CNA (6am-2pm)

The Palms Nursing & Rehabilitation; Corpus Christi (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Palms Nursing & Rehabilitation is seeking a compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant to help patients with hygiene and daily living tasks in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities include assisting with meals, mobility, and monitoring vital signs, while maintaining accurate documentation and reporting observations to the nursing supervisor. Adherence to all standards and policies is essential.

Qualifications

• Assist with personal hygiene and daily living activities.
• Support activities of daily living, including feeding, mobility and hydration.
• Monitor and document vital signs and patient status.
• Complete necessary forms, logs and reports.
• Adhere to hospital and regulatory standards in care delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient hygiene including baths, bedpans, and assistance with bathroom needs.
• Assist with meals, mobility, positioning, and safety to prevent falls.
• Record intake/output and vital signs; report changes to nursing staff.
• Document care provided and update patient records accurately.

Skills

Personal care

Mobility assistance

Vital signs

Documentation

Education

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification

Job description

Job Description If you're interested in helping patients by supporting personal hygiene and daily living needs; providing comfort, transportation, and vital sign monitoring, then the Certified Nursing Assistant role may be the right fit for you Job Responsibilities: • Provides patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths. • Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals. • Provides adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz and therapeutic baths; applying restraints. • Maintain patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information. • Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor. • Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records. • Serves hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and standards