Join Our Caring Team as a CNA in Centralia!
Company: NurseRecruiter
Location: Centralia
Posted on: July 16, 2025
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Job Description:
Certified Nursing Assistant Join a caring team as a Certified
Nursing Assistant in Centralia, where your dedication makes a
meaningful impact on residents' lives. This role emphasizes
teamwork and compassion, providing essential daily nursing care
while ensuring a warm, supportive environment. You’ll collaborate
with nursing staff, assist residents in their daily activities, and
contribute to their well-being. This is a wonderful opportunity to
grow in your nursing career while making a difference! Position
Summary Our company is looking for a dedicated Certified Nursing
Assistant (CNA) to join our caring team! We offer a great place to
work where your skills and dedication are appreciated. If you're
passionate about providing quality care and thrive in a supportive
environment, this is the place for you! The primary purpose of your
job position is to provide each of your assigned residents with
routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the
resident's assessment and care plan, and as may be directed by your
supervisors. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Use the
wristband or photo card file to identify residents before
administering treatments, serving meals, etc., as necessary. Use
only authorized abbreviations established by this facility when
recording information. Report all changes in the resident's
condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as
practical. Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc.,
in an informative, descriptive manner. Report all accidents and
incidents you observe on the shift that they occur. Agree not to
disclose residents' protected health information and promptly
report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the
Administrator. Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt
to access facility's information system. Perform only those nursing
care procedures that you have been trained to do. Ensure that the
resident's room is ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed
made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.). Greet residents
and escort them to their room. Introduce resident to his/her
roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate.
Make residents comfortable. • Inventory and mark the resident's
personal possessions as instructed. Store resident's clothing.
Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they
are being transferred to a new room, or when discharged. Transport
residents to new rooms or to the receiving area. Assist with
loading/unloading residents' to/from vehicles as necessary. Create
and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and
positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the
unit and shift. Meet with your shift's nursing personnel, on a
regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting
problem areas, and/or the improvement of services. Report all
complaints and grievances made by the residents. Participate in and
receive the nursing report as instructed. Follow established
policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids. Make beds as
instructed. Put extra covers on beds as requested. Measure and
record temperatures, pulses, and respirations (TPRs) of residents,
as instructed. Weigh and measure residents as instructed. Ensure
that residents who are unable to call for help are checked
frequently. Answer resident calls promptly. Check residents
routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.
Assist residents with identifying food arrangements (i.e.,
informing resident with sight problem of foods that are on his/her
tray, where it is located, if it is hot/cold, etc.). Record the
resident's food/fluid intake. Report changes in the resident's
eating habits to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse. Keep residents'
water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water (on each shift),
and within easy reach of the resident. Perform after meal care
(i.e., remove trays, clean resident's hands, face, clothing, etc.).
Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for
duty. Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established
policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors.
Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and
performing your assigned tasks. Cooperate with inter-departmental
personnel, as well as other facility personnel to ensure that
nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of
the residents. Notify the facility when you will be late or absent
from work. Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids,
infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with
the facility's policies and procedures governing accidents and
incidents. Assist residents with daily functions (dental and mouth
care, bath functions, combing of hair, dressing and undressing as
necessary). Keep residents dry (change gown, clothing and linens,
when it becomes wet or soiled). Assist residents in preparing for
medical tests (i.e., lab work, x-ray, therapy, dental, etc.).
Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting
residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs,
lifts, etc. Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as
instructed. Assist in preparing the resident for a physical
examination. Check each resident routinely to ensure that his/her
personal care needs are being met in accordance with his/her
wishes. Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin
breakdowns to prevent decubitus ulcers (bedsores). Report injuries
of an unknown source, including skin tears. Observe disoriented and
comatose residents. Record and report data as instructed Perform
special treatments as instructed. Immediately notify the Nurse
Supervisor/Charge Nurse of any resident leaving/missing from the
facility. Use only the equipment you have been trained to use.
Report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse
Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information
including protected health information. Report known or suspected
incidents of unauthorized disclosure of such information. Report
all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of
resident property. Honor the resident's refusal of treatment
request. Report such requests to your supervisor. Knowledge, Skills
and Abilities Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general
business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures,
or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business
correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively
present information and respond to questions from managers and
employees. Mathematical Skills Ability to apply concepts such as
fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical
situations. Reasoning Ability to solve practical problems and deal
with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only
limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of
instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Physical Demands. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move
up to 25 pounds. Prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly
required to sit, stand; walk and talk, read or hear. Frequent use
of all office related equipment to include copier/scanner/fax,
telephone, and calculator. May be necessary to assist in the
evacuation of residents during emergency situations. Education &
Experience Education and/or Experience Must possess, as a minimum,
an 10th grade education. Must be a licensed Certified Nursing
Assistant in accordance with laws of the state. CPR Preferred.
South Creek Post Acute is looking for a dedicated Certified Nursing
Assistant (CNA) to join our caring team! We offer a great place to
work where your skills and dedication are appreciated. If you're
passionate about providing quality care and thrive in a supportive
environment, this is the place for you.
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