Nursing Assistant

About This Role

Nursing Assistants work closely with nurses to provide direct patient care, supporting activities of daily living and helping to prevent complications. This role is based at Cayuga Medical Center.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care including toileting, ambulating, repositioning, monitoring and recording intake and output of fluids, recording patient weight, obtaining vital signs, and reporting abnormal findings or changes in the patient's conditions to the RN
• Reinforce education with patients, such as incentive spirometer use and fall prevention
• Maintain a clean and organized patient bedside area to ensure a safe workspace
• Intentionally round on each patient every hour

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent experience
• BLS (will be provided if needed)

Nice to have:

• NYS Nursing Assistant Certification (CNA)
• Previous patient care experience

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Comprehensive benefits
• Professional development opportunities

Important Details

• Shift: Two 12-hour shifts 7am - 7pm per week, rotating weekends and holidays
• Travel: 0% travel can be expected in this role
• Mandatory Orientation Training completion required: one full week of Monday through Friday 8am-4pm prior to starting work on the unit

About the Company

Cayuga Health offers patient-centered, comprehensive health services at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, Schuyler Hospital in Montour Falls, and more than 40 medical offices in the Finger Lakes and Central New York. Cayuga Health employs more than 450 providers from 40+ specialties and is a member of Centralus Health, a community-based integrated delivery system. Additional services include a neo-natal intensive care unit, a home health care agency, an addiction recovery organization, and a skilled nursing facility.