Certified Nurse Aide

Nurse Aide

Must have an active nurse aide certification in the state of Texas.

Shift Availability: 2pm-10pm Mon-Fri, double weekends, and PRN.

Position Summary:

The primary purpose of this position is to assist in the daily activities of our residents.

Occupational Skills:

• Work well with residents, resident families, and all staff.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and tact in dealing with residents, resident families, and staff members.

• Good communication skills
• Good organizational skills
• Effective time management
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions
• Ability to carry, lift, push, pull, and/or move a minimum of 50lbs or more
• Ability to assist residents with personal care
• Walking, standing, reaching, turning, pivoting, and bending as needed
• Flexibility in work schedule and assignments as needed
• Must be able to properly handle bodily fluids
• Ability to be patient and understanding in stressful situations
• Must exercise good judgment
• Initiative to seek proper resources
• Ability to perform basic vital signs

Essential Job Duties:

• Attend mandatory in-service meetings to keep certificate current
• Work under general direction and supervision of charge nurse and/or department heads
• Handle and serve residents to assure safety and comfort.
• Observing instructions of nursing staff and performing in line with established routine and scope of practice.
• Practice universal precaution standards
• Demonstrate working knowledge of proper lifting and transfer techniques along with the demonstration of proper use of total life and stand lift.
• Assist with duties of the resident care plan
• Assist in customary daily requirements and tasks in care and treatment such as: bathing, feeding, dressing, observing intake of food, care of hair, nails, moving residents from area to area which includes lifting transferring, and supporting residents who may weigh 50lbs or more
• Responding to resident call lights
• Detecting and correcting safety hazards in the facility
• Observing and reporting to charge nurse any symptoms, reactions, or changes in residents
• Encouraging and participating in rehabilitative measures
• Assist the resident with feeding
• Assist residents with toileting and elimination needs
• Keeping residents living areas neat and clean
• Encouraging fluid intake of residents
• Ensuring residents have adequate refreshments
• Cleaning of supplies and equipment
• Make up resident beds
• Assist or provide oral care
• Assisting in proper positioning to accommodate proper circulation
• Perform vital signs and report any irregularities immediately to charge nurse.

Benefits:

Health insurance benefits (medical, dental, and vision) available to full-time staff