Nursing Assistant

Company: UPMC
Location: Franklin
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

**Description**

Are you a **Certified Nursing Assistant** interested in a career that provides plenty of opportunity for growth and development? Join our team at **UPMC Sugar Creek Station, located in Franklin PA** ! With an excellent benefits package, multiple shifts available, and competitive wages, we invite you to explore this opportunity with us today.

**Full Time, Part Time, and Casual position are available! These positions require rotating shifts, weekend and holiday rotation as well.**

**Currently offering a $2,000 Sign On Bonus to those who qualify!**

Join the team that's providing the highest quality of care to seniors in our communities. With state-of-the-art safety protocols and the support of an academic medical center, UPMC Senior Communities has demonstrated a continued commitment to keeping both our residents and our employees safe and healthy, especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Make a true impact at our senior living facilities, where you'll have the confidence that your care is clinically backed by a best-in-class health care system and the rewarding knowledge that you are changing lives every day.

**Responsibilities:**

+ Perform patient care skill as directed by the RN/LPN in a safe manner according to policy and procedure

+ Respond directly to patient requests and appropriately communicate the patient needs

+ Assist with food distribution and feeding residents

+ Assist with bathing, oral hygiene, shaving, nail care, hair care, and dressing

+ Assist in transferring residents

+ Document in the medical record according to established procedures

**Qualifications**

+ High school diploma or GED preferred

+ Working experience as aide in hospital or nursing home preferred

+ Good communication and interpersonal skills

+ Knowledge and ability to operate medical equipment, utilizing all safety procedures

+ Willingness to learn federal, state and local nursing home regulations as they relate to medical personnel and care of residents

+ Willingness to learn infection control and standard precautions and the ability to apply same to essential job functions

+ Successfully complete on the job orientation/training program

**Licensure/Certifications:**

+ Current PA Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification required

+ Older Adult Protective Services Act

+ Act 34 Criminal Clearance

+ CPR within 30 days of beginning employment

**UPMC is an equal opportunity employer. Minority/Females/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities**

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