Certified Nurse Assistant
Sacramento, California
- Eligibility
- CNA
- Unit
- Nurse Assistant
Posted Sep 11
What the listing says
Role
- Accepts
- CNA
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- CA nursing median is $56/hr
CA nursing postings that state pay run $34/hr to $89/hr, the middle half $44/hr to $70/hr, across 2944 postings. That covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
As our Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), you will be a cornerstone of patient care, directly contributing to comfort, safety, and recovery by providing essential support under RN direction. Every day, you will help deliver compassionate basic care, assist with patient transport, and actively contribute to the patient's plan of care as a vital member of our interdisciplinary team, upholding the highest standards of conduct and patient well-being. To be successful in this role, you will possess a dedicated spirit of service, strong communication skills, a meticulous approach to patient support, and an unwavering commitment to our mission of dignified, high-quality healthcare.
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- Provides safe resident transfers from bed, wheelchair, chairs or shower chairs utilizing transfer belts or mechanical lifts, thereby, resulting in no injuries to resident or self due to poor body mechanics.
- Report to the Licensed Nurse any changes noted in assigned residents, i.e.: skin conditions, urinary or bowel changes, vital sign abnormalities, oral intake changes, mobility changes, behavioral and/or cognitive changes, and reports to the License Nurse with 95-98% accuracy and timeliness.
- Assures that resident's right to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property and civil rights, including the right to wage complaints daily by reporting immediately any suspected or observed incidents of resident abuse per our facility policy and procedures.
- Performs timely and accurate documentation by writing legibly at all times to document the care provided to the patient according to establish guidelines.
- Utilizes the electronic medical record to document the delivery of care to the patient. Documentation will be completed with 95-98% accuracy and timeliness.
- Completion of audits 100% of the time.
Sourced from CommonSpirit Health’s careers page.
Requirements
- Certified Nursing Assistant: CA
- Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
Benefits
- medical
- prescription drug
- dental
- vision plans
- life insurance
- paid time off
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- tuition reimbursement
- retirement plan benefit(s) including 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings
Place
- City
- Sacramento, California
- Median rent
- $1,779/mo
- Local household income
- $87,321/yr
- Metro price level
- 7% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Sacramento area index 106.7, where 100 is the national average.
Sacramento is California's farm-to-fork capital where nurses land UC Davis Health roles and live in Midtown's lively grid or College Glen's affordable ranches. The American River Parkway threads through town, Lake Natoma's for kayaks, and Tahoe's two hours east. Cost of living runs about 7% above the national average—far below Bay Area pricing. Summers hit triple digits.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
