Salary - $20.00-24.00 (Salary based on years of experience)

Sign-on Bonus up to $2,000!

Shift and Weekend Differentials!

Full-time Available

Looking for a great opportunity to be a Certified Nursing Assistant where you can really make a difference?

Join the team at Westminster Place, a Presbyterian Homes community, an independent, non-profit senior living care organization offering full continuum of care from independent and assisted living to skilled nursing and memory care at four luxury retirement communities. Presbyterian Homes has achieved national recognition and accreditation for senior living leadership and expertise. We were established in 1904 and have an excellent reputation for providing a wide range of living options to seniors to live every day as they wish. Our team members have consistently rated Presbyterian Homes as a great workplace in confidential engagement surveys.

Position Overview

The main function of this position is to provide direct and indirect care under supervision of the nurse to a selected group of residents. The minimum education, experience and qualifications for this position are: current certification as a nursing assistant with the Illinois Department of Public Health; able to speak, read, write and comprehend English skills needed to use medical terminology on the job; ability to do simple arithmetic; good communication skills; interest in working with older adults; and general knowledge of the needs of geriatric residents

Essential Functions

• Carries out nursing care with the scope of education/training and ability as assigned by charge nurse
• Adheres to policies and procedures of Presbyterian Homes standards of care of the nursing department
• Guards residents’ rights
• Communicates properly with co-workers, supervisors, other employees and visitors. Interacts with residents to meet their social and recreational needs
• Uses good interpersonal skills in establishing a relationship with the residents
• Assists residents with activities of daily living as needed
• Preforms other related duties as assigned by Charge Nurse

Skills/Qualifications

• Current Certified as nurse’s aide with the Illinois Department of Public Health
• CPR certified, level A highly recommended
• Reading, writing, and comprehension skilled needed to use medical terminology on the job
• Ability to do simple arithmetic
• Good communication skills
• Long-term care experience preferred but not required
• General knowledge of the needs of general patients.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance: Medical, Dental Vision
• Long-term Disability & Extended Illness Bank Program
• Employee wellness program with medical benefit deduction incentives and cash bonuses!
• Confidential employee assistance program
• Generous Paid Time Off/PTO plan. It is a plan that rolls over year to year.
• Employee lounges and meal discount program.
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match and baseline
• Scholarship programs including Tuition reimbursement
• Citizenship Funding Program
• On-site Fitness Centers staffed with certified personal trainers

About us

Presbyterian Homes is an independent, not-for-profit senior living care organization of Life Planning Communities offering peace of mind through full continuum of care - independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care. We welcome people from all backgrounds at our family of communities that has served the Chicago, Illinois area since 1904. Presbyterian Homes proudly serves older adults at Westminster Place and Ten Twenty Grove in Evanston, Lake Forest Place in Lake Forest, and The Moorings in Arlington Heights.

All Presbyterian Homes employees are required to be Up-to-Date (as defined by the CDC) with all recommended COVID-19 vaccination doses (including booster dose(s)), when eligible, unless a reasonable accommodation is requested in writing and approved. As a condition of employment, new hires are required prior to the first day of work to provide documented proof to Human Resources of being Up-to-Date or scheduled to be Up-to-Date within 30 days of becoming eligible or submit a completed Request for Accommodation form (for a medical or religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccination requirement, with supporting documentation, where applicable) to Human Resources for consideration. As needed, Human Resources will engage the candidate in an interactive process to determine what, if any, reasonable accommodations might be available in accordance with applicable laws.

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