New CNA's welcome! Westgate Gardens is a special nursing facility that fosters a wonderful working environment. Westgate leadership understands the importance of honoring, appreciating, and prioritizing the staff. When staff loves their jobs, residents receive superior care. Westgate holds multiple staff appreciation events each month, have regular dress-up days and fun contests, monthly all-staff meetings where staff are celebrated (birthdays/annivesaries/employee of the month/resident choice award.etc.) and ice cream is served to the staff every Friday.
Our goal is to wonderfully enrich thousands of lives, one person at a time. We are dedicated to providing person-centered health care services and are passionate about serving our residents and their families in a nurturing, transitional environment between hospital and home. Our RNs, LVNs and CNAs are passionate, committed, knowledgeable and caring. Most importantly, they love what they do. Our nurses are experts in their field. That's why we look to our nurses to provide leadership that helps us achieve our vision of the highest quality of care on the market.
We love our employees and work hard to ensure our team members enjoy flexible scheduling, career stability, and opportunities for growth.
EOE - M/F/Disabled/Veterans
JOB DESCRIPTION
Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
DEPARTMENT: Nursing
POSITION:
The Certified Nurse Assistant provides nursing and nursing related services to residents consistent with each resident's comprehensive resident assessment and plan of care. All resident care is provided in a manner that meets the resident's physical, mental and psychosocial needs and enables the individual to attain or maintain the highest practicable level of functioning. The Certified Nurse Assistant maintains a "homelike" environment for the residents, protects and promotes resident rights and assists the person to maintain independence and control to the greatest extent possible.
REPORTING:
This position is responsible to the Charge Nurse and Director of Staff Development.
FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
Education: Sufficient education to demonstrate functional literacy
License: Current CNA certification issued by the local Department of Health Services or proof of successful completion of an approved OBRA certification program from another state to submit for certification. No findings in the State Nurse Aide Registry concerning physical, mental and/or verbal abuse, neglect, mistreatment of residents or misappropriation of resident's property. (The state registry must be the state issuing the certification).
Work Experience: Prior experience giving personal care to impaired individuals in a health care setting preferred.