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Thompson Health Avenue Secretary / Certified Nursing Assistant in Canandaigua, New York
Description
Full time, day hours, hybrid role. Are you a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) who likes the direct patient care, but also enjoys the administrative and clerical tasks of computers and phone work? If so, this role in our 5-star ranked Continuing Care Center would be perfect for you! As an associate of UR Medical Thompson Health you can enjoy a competitive pay rate, generous benefits, free on-site parking, an excellent staffing model and a modern, high-tech environment.
What will you do as an Avenue Secretary?
- Facilitate the operation of the Avenue by performing secretarial, reception, and related clerical duties.
Key Responsibilities
Demonstrate skill in proactively resolving problems, recommending and implementing continuous quality improvements
Demonstrate integrity concerning confidential information
Provide secretarial support to nurse managers on a daily basis
Interact in a courteous and friendly manner with guests, residents, and staff
Qualifications
High School graduate or equivalent
Associate degree preferred with additional training in medical terminology
Two years prior experience in customer service and office protocol preferred.
Previous experience with Microsoft Office and a medical computer system
Meditech experience preferred
What will you do as a CNA?
Responsibilities:
Assist residents in performing activities of daily living. This requires assisting with maintaining and/or improving the resident’s quality of life to the highest functional level.
Participate in the daily care of residents such as checking schedules for resident appts. completing personal inventory upon admission, reporting care given & observations.
Provide personal care to residents such as bathing, dressing, passes nourishment, collecting specimens of urine, stool, and sputum, performing post-mortem care
Assist with skincare and repositioning such as reporting skin breakdown, applying lotion, turning residents side to side, using mechanical lifts, toileting residents
Maintain an orderly and clean environment
Use safe procedures to prevent injuries to residents, self, and others.
Complete required documentation such as intake/output forms, vitals, weight
Interact with residents, families, and other staff
Qualifications:
High School diploma or equivalent
Valid NYS CNA Certification
The willingness to provide excellent age-appropriate care to residents
Good communication and customer service skills
Ability to handle unpleasant sights and odors.
Must be team-oriented
Benefits:
Health, dental, vision insurance
Tuition reimbursement up to $6000/year
Contribution and match on Retirement Plan
4 weeks paid time off
Access to Success coaches
Free parking
Pay Range: $19.45 - $23.00
Starting Pay: Based on Experience
Thompson Health is an EOE encouraging women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans to apply.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)