Certified Nurses Aide CNA - Assisted Living - Full Time

Life Care Services • Lubbock, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Carillon Senior Living is seeking an experienced Certified Nurse's Aide to join their Assisted Living team. This role is for a full-time position within a community that has been serving Lubbock and West Texas for 50 years, offering an all-inclusive lifestyle, superior hospitality, and a beautiful location. The community focuses on West Texas values, the Lubbock community, and Texas Tech. The position involves supporting and nurturing residents' physical and mental health, providing personal care, recording information, and assisting licensed staff. The company emphasizes a wellness focus, promoting a healthy community culture through an eight-dimensional approach to wellness, and a strong hospitality focus in all interactions.

Requirements

• Holds current Nursing Assistant Certification in Texas or possesses written documentation from state examiner that requirements for such were met
• Successfully completes competency evaluation requirements under state guidelines
• Completed and been certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support (CPR-Healthcare Provider) preferred
• Has effective communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to promote a courteous, calm atmosphere
• Be able to assist the licensed staff nurse, as well as the charge nurse to fulfill management functions
• Be able to work cooperatively with other healthcare professionals and other departments within the system
• Have the ability to demonstrate age-appropriate knowledge of growth and development in order to assist in the collection of data by the licensed nurse
• Have the ability to provide prompt, courteous reception of all patients presenting to the nursing unit
• Show the ability to demonstrate initiative by actively seeking additional duties, as well as accepting and performing all other duties as assigned
• Possesses knowledge of and implements infection control and universal precaution practices
• Able to interpret and explain menu, refer or answer questions, coordinate meal service process and understands requests
• Able to lift up to and over 100 lbs., move, and transfer resident as needed
• Able to bend, stoop, crouch, walk, push, pull, and able to climb at least 8 flights of stairs.
• Able to perform physical demands of the position which are frequently extreme and require the highest level of concern for personal and resident safety
• May occasionally be subject to physically or mentally violent residents
• Able to withstand disagreeable odors
• Works safely with possible blood borne, and air borne pathogens present
• All five senses must be intact or correctable to acceptable levels and be mentally alert

Nice To Haves

• Completed and been certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support (CPR-Healthcare Provider)

Responsibilities

• Supports and nurtures resident’s physical and mental health
• Bathes residents as scheduled and provides other necessary personal care
• Records medication and personal care given on the Daily Care Record
• Reports relevant changes to Charge Nurse
• Utilizes and submits charge sheets on a daily basis
• Performs any other duty in which the appropriate training level has been achieved
• Make resident round with off-going shift as well as hourly, ensuring residents are clean, comfortable, and ascertaining overall condition.
• Lift, turn, and transfer residents when needed, utilizing proper safety equipment.
• Pass out fresh ice water to each resident.
• Assist residents in feeding and making sure food is appropriately portioned for the resident.
• Clears dishes from tables during and after meal service.
• Maintains safe and sanitary conditions in dining areas.
• Attend server training sessions on proper procedures for serving meals.
• Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned.
• Implement new skills learned in training to enhance job performance.
• Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Accident insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Supplemental life insurance
• Personal life insurance
• Paid time off starting at 128 hours your first year
• Tuition reimbursement & scholarship opportunities
• Access to a 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with a Carillon match
• Employee Referral Program resulting in $300 for each successful employment referral
• Offering Everyday Pay!

What This Job Offers

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