Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Company: Advanced Care Partners
Location: Port Saint Lucie
Posted on: January 8, 2021

Job Description:

Overview:Calling all CNAs in the Port St. Lucie area! :)Advanced Care Partners is seeking a skilled and passionate CNA that is eager to work with medically fragile children and make a difference in their community!At PPEC in Port St. Lucie, our caregivers offer our kids a chance to thrive and have fun! Not only do our caregivers provide excellent care, but they make an impact on their patients' lives and bring smiles to their faces.If you love to go above and beyond for the kids you care for, then this is the place for you!We offer fulltime benefits, part time and PRN flexibility, PTO and paid holidays.Apply now to become a part of our team!Responsibilities:

• must be able to read and take vital signs;
• 1 year peds experience minimum!
• Provide positive reinforcement to individuals and recommend measures to control behavior in accordance with the center's policies;
• Bathe individuals and attend to the individual's basic hygiene needs according to company policy;
• Assist in preparing food for individuals and serve meals and snacks to individuals and regulate rest or nap periods;
• Hold, rock and comfort individuals as needed;
• Hold and bottle feeds infants as ordered by PPOT;
• Assist individuals as needed;
• Read to individuals, and teach them simple painting, drawing, crafts, and songs;
• Help individuals to other areas of the facility, secure in equipment, such as chairs, prone standers, AFO's, etc.
• Accompany children on any field trips or outings;
• Observe and monitor children's play activities;
• Clean room, linens, equipment or other materials as needed and required;
• Organize and store toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas. Disinfect toys and equipment according to Infection Control Policy;
• Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts;
• Identify any signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to the attention of the nurse or administrator in charge; and
• Never leave a child unattended.Qualifications:
  • Reliable transportation and Punctuality
  • Must be able to stand, lift or assist in lifting an individual in an emergency
  • Must be able to bend, stoop, kneel, squat and generally demonstrate flexibility
  • Must have strength and manual dexterity, including grasping and manipulating small objects
  • Must be able to respond to emergency situations.
  • must be able to read and take vital signs, support emotional development with children
  • CNA license

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