Certified Nursing Assistant / CNA

Certified Nursing Assistant / CNA

We are seeking compassionate skilled caregivers like you to make more possible in the lives of our clients. Our brightest stars have a minimum of one year experience care giving, excellent communication skills, personal care experience with seniors and a heart for working with seniors (we also have a kid care division and encourage caregivers with kid care experience to apply).

Our caregiving team does more than just provide good companionship. We truly care about making more possible in our client’s lives.  Caregivers with credentialing such as CNA's, HHA's seeking one to one patient care cases are encouraged to apply.

We have a strong and immediate need for Live-in 24 Hour assignments-Live-in assignments are conducted during specified days during the week (as well as a need for hourly assignments)

At Brightstar we combine professional Care Management, training and counseling to deliver superior services to older adults, their families, and the professionals involved in their care. We are a spirited and caring group and look forward to partnering with dedicated care givers like you.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Takes and records patient’s vital signs
• Gives enemas when needed
• Measures and records patient’s fluid intake and output
• Provides daily routine care such as bathing, dressing and feeding
• Assists patients in active and passive range of motion, transferring, walking and turning
• Cleans rooms and makes patient beds
• Answers patient’s calls
• Converses with patients to provide assurance
• • Manages supply inventory and supply requisitions
• Observes Universal Precautions
• Ability to follow written Nursing Care Plan
• Provides patient transportation to doctor appointments, outside activities and shopping
• Provides patient laundry and linen changes
• Light housekeeping
• Provides medication reminders
• Provides medical follow up with exercise regime
• Meal preparation, and clean up

Certified Nursing Assistant / CNA

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Requires State CNA certification

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Requires familiarity with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence as required by BrightStar guidelines as well as the ability to respond professionally and appropriately on behalf of BrightStar.

BEHAVIORAL SKILLS
Requires the ability to prioritize complete work on time, be detail-oriented, exhibit a service orientation to clients and be team player with a positive attitude. Requires solid organizational skills, thoroughness and multi-tasking. Requires good interpersonal skills and exhibit a service orientation towards others. Must have the ability to demonstrate solid judgment about patient care. Must also demonstrate a sense of understanding and urgency for priorities. Requires the ability to appropriately troubleshoot and escalate where necessary.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Successful candidate must submit to post offer, pre-employment physical examination/medical history check, drug screening and background check.
• May be required to submit to annual TB and rubella screening. Ability to safely lift, and physically manipulate patients.
• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office/home environment