Nursing Assistant (NA) - Full-Time, Days
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Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Welkind (Chester)
Chester, NJ, US
Summary
The Nursing Assistant is responsible for assisting patients with daily personal care, including hygiene, feeding, and mobility support. They also monitor vital signs and transport patients to treatment areas within the rehabilitation facility.
Job Description
Overview
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
Position: Nursing Assistant (NA)Location: 201 Pleasant Hill Rd, Chester, NJ 07930 (MORRIS COUNTY)Schedule: Full-time, Days 7:00AM-7:30PM (Includes Weekday & Weekend Shifts)
Compensation: $21.00/Hour - $25.59/Hour (Based on Experience) +Shift Differential
Our inpatient rehabilitation hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.
We support your career growth and personal well-being.
- Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting
- Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings
- Invest in Your Future: 100% paid RN scholarship program, company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
- Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
Responsibilities
- Obtaining vital signs, height, weight, and demographic data.
- Assisting patients with personal and daily care, such as bathing (bed bath, chair at sink, tub, and shower), oral hygiene, shaving, and hair care.
- Delivering meals and snacks, feeding patients who are unable to feed themselves, and documenting oral intake, including supplements.
- Turning and positioning immobile patients safely while maintaining proper body alignment; participating in the mobility program.
- Answering patient call lights and performing services that add to the physical well-being of the patient.
- Transportation of the patients to designated areas, such as to and from various treatment centers.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- Certified BLS or completion in the first 90 days of employment required
Preferred Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
- Hospital experience, certification as a nursing assistant preferred
Per Diem Requirement: Four (4) shifts per 6-week schedule. One Saturday or Sunday, one winter/summer holiday
Additional Data
Post offer employment testing (POETs) are completed as part of the onboarding process, to be completed before an employee's first day of work.
Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
For over 75 years, Kessler Institute has been a national leader in rehabilitation medicine. Today, as one of the nation's largest rehabilitation hospitals, we continue to lead this field — providing the highly specialized care, advanced treatment and innovative technologies that enable individuals with spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, amputation, neurologic diseases, orthopedic trauma, cancer and cardiac conditions to rebuild their lives.
Kessler is one of only ten centers in the nation – and the only hospital in New Jersey - to be federally designated as a Model System for treatment and research of both traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, a distinction shared with Kessler Foundation. That same level of expertise and experience distinguishes each of the comprehensive rehabilitation programs offered at our four New Jersey campuses. Perhaps that's one reason why U.S. News & World Report ranks Kessler as one of "America's Best Hospitals." And why each year, thousands of individuals from across the country choose Kessler for their rehabilitation.
Select Medical provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.
To learn more, visit us at kessler-rehab.com or call 888-KESSLER.
Founded
1948
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
West Orange
For over 75 years, Kessler Institute has been a national leader in rehabilitation medicine. Today, as one of the nation's largest rehabilitation hospitals, we continue to lead this field — providing the highly specialized care, advanced treatment and innovative technologies that enable individuals with spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, amputation, neurologic diseases, orthopedic trauma, cancer and cardiac conditions to rebuild their lives.
Kessler is one of only ten centers in the nation – and the only hospital in New Jersey - to be federally designated as a Model System for treatment and research of both traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, a distinction shared with Kessler Foundation. That same level of expertise and experience distinguishes each of the comprehensive rehabilitation programs offered at our four New Jersey campuses. Perhaps that's one reason why U.S. News & World Report ranks Kessler as one of "America's Best Hospitals." And why each year, thousands of individuals from across the country choose Kessler for their rehabilitation.
Select Medical provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.
To learn more, visit us at kessler-rehab.com or call 888-KESSLER.
Founded
1948
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
West Orange
