DEPARTMENT:  Nursing

JOB INFORMATION:

Alaris Health at The Chateau, a 73 bed-skilled nursing Center in Rochelle Park, New Jersey, seeks a Complex Care Quality Assurance Certified Nursing Assistant to perform various resident care activities and related non-professional services that are essential to caring for residents’ personal needs and comfort levels. Additional responsibilities include:

• Attends Nursing and Quality Improvement meetings on a quarterly, or as needed basis
• Assists charge nurse in monitoring restorative care and other clinical programs, i.e., bowel and bladder;
• Gaining familiarity with new residents within 24 hours of admission;
• Measures Vital Signs as directed by professionally licensed nurse.
• Reviews Certified Nurse Aide charting at end of assigned shift.
• Conducting periodic resident care and unit checks with appropriate documentation;
• Assessing equipment and supply needs and reports findings to the appropriate report on a routine basis;
• Assisting in orientating, training and refreshing of CNAs and promptly reporting any problems
• And above all, ensuring that residents and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere which recognizes the individuals’ needs and rights.

JOB Requirements:

• Currently certified as a nursing assistant in NJ.
• Attend 12 hours of in-service training per year as per New Jersey State Regulations to maintain certification.
• Able to read, write and understand the English language.
• Ability to perform essential job functions
• Ability to positively interact with everyone from residents to government agencies and the general public
• Possess strong leadership abilities
• History of demonstrating advanced organizational and technical skills
• Understanding of standard techniques used in providing personal services for residents and caring for equipment and supplies
• Good understanding of basic medical asepsis, sterile techniques, and universal precautions to avoid infection of residents and self-contamination of equipment and supplies.
• Minimum experience: as a CNA 2 years
• CPR certification within 6 months
• Experience in hospital setting or sub-acute unit