BT CNA (HC) 6PM-2AM

BRAZOS PRESBYTERIAN HOMES•Houston, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Brazos Towers at Bayou Manor is seeking a Certified Nursing Aide (CNA) with a strong positive attitude towards customer service. This role involves working with older adults in a vibrant senior living community. The ideal candidate will be dependable, compassionate, and aligned with the values of respect, excellence, and community. Creativity, teamwork, and a drive to exceed expectations are key traits for this position, which aims to uplift the lives of residents.

Requirements

Current State of Texas Nurse Assistant Certification.
One year of experience working as a Certified Nurse Assistant.
Experience including some medical/surgical experience.
Awareness of the needs of geriatric residents.

Nice To Haves

Strong positive attitude toward customer service.
Genuine interest in working with older adults.
Ability to engage, motivate, and support residents and team members.
Dependable, compassionate.
Aligned with values of respect, excellence, and community.
Creativity, teamwork, and a drive to exceed expectations.

Responsibilities

Assist residents in and out of bed and chair or wheelchair using the correct transfer belt (gait belt), potentially requiring assistance from another aide or a mechanical lift.
Assist residents with bathing, dressing, and undressing.
Manage resident laundry, including folding or hanging clean items and placing soiled items in appropriate hampers or barrels.
Assist residents with using the bathroom and provide peri care.
Provide, remove, and clean bedpans, urinals, and bedside commodes as needed.
Take and record vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate).
Assist residents to the dining area or provide meals in their rooms, including tray setup, feeding, and documenting intake.
Serve between-meal nourishment and record amounts eaten.
Maintain clean pitchers and cups, and ensure fresh water is available at each resident's bedside unless contraindicated.
Remove soiled bedding and replace with clean linens.
Assist with personal grooming, such as brushing hair and teeth, and trimming fingernails and toenails.
Continuously monitor hygiene and assist as needed to ensure residents are clean and neat.
Turn and reposition residents intermittently if they are unable to do so themselves.
Clean equipment such as bedpans, basins, and empty catheter bags.
Maintain each bedside unit in a neat and orderly condition, including cleaning table surfaces.
Store personal items like dentures and eyeglasses in a sanitary and convenient manner.
Observe and promptly report housekeeping and maintenance needs (e.g., broken fixtures, soiled floors).
Maintain bedside care supplies, using the charge system to record items obtained from facility stock, and notify the charge nurse for family-supplied items.
Maintain all service areas in clean and orderly condition, which may include washing dishes, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, cleaning countertops, and straightening resident apartments.
Ensure the maximum quality of life for all residents by maintaining privacy, accommodating preferences, promoting independence, encouraging participation in activities, and communicating respectfully.
Respond promptly to all call lights and keep call lights within reach of non-ambulatory residents when unattended.
Maintain continuous communication with the team leader and participate in report, communicating changes and unusual observations about residents' physical and psychosocial functioning.
Attend unit meetings, all mandatory in-services, and optional in-services for a total of at least 12 hours annually. Outside educational offerings may substitute for optional in-service hours with proof of attendance.
Remove soiled personal laundry, launder, fold, and put away in residents' apartments.
Maintain work area and ensure the department complies with OSHA safety standards.
Effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.
Demonstrate community hospitality promises towards residents, families, associates, and vendors.