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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! With an excellent benefits package, multiple shifts available, and competitive wages, we invite you to explore this opportunity with us today. As a Certified Nursing Assistant at Sugar Creek Station you will provide quality medical and physical care and comfort and assure overall safety of assigned residents in accordance with current applicable federal, state and local standards, guidelines and regulations. 

BONUS! Anyone hired who has a Current Pennsylvania C.N.A certification, will receive a $1,500.00 sign on bonus, upon signing a one year employment agreement with UPMC. Details on the bonus would be given at the time of an offer, if chosen. 

Responsibilities: 

• Perform routine resident care duties, i.e., weighing and measuring residents, taking and recording blood pressures and temperatures, collecting specimens and observing and report residents' conditions.
• Perform restorative nursing functions such as assisting residents with individualized ambulation, feeding and bowel and bladder training programs, etc.; and record such in charts.
• Perform daily documentation of intake/output, restraint reduction programs and other required documentation.
• Bath and dress residents.
• Assists in feeding residents as required. 
• Observe and report any changes in resident's condition to Charge Nurse and records in chart as required.
• Serve food trays to residents; fill water pitchers and distribute to residents scheduled to receive them.
• Exhibit a spirit of flexibility and cooperation and has a pleasant, friendly and compassionate personality, treating both residents and coworkers with dignity and respect.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of current federal, state and local regulations and internal policies and procedures as they pertain to resident care and rights. 

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required. 
• 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