CNA - Recovery

CNA - Recovery | St. Joseph Institute for Addiction | Port Matilda, Pennsylvania

The Certified Nursing Assistant functions as an active part of the treatment team, providing continuous medical or therapeutic client care, supervision, interaction, and role modeling to clients under the direction of nursing or clinical staff.

Roles and Responsibilities :

Ensures the wellbeing of clients and provides a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment, under direction of charge nurse or supervisor. Maintains a constant awareness and supervision of clients.

Ensures client comfort, dignity, privacy while performing related CNA duties such as feed, bath, dress, groom, or change linens. Assists with transferring, lifting, raising or turning clients.

Conducts rounds as assigned.

Takes and records vital signs properly. Utilizes sound judgment during assessment and observes and documents any changes in a client's appearance, behavior or ability to work toward treatment plan goals. Communicates changes in client's condition to the charge nurse.

Follows the therapeutic interventions outlined by the treatment team for each client. Engages with client in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.

Applies de-escalation techniques to help manage client's emotions, behavior and participation in treatment and assists with seclusion and restraints when necessary.

Monitors behavioral improvements and reinforces these behaviors. Reports changes and responses to treatment by communicating with the team. Reports potential crisis situations and significant changes to the nurse in charge immediately and responds in an appropriate fashion.

Charts in client records timely, accurately, and appropriately.

Assists with unit cleaning, organization of new admits charts, discharge process, filing, etc. Initiates client / employee incident reports.

Provides a verbal report / briefing to the oncoming shift. Checks clients for contraband and manages the client's valuables and belongings.

Assists clients through the discharge process.

Facilitates client educational-rehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including social skills, coping skills, anger management and independent living skills.

Serves as a positive role model for patients and peers providing examples of appropriate behaviors, effective communication, and conflict resolution. Encourages open, honest communication to facilitate problem solving on the unit.

Supervises self-administration of medications using safety initiative of using two means of client identification; observes, documents and reports effects of scheduled and PRN medications.

Provides transfer or transportation for patient or coordinate transportation with appropriate staff member, as required.

High school graduate or equivalent. Additional education or training which results in certification as nursing assistant per state requirements required.

Previous experience in behavioral health setting and experience working with the population of the facility preferred.

Understands common psychiatric disorders and / or dual diagnosis and various treatment modalities of the population served.

Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification or license, per state requirements.

CPR and de-escalation certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Why St. Joseph Institute for Addiction? St. Joseph Institute for Addiction offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Qualified candidates should apply by submitting a resume. St. Joseph Institute for Addiction is an EOE. Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.