Certified nursing assistant

Saratoga Medical has a wonderful opportunity for a Certified Nursing Assistant in Lexington, KY.

Required Qualifications:

• Completed a CNA training program approved by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), and passed the competency evaluation
• Registered and in good standing with the Kentucky Nurse Aide Registry, with KY continuing education current
• Current BLS certification
• U.S. citizen
• Must pass a drug screen, background check (NCIC, fingerprints, SF-85), and credit check (favorable credit required)
• Negative TB test (initial and annual) and Hepatitis B vaccine record or signed declination
• Able to stand for long periods and walk distances
• No experience required. Correctional or behavioral health experience is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist RNs and LPNs with care for psychiatric and long-term medical/surgical inmates
• Bedside care and help with activities of daily living (dressing, feeding, bathing, hygiene)
• Vital signs, weights, and intake/output, charted in the EMR
• Ambulation, transfers, positioning, and safety restraints as directed
• Specimen collection, dressing changes, admissions/discharges, and postmortem care
• Restocking supplies, infection control, and starting BLS in emergencies

Saratoga Medical Center, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, discharge, compensation or any other term or condition of employment on the basis of race, religion, color, age (over age 39), sex, national origin, or on the basis of disability if the employee can perform the essential functions of the job, with a reasonable accommodation if necessary.