (TITLE): Director of Nursing or designee

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) provides direct patient care to all patients with physical and emotional or psychiatric disorders, supports therapeutic milieu, ensures safety and well-being of patients and carries out general nursing assistance necessary to treatment of adolescents, adults, or older adult patients as assigned. The CNA along with the Mental Health Technician are the primary employees responsible for the safety of the unit milieu. Environmental safety rounds are required each shift and ongoing safety assessments, including securing contraband found within the milieu, will be completed by the Certified Nursing Assistants or Mental Health Technicians. Safety Observations are required to be documented and recorded in the patient’s medical record as ordered...

We welcome you to be a part of a great company that is meeting the daily challenge of caring for human lives together! Come be part of something special. We are currently hiring CNAs for our morning, evening shift, and overnight shift. The morning shift is from 7a.m. to 3 p.m. The evening shift is from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. The overnight shift is from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Certified Nurse Assistants (CNA) provide each resident with routine daily nursing care with compassion and respect. This care is also in accordance with the resident’s assessment plan and with current federal, state and local standards and regulations.

Our CNA’s are empowered to “do the right thing”, make sound independent decisions as they demonstrate patience, initiative and willingness to assist residents.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensuring that all nursing care is provided in privacy
• Making residents comfortable by attending to their everyday needs including bathing,...