About this role
Parkside provides professional purpose, hope, and healing. As a member of our staff, you will be part of a mission-driven team, dedicated to changing lives and changing communities, one patient at a time.
Parkside Psychiatric Hospital & Clinic is a comprehensive mental healthcare system providing acute in-patient care, residential treatment, and outpatient therapy. With a focus on societys most vulnerable population, Parkside provides world-class mental health services focused on youth, ages 5 to 26. For over 65 years, Parksides physicians, therapists, and staff have provided state of the art, patient-centered care that propel families from hopeful to hope-filled. As a center of excellence, we cultivate talent and provide professional purpose. Together we facilitate healing, one patient at a time.
We are currently looking for a Certified Nursing Assistant! The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) provides compassionate, hands-on care to pediatric and adolescent patients in a psychiatric hospital setting. The CNA assists and coaches patients with activities of daily living (ADLs), including hygiene, grooming, dressing, and toileting, while promoting independence, dignity, safety, and self-care skills. Support is tailored to each patients developmental level, ability to complete skills independently, sensory needs, and behavioral or emotional concerns.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Certified Nursing Assistant
- Provide hygiene and daily living assistance to patients, including:
Bathing or showering
- Oral hygiene and teeth brushing
- Hair care, grooming, and combing hair
- Dressing and changing clothing
- Handwashing and other general personal hygiene
- Sorting clean and dirty clothing as needed
- Toileting and incontinence care as needed
- Provide verbal instructions and encouragement to increase independence with age-appropriate hygiene and self-care tasks
- Provide supervision and guidance during hygiene routines while maintaining patient dignity and privacy
- Monitor patient hygiene needs and ADLs, communicate care provided to nursing staff, document accurately, and observe and report changes in behavior, mood, or physical condition
- Assist staff in maintaining clean, organized patient living areas, bedrooms, and hygiene supply areas while promoting a safe, therapeutic environment
- Utilize trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate approaches while maintaining professional boundaries and therapeutic interactions with patients and families.
- Participate in team meetings, staff trainings, and quality improvement initiatives as assigned
- Respond appropriately during behavioral health crisis in accordance with facility policies, procedures, and training
- Follow infection control practices and universal precautions at all times.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Oklahoma Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification in good standing.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- CPR/First Aid Certification.
- Pass criminal background checks and any other required state screenings.
- Ability to work effectively with children and adolescents experiencing psychiatric, emotional, or behavioral challenges. Knowledge of basic patient care and personal hygiene assistance.
Other certifications like Handle with Care, Trauma Informed Care, and CPR/First Aid will be provided.
Benefits include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Generous Paid Time Off and Holidays
- 401K and match start immediately, and includes a generous match
- Company Paid Life Insurance and Disability and more!
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer!