Certified Nursing Assistant, CNA

Updated Community - Supportive Staff - Work / Life Balance: New Wage Scale effective 1/16/2024: We are Regency Albany, a skilled nursing community located in the heart of the Willamette Valley.
We are looking for caring compassionate resident-minded individuals to join our team.
: As a CNA, you provide quality nursing care and promote resident rights, dignity, freedom of choice, and individuality.
You also provide individualized attention and encourage residents to maintain or attain their highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
: You Will: * Ensure individualized care plans are followed and provide care planning staff with specific information, changes, and observations of the residents' needs and preferences.
* Attend to the resident's needs, including; grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, colostomy care, prosthetic appliances, transferring, ambulation, range of motion, communication, in keeping with the individuals' care requirements * Maintain each resident's skin integrity to prevent pressure ulcers, skin tears, and other damage by changing incontinent residents, turning, repositioning immobile residents, and applying moisturizers to fragile skin.
* Protect the personal belongings of each resident and promptly report missing items according to established policy.
* Take vital signs, residents' weights, apply creams/ointments, collect specimens, lift, move, and transport residents, using proper body mechanics or lifting devices to prevent accidents.
* Document care in keeping with department policies * Follow prescribed safety and infection control procedures.
* Communicate and interact tactfully with the residents, visitors, families, peers, and supervisors.
You Currently: * Possess a CNA certification in the state of employment.
* Have the ability to obtain CPR/BLS card.
Our full-time Benefits: * Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance * Prescription Drug Coverage * Paid Time Off (PTO) * Paid Life Insurance * Employee Assistance Program (EAP) * 401-K * Retention Programs We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.