Certified Nursing Assistant

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Nurses Assistant assists the licensed nursing staff by performing routine nursing duties and activities of daily living.
 

Essential Job Duties:

Assists residents with dressing, grooming, eating, bathing, positioning, turning, toileting and exercising.
 

Gives treatments, performs tests, carries out procedures and collects specimens as instructed.
 

Reports and records observations and results of treatments, tests, procedures and specimens when indicated.
 

Transfers, transports and escorts residents as needed.

Answers signal lights promptly.
 

Changes bed linens, makes beds and keeps rooms clean and orderly.

Assures Resident safety at all times.
 

Attendance is essential to this job. Must also maintain dependability and punctuality as outlined in Attendance policy.
 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 

QUALIFICATIONS:
 

Successful completion of an Illinois State approved nursing assistant training program. Prior geriatric nursing aide experience is preferred. Registration with Illinois State registry required.

Ability to understand and follow instructions in English, communicate effectively, and perform simple arithmetic. Ability to document care given.
 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

Frequent standing, stooping, bending, stretching, squatting; may be exposed to blood and body fluids which may contain HIV and/or HBV; must be able to transport residents via wheelchair, geri-chair or shower chair, pushing up to 150 lbs. unassisted. Must be able to transfer, lift, turn and position a resident weighing up to 125 lbs. unassisted, or with the assistance of one for a resident weighing over 125 lbs.
Must be able to stoop, bend, stretch, squat, stand, and walk for up to 90% of the work day.
May be subjected to offensive odors and combative behavior.

Must be able to reach up to a level of six feet; must be able to push a dietary cart up to 40 lbs unassisted. Must be able to lift and carry up to 20 lbs. frequently, and 50 lbs. occasionally.

Sedgebrook provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Who We Are
 

Sedgebrook is a senior living Life Plan Community, also known as a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), located on a picturesque 72-acre campus in Lincolnshire, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago’s North Shore. Owned by Senior Care Development LLC, and managed by Life Care Services LLC, Sedgebrook is strengthened by a high degree of experience in senior living and the stability of these two industry-leading organizations that are committed to providing and maintaining an exceptional environment in which every resident thrives.