Certified Nursing Assistant - CNA

Certified Nursing Assistant

Golden Palms Rehabilitation and Retirement is a historic, Harlingen based Retirement Community, Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Services Facility. We are the only 3-star facility in Cameron County!

Are you a CNA who is passionate about helping people? If you're looking to make a change to work at a truly remarkable place, we encourage you to apply.

Specific duties for this Certified Nurse Assistant role include:

• Provide compassionate resident care as necessary or as directed by the licensed nurse
• Assists residents in activities of daily living (ADLs) and documents in medical record
• Answers resident call lights promptly
• Checks residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met
• Maintains the confidentiality of all resident information
• Communicates professionally with residents, families and staff
• Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Assist residents with daily dental and mouth care (i.e., brushing teeth/dentures, oral hygiene, special mouth care, etc.).
• Assist residents with bath functions (i.e., bedbath, tub or shower bath, etc.) as directed.
• Give backrubs as instructed.
• Assist residents with dressing/undressing as necessary.
• Assist residents with hair care functions (i.e., combing, brushing, shampooing, etc.).
• Assist residents with nail care (i.e., clipping, trimming, and cleaning the finger/toenails).
• Shave male residents.
• Keep hair on female residents clean shaven (i.e., facial hair, under arms, on legs, etc.) as instructed.
• Keep residents dry (i.e., change gown, clothing, linen, etc., when it becomes wet or soiled).
• Change bed linens. Keep linens tight to avoid wrinkles from forming under the resident.
• Make beds (occupied and unoccupied).
• Put extra covers on beds as requested.
• Position bedfast residents in correct and comfortable position.
• Assist resident with bowel and bladder functions (i.e., take to bathroom, offer bedpan/urinal, portable commode, etc.).
• Maintain intake and output records as instructed.
• Keep incontinent residents clean and dry.
• Check and report bowel movements and character of stools as instructed.
• Prepare and give enemas. Report results as instructed.
• Collect specimens as instructed (i.e., urine, sputum, stools, etc.).
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests (i.e., lab work, x-ray, therapy, dental, etc.).
• Assist residents in preparing for activity and social programs (i.e., church services, parties, visitors, etc.).
• Assist in transporting residents to/from appointments, activity and social programs, etc., as necessary.
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts etc.
• Assist residents to walk with or without self-help devices as instructed.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Change dressings, bandages, binders, etc., as instructed.
• Provide eye and ear care (i.e., warm/cold compresses, eye/ear instillation, cleaning eyeglasses/hearing aides, etc.) as instructed.
• Weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Measure and record temperatures, pulse, and respirations (TPRs) as instructed.
• Answer resident calls promptly.
• Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Check each resident routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met in accordance with his/her wishes.
• Assist with the care of the dying resident.

Benefits:

• Health/Dental/Vision/Disability/Life Insurance/ 401k+ more
• Employee Discounts on Cell Phone service, Hotels, Movie Tickets, etc.
• Opportunities for growth!

Apply Today!