CNA: Compassionate Caregiver, Flexible Shifts

Cross Healthcare Services; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Cross Healthcare Services in Austin, TX is seeking a Nursing Assistant to deliver basic nursing care under the supervision of a licensed nurse. You will support residents with daily activities and document care accurately.

The role includes assisting with mobility, taking vital signs, personal care, meal support, and maintaining clean, safe units. Follow center policies and report changes to the charge nurse.

Qualifications

• Nursing assistant responsibilities and patient care under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Participates in and receives nursing report upon reporting for duty and documents information accurately
• Assists with lifting, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
• Assists residents in ambulation with or without self-help devices as instructed
• Accurately measures and records temperatures, pulses, respirations, and blood pressures (TPRs and B/P) as instructed
• Ensures that residents’ personal care needs are being met in accordance with residents’wishes
• Maintains cleanliness of resident units, central bathing area, treatment and supply rooms, workrooms, and linen closets; cleans bedpans, urinals, and commodes; washes basins and emesis basins; sanitizes bathtub after each resident’s use; cleans floors if resident is incontinent; wipes spilled foods and liquids
• Advises charge nurse of resident(s) condition beginning and end of shift
• Ability to comply with Company and departmental safety policies and procedures
• Account for personal care (i.e. Grooming, bathing, catheter care, and dressing), and observation of residents within patient care guidelines. Identify and report any condition requiring management attention
• Provides hydration to all residents according to center policy
• Ensures all protected health information is kept confidential
• Reports all allegations of resident abuse, neglect and/or misappropriation of resident property
• Provides range of motion exercise
• Assures that residents are positioned appropriately for meals
• Serves food trays and assists with feeding as indicated
• Delivers and documents all a.m., p.m., and bedtime snacks and supplements
• Performs miscellaneous tasks as required by policy or nurse supervisor

Job description

Cross Healthcare Services in Austin, TX is seeking a Nursing Assistant to deliver basic nursing care under the supervision of a licensed nurse. You will support residents with daily activities and document care accurately.

The role includes assisting with mobility, taking vital signs, personal care, meal support, and maintaining clean, safe units. Follow center policies and report changes to the charge nurse.