Certified Nursing Assistant

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 society’s most vulnerable population, Parkside provides world-class mental health services focused on youth, ages 5 to 26. For over 65 years, Parkside’s 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 patient’s 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