BT CNA (HC) - 2PM - 10PM

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, engaging, motivating, and supporting both residents and team members. The ideal candidate is 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 mission-driven team.

Requirements

Minimum 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, and aligned with values of respect, excellence, and community.
Creativity and teamwork.

Responsibilities

Assist residents in and out of bed and chair or wheelchair with the correct use of the transfer belt (gait belt), potentially requiring assistance from another aide or a mechanical lift.
Assist residents in bathing, dressing, and undressing.
Assist residents in using the bathroom and provide peri care, including the provision, removal, and cleaning of bedpans, urinals, and bedside commodes.
Take and record vital signs of residents (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate).
Assist residents to the dining area for meals or provide meals in their room, including tray setup, feeding, and documenting nourishment intake.
Serve between-meal nourishment and record amount eaten.
Maintain a clean pitcher and cup with fresh water at each resident's bedside, unless contraindicated.
Remove soiled bedding and replace with clean linens.
Assist in 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 and storing personal items.
Observe and promptly report housekeeping and maintenance needs (e.g., broken fixtures, burned-out light bulbs, soiled floors/curtains).
Maintain bedside care supplies, use the charge system to record supplies obtained from facility stock, and notify the charge nurse for items to be supplied by family.
Maintain all service areas in clean and orderly condition, which may include washing dishes, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming floors, cleaning countertops, and minor straightening of resident apartments.
Assist in assuring the maximum quality of life for all residents by maintaining privacy, accommodating individual 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, participate in reports, and communicate all changes and unusual observations concerning 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 is in compliance with OSHA safety standards.
Effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.
Demonstrate community hospitality promises towards residents, families, associates, and vendors.