BT CNA (AL) - 2PM-10PM

BRAZOS PRESBYTERIAN HOMES INC•Houston, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Brazos Towers at Bayou Manor is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant (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 dedicated to uplifting the lives of those they serve.

Requirements

Minimum current State of Texas Nurse Assistant Certification.
One year of experience working as a Certified Nurse Assistant including some medical/surgical experience and awareness of the needs of geriatric residents.

Responsibilities

Assist residents in and out of bed and chair or wheelchair.
Assist residents in bathing as assigned.
Assist residents in dressing or undressing.
Fold or hang clean items and place soiled items in hamper (family laundry) or lined barrel (facility laundry).
Assist residents in using bathroom and peri care.
May be required to provide, remove and clean bedpans, and urinals.
Assist residents to dining area for meals or provide meals in room, as resident prefers.
May be required to assist in tray setup.
Serve between meal nourishment and assist as needed.
Remove soiled bedding and replace with clean linens as needed.
Assist in personal grooming of residents, e.g. brushing hair, teeth, trimming fingernails and toenails.
Monitor hygiene continuously and assist as needed to assure that each resident is clean and neat.
If resident is unable to reposition self, aide may be required to turn and reposition resident intermittently.
May be required to clean equipment such as bedpans, basins and empty catheter bags.
Maintain each bedside unit in neat and orderly condition.
Clean table surfaces as needed.
Store personal items such as dentures, eyeglasses, combs, brushes in sanitary and convenient manner.
Make continuous observation of housekeeping and maintenance needs, e.g. broken fixtures, burned out light bulbs, soiled floors and curtains, and reports needs promptly.
Maintain bedside care supplies, e.g. gloves, tissues, toothpaste, use charge system to record supplies obtained from facility stock.
Notify charge nurse to have them call if items are to be supplied by family.
Maintain all service areas in clean and orderly condition. This may include washing dishes, sweeping, mopping, and vacuuming floors, clean counter tops, and minor straightening of resident apartments.
Assist in assuring the maximum quality of life for all residents by maintaining privacy, accommodating individual preference, promoting independence, encouraging and assisting participation in facility activities and events and communication respectfully at all times.
Respond to all call lights promptly.
Keep call light within reach of non-ambulatory resident when unattended.
Maintain continuous communication with team leader.
Participate in report; communicate all changes and unusual observation concerning residents physical and psychosocial functioning.
Attend unit meetings as scheduled, all mandatory in-services and optional in-services per individual needs and interest, for a total of at least 12 hours annually.
Outside educational offerings may be substituted for optional in-service hours by providing proof of attendance. Mandatory in-service cannot be substituted.
Remove soiled personal laundry, launder, fold, and put away in residents apartment.
Maintain work area and keep the department in compliance with OSHA safety standards.
Effectively communicates both verbally and in writing.
Demonstrates the community hospitality promises towards residents, families, associates and vendors.