Care Assistants are often required to react to a patient’s needs, but typical duties might include:

• Assisting clients with care such as grooming, washing and maintaining personal hygiene standards
• Preparing and serving healthy, nutritious meals, taking into account any special dietary needs and personal preferences
• Identifying activities that would appeal to the patients and ensuring that they are suitably stimulated
• Preparing food and drinks for patients
• Contributing to a clean, well-organized and pleasant environment for all patients
• Performing light housekeeping duties
• Lifting, moving, positioning and transporting clients
• Providing social companionship
• Ensuring clients take their prescribed medication on time
• Assisting with physical therapy exercises
• Escorting clients to and from appointments
• Taking clients’ temperatures, pulse and weight
• Following care plans created by medical staff
• Running errands for clients or accompanying them on errands
• Reporting any changes in health or behavior

• Patient Assessment & Care: Perform comprehensive assessments, monitor vital signs, and document resident conditions, reporting changes to physicians and unit managers.
• Wound Care Specialist: Manage all aspects of wound care, including assessing skin breakdown, applying treatments, educating staff/residents, documenting wound status, and completing quality assurance reports.
• Medication & Treatment Administration: Administer medications and treatments as ordered, transcribing physician orders accurately.
• Care Plan Management: Implement and coordinate care plans, ensuring adherence to physician orders, facility policies, and federal/state guidelines.
• Supervision & Delegation: Oversee and guide nursing assistants (CNAs) in providing care, ensuring proper skin prevention programs and daily tasks are completed.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate, detailed, and timely clinical records and reports.
• Communication: Act as a liaison between residents, families, physicians, and the interdisciplinary team.
• Emergency Response: Provide prompt response to urgent physical and emotional needs and manage emergency situations.
• Education: Educate residents and families on self-care techniques and treatment plans. 

• Current, valid RN license.
• Experience in long-term care or SNF setting preferred.
• Strong assessment, critical thinking, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team. 

• Wound care expertise (dressings, assessment).
• Medication administration.
• Care planning.
• Patient/family education.
• Documentation (EHR/Charting). 

A nursing home cook prepares nutritious, appetizing meals for residents while adhering to specific dietary restrictions, health regulations, and safety standards. Responsibilities include meal planning, cooking, portion control, and maintaining a hygienic,, compliant kitchen environment in a long-term care facility.

• Menu Preparation: Prepared breakfast, lunch, and dinner, ensuring meals met therapeutic, texture-modified, and religious dietary needs.
• Safety & Sanitation: Maintained a clean,, sanitary, and organized workstation in compliance with state, federal, and health department regulations.
• Resident Care: Collaborated with dietary staff to ensure nutritional compliance, often preparing specialized meals for residents with dietary restrictions.
• Culinary Operations: Executed standardized recipes, managed food inventory, and ordered supplies while controlling food waste.
• Documentation: Completed daily food production logs, temperature logs, and meal ticket tracking.

• Food Safety & Sanitation (e.g., ServSafe)
• Therapeutic/Modified Diets
• Quantity Cooking
• Menu Planning & Prep
• Portion Control
• Inventory Management

Full time benefits include:

-Vacation/Sick

-Medical/Dental/Vision

-STD/LTD

-Life Insurance 

The Pines Retirement of Baton Rouge is looking for skilled CNA's  (Certified Nursing Assistant) to become a part of our facility's compassionate care-giving team. We have full-time positions available with rotating schedule for all shifts; 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm and 10pm-6am.

Must be a certified nurse aide in the state of Louisiana

The CNA's will interact directly with patients, providing comfort, monitoring vital signs and assisting with daily living needs. We are searching for dedicated, compassionate and energetic individual to be a vital link between our patients and the nurses and other facility staff. 

We offer benefits for our full-time employees including but not limited to:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off