Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Downs, Kansas
Certified Nursing Assistants · Nursing Assistants & Aides
Sign-on bonusPosted Aug 13
- Shift
- 12-hour
- Unit
- Certified Nursing Assistants
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Rehab
- Accepts
- CNA
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Sign-on bonus
- $2,500
The median for nursing in Kansas is $34/hr, across 129 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Downs Care and Rehab in Downs, KS. is looking to hire a full-time Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to join our team. Are you looking for a career with a health care company that will value you? Do you want to be part of a dynamic and caring clinical team? If so, please read on!
This rehabilitation nursing position earns a competitive salary of $18.00 to $19.80/h with a $2500 signing bonus. We also provide comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, a flexible spending account (FSA), a 401(k) plan, paid time off (PTO), life insurance, continuing education unit (CEU) reimbursement, and daily pay options. If this sounds like the right opportunity in health care for you, apply today!
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A day in the life of a certified nursing assistant (CNA)
As a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), you play a vital role in our community. Without you, we would not be able to fulfill our purpose! You provide total care for our residents, starting with carefully assisting with providing activities of daily living (ADLs) to residents (including washing, bathing, dressing, feeding, grooming, walking, transferring, skin care, toileting, oral care and catheter care). You perform care as defined by resident plan of care/CNA assignment card. You visit with residents and reposition as required.
With a close eye for detail, you record temperature, pulse, respiration, and weight. You also conduct range of motion as needed.
You take great care to observe and report any change in condition, attitude, reaction, appetite, and behavior that you find when caring for your residents. You live up to the trust of those in your care by maintaining confidentiality and following Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) requirements as well as upholding our facility policies and procedures. Your warm and friendly demeanor makes it easy for you to provide excellent customer service and build relationships with residents, their families, visitors, and your colleagues. You take pride in the difference you make in the lives of our residents and that makes you perfect for this nursing assistant position!
Qualifications for a certified nursing assistant (CNA)
Completed a state approved Nurse Aide Training Program.
Current Kansas certification/registration to practice.
Current CPR certification
Ability to maintain confidentiality and comply with all HIPPA regulations
Desire to work with the elderly
Experience in a geriatric nursing facility is preferred but not required. Are you trustworthy and respectful of others? Is being dependable, professional, and a team player at the heart of all you do? Do you enjoy serving and caring for seniors? Can you easily establish a good rapport with others and communicate effectively? If yes, you might just be perfect for this rehabilitation nursing position!
Work schedule
This full-time health care position works 12-hour shifts 6 am to 6pm or 6 pm to 6 am.
Are you ready to join our rehabilitation nursing team?
If you feel that you would be right for this rehabilitation nursing job, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application. We look forward to meeting you.
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Requirements
- Kansas certification/registration to practice
- Nursing policy compliance
- Patient condition reporting
- Heart rate monitoring
- CPR Certification
- Skin care
- 12 hour shift
- Continuing education credits
- Customer relationship building
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Continuing education credits
- 401(k)
- Flexible spending account
- Disability insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Place
- City
- Downs, Kansas
- State price level
- 10% below the national average
Kansas index 90.1, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
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You would step into Downs Care and Rehab as a CNA in a 45-bed nursing and rehab facility in Downs, Kansas, part of Mission Health Communities. The work described is hands-on total ADL care on a skilled nursing and rehab…
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- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted salary of $18.00 to $19.80 range, differentials, and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
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- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
