About this role
This position is for our Skilled Nursing Facility.
The pay rate for this position starts at $17.00/hr. Some positions are eligible for a shift differential. The shift differential rate for 3pm-11pm shift is $3.00 an hour,11p-7a shift is $4.00 an hour and a weekend shift is $5.00 an hour.
**Actual salary may fall outside of the posted salary range as it is dependent on skills and experience.
Be part of something special.
If you enjoy working with older adults, caring for and talking with them, learning from their stories and seeing them smile, this is the job of a lifetime. At Freedom Pointe at The Villages, you can jump-start a senior living career or build the one you have. You’ll grow, advance, and gain knowledge in senior services — one of the fastest-growing career fields in the country.
Our community is a wonderful place to work. We’re located in the heart of The Villages®, FL, one of Florida’s friendliest hometowns. There’s easy access to our community via Route 441 or Morse Boulevard.
We offer jobs at all levels and for all types of skills and expertise. You’ll join a team that’s passionate about working with seniors. We work hard to deliver the very best resident-centered care and high-quality hospitality through our Extraordinary Impressions program. With integrity and a solid work ethic, you can create a long, satisfying and fruitful senior living career at Freedom Pointe at The Villages.
Why you will love working at Freedom Pointe at the Villages
- We provide a fun workplace culture – including monthly luncheons and campus-wide events
- We have good staffing ratios
- Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays for Full Time Staff
- Career Advancement Opportunities
- Paid Training
- Work today, get paid tomorrow with DailyPay ! Freedom Pointe at the Villages now offers DailyPay - a program that allows employees to access their earned income on-demand, as it's earned.
- Benefits for Full and Part time staff, including health, dental, vision, 401K and more!
- Charter School Eligible
DUTIES:
- Assist residents with dressing, grooming, eating, bathing, positioning, turning, toileting and exercising.
- Give treatments, perform tests, carry out procedures and collect specimens as instructed.
- Report and record observations and results of treatments, tests, procedures and collects specimens as instructed.
- Transfer, transport and escort residents as needed.
- Answer signal lights promptly.
- Change bed linens, make beds and keep rooms clean and orderly.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Valid CNA license
- Prior geriatric nursing aide experience is preferred
Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu and COVID-19 vaccine status.
EEO Employer
Please note that Freedom Pointe conducts background checks via the Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA). Please visit their website at https://info.flclearinghouse.com for more information on background screening requirements.
Other facts
About Marquette
As a 307-bed specialty care hospital, UP Health System – Marquette receives patients from across the UP and provides care in 65 specialties and subspecialties. Its medical staff of more than 200 doctors works as a team with its more than 1,800 employees in caring for approximately 9,000 inpatients and more than 350,000 outpatients per year.
UP Health System – Marquette’s major services include its Heart Institute, Cancer Center, Brain & Spine Center, Rehabilitation Center, Behavioral Health, Digestive Health, Weight Loss Center and Women’s & Children’s Center. The hospital also provides the region’s premier services in imaging, surgery and laboratory and is home to the UP Telehealth Network, a leading telehealth network in the nation. We also serve many of the communities in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with 42 primary and specialty care clinics spread throughout the region.
As a teaching hospital, UP Health System – Marquette has numerous affiliations with universities and community colleges throughout the state and the Midwest training medical students, family medicine residents, Pharm.D. pharmacists, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, nurse anesthetists, radiographers, surgical technicians and dietitians. Through its collaboration with Northern Michigan University, UP Health System – Marquette also is part of the Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center, which is conducting primary research on the formation of brain tumors.
For more information, visit www.WorkatUPHS.com.
What you'll do
- Assist residents with daily living activities such as dressing, grooming, and bathing. Report and record observations and provide treatments as instructed.
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