Certified Nurse Aide

PACS • Jourdanton, TX

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of this job position is to provide each assigned resident with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident’s assessment and care plan, and as directed by supervisors. This role involves ensuring resident comfort, safety, and well-being through direct care and observation, while adhering to facility policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Must possess, as a minimum, an 10th grade education.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Must be a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with laws of the state.

Nice To Haves

• CPR Preferred

Responsibilities

• Identify residents before administering treatments or serving meals using wristbands or photo cards.
• Use only authorized abbreviations when recording information.
• Report any changes in resident condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse promptly.
• Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, and charts in an informative and descriptive manner.
• Report all observed accidents and incidents on the shift they occur.
• Maintain resident confidentiality and report suspected or known violations.
• Report any unauthorized attempts to access the facility’s information system.
• Perform only trained nursing care procedures.
• Ensure resident rooms are ready for new admissions, including making beds and preparing admission kits.
• Greet residents, escort them to their rooms, and introduce them to staff and other residents.
• Assist residents with packing personal possessions for transfers or discharges.
• Transport residents to new rooms or receiving areas, and assist with loading/unloading from vehicles.
• Create and maintain a warm, positive, and calm environment.
• Participate in regular meetings with nursing personnel to identify and correct problem areas.
• Report all resident complaints and grievances.
• Participate in and receive nursing reports.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Make beds, add extra covers as requested.
• Measure and record resident temperatures, pulses, and respirations (TPRs), and weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Ensure residents unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Answer resident calls promptly.
• Check residents routinely to ensure personal care needs are met.
• Assist residents with identifying food arrangements and recording food/fluid intake, reporting changes in eating habits.
• Keep resident water pitchers clean, filled, and within reach.
• Perform after-meal care, including removing trays and cleaning residents.
• Perform assigned tasks in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Follow work assignments and schedules.
• Cooperate with inter-departmental and facility personnel.
• Notify the facility when late or absent.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals.
• Assist residents with daily functions such as dental care, bathing, dressing, and undressing.
• Keep residents dry by changing gowns, clothing, and linens when wet or soiled.
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests and physical examinations.
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Observe and report skin breakdowns to prevent pressure ulcers.
• Report injuries of unknown source, including skin tears.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents and report data as instructed.
• Perform special treatments as instructed.
• Immediately notify the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse of any resident leaving or missing from the facility.
• Use only trained equipment and report defective equipment.
• Maintain confidentiality of resident care information and report unauthorized disclosures.
• Report all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property.
• Honor resident refusal of treatment requests and report them to the supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED