CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
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Heartlinks
Sunnyside, WA, US
Summary
The Certified Nursing Assistant is responsible for assisting residents with daily living activities and monitoring their physical and emotional well-being. They must document health status, report changes to nursing staff, and maintain a safe, clean environment.
Job Description
Work Location: Adult Family Home in Sunnyside, WA
Position Summary:
The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) plays a critical role in delivering high-quality care to residents. The CNA is responsible for assisting residents with daily living activities, providing comfort, and ensuring their physical and emotional well-being. This role requires a compassionate individual with strong interpersonal skills and a dedication to improving the lives of our residents.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist residents with activities of daily living (ADLs), including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and feeding.
- Vital Signs Monitoring: Take and record residents' vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration rate.
- Mobility Assistance: Aid residents in mobility and transferring, ensuring safety and comfort during movement.
- Observation and Reporting: Monitor and document residents' health status and report any changes or concerns to the nursing staff or healthcare provider.
- Emotional Support: Provide compassionate emotional support and companionship to residents, promoting a positive and nurturing environment.
- Communication: Maintain clear and effective communication with residents, family members, and healthcare team members.
- Housekeeping: Assist with light housekeeping tasks to maintain a clean and safe environment for residents.
- Compliance: Adhere to all healthcare regulations, facility policies, and procedures to ensure the highest standards of care and safety.
Qualifications:
- Certification: Current CNA certification in the state of Washington.
- Experience: Previous experience in a similar role within a long-term care, assisted living, or adult family home setting is preferred.
- Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, compassionate and patient-centered approach, and the ability to work collaboratively within a team.
- Physical Requirements: Ability to perform physical tasks, including lifting, moving, and assisting residents, as required.
Shift Schedule & Staffing Needs:
- Per Diem
- Evening Shift: 3pm-8pm
- Positions Available: 2
In 1976, as the national hospice grassroots movement was gaining recognition, a group of caring professionals and neighbors in the Lower Yakima Valley came together to create one of the first hospices in the United States. Since then, Heartlinks has steadily matured from incorporation as a non-profit in 1978 to Medicare certification in 1983.
The agency exists to provide support and care for persons in the last phases of a life-limiting illness, so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible. This is accomplished through an individualized program of physical, emotional, spiritual and practical care for people and their families in the last phases of a life-limiting illness emphasizing the control of pain and other symptoms and by utilizing an interdisciplinary group approach of physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, homemakers, hospice aides, volunteers, spiritual counselors, bereavement counselors and others.
The program is reflective of a spirit and idea of caring that emphasizes comfort and dignity for the dying, making it possible for the patient to remains as independent as possible and to remain in their familiar surroundings.
The agency exists in the belief that, through appropriate care and the promotion of a caring community, patients and family/caregivers will be free to attain a degree of mental preparation for death that is satisfying to them.
Today, the community spirit of the founders still drives Heartlinks — “Neighbor Serving Neighbor.” Care comes from the heart. Patients and families come first. It is our great privilege to provide end-of-life services to all individuals living in both Benton County and Yakima Counties.
Founded
1978
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Grandview, Washington
In 1976, as the national hospice grassroots movement was gaining recognition, a group of caring professionals and neighbors in the Lower Yakima Valley came together to create one of the first hospices in the United States. Since then, Heartlinks has steadily matured from incorporation as a non-profit in 1978 to Medicare certification in 1983.
The agency exists to provide support and care for persons in the last phases of a life-limiting illness, so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible. This is accomplished through an individualized program of physical, emotional, spiritual and practical care for people and their families in the last phases of a life-limiting illness emphasizing the control of pain and other symptoms and by utilizing an interdisciplinary group approach of physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, homemakers, hospice aides, volunteers, spiritual counselors, bereavement counselors and others.
The program is reflective of a spirit and idea of caring that emphasizes comfort and dignity for the dying, making it possible for the patient to remains as independent as possible and to remain in their familiar surroundings.
The agency exists in the belief that, through appropriate care and the promotion of a caring community, patients and family/caregivers will be free to attain a degree of mental preparation for death that is satisfying to them.
Today, the community spirit of the founders still drives Heartlinks — “Neighbor Serving Neighbor.” Care comes from the heart. Patients and families come first. It is our great privilege to provide end-of-life services to all individuals living in both Benton County and Yakima Counties.
Founded
1978
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Grandview, Washington
