Onsite CNA: Compassionate Senior Care & Safety

Buckner International; San Angelo (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckner Retirement Services Community in San Angelo, TX is seeking a Certified Nurse Aide to join our on-site team. In this role, you will assist with care plans, perform resident rounds, document ADLs, and help with daily living activities to ensure resident comfort and safety.

Requirements include a High School diploma or GED, Texas Nurse Aide Certification, CPR/First Aid certification, and at least one year of related experience.

Qualifications

• Professional knowledge of basic health care practices and procedures including infection control.
• Ability to perform the physical requirements of the job including bending, stooping, twisting, turning, reaching, lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing, climbing, kneeling, walking, and standing over 75% of shift.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the accurate implementation of the prescribed health care plan.
• Make frequent resident rounds on a regular basis to check the physical comfort, safety, and cleanliness of residents.
• Provide excellent, safe services in care and treatment including: bathing; feeding; oral care; intake of food; dressing; care of hair and nails; moving residents from area to area; responding to calls, etc.
• Provide a broad range of cleaning/sanitary services, including: emptying and/or cleaning of urinals, commodes, bedpans; showers, wheelchairs and other equipment, timely and proficiently.
• Accurately and timely document Activities for Daily Living (ADL’s), intakes and outputs and other appropriate information on charts.
• Wake residents, assist with morning grooming and move resident to dining room as needed.
• Change soiled and unsoiled linen; distribute clean towels frequently throughout shift.
• Ensure resident safety by immediately detecting, correcting and reporting situations that have a possibility of causing accidents or injuries.
• Observe and immediately report resident reactions and changes in condition; take and record vital signs, as required.
• Safely lift and reposition residents as necessary.
• Pick up meal trays timely; distribute snacks daily.
• Encourage and actively participate in restorative measures; assist in activities.
• Professionally intervene in resident disputes or disruptive behavior, if necessary, to maintain proper facility harmony and resident safety.
• Perform other tasks in support of your team including: staff nursing station and answer phones as needed; assist in dining room with meal serving and feeding as needed; and work schedules, assignments and units as requested.
• Follow the Buckner 5STARS of customer service and timely respond to requests for assistance or information.

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs monitoring

Mobility assistance

Infection control practices

Team communication

Education

High School diploma or GED

Texas Nurse Aide Certification

Job description

Buckner Retirement Services Community in San Angelo, TX is seeking a Certified Nurse Aide to join our on-site team. In this role, you will assist with care plans, perform resident rounds, document ADLs, and help with daily living activities to ensure resident comfort and safety.

Requirements include a High School diploma or GED, Texas Nurse Aide Certification, CPR/First Aid certification, and at least one year of related experience.