Avenue Secretary / Certified Nursing Assistant

Schedule: Full time, days 

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.