Certified Nursing Assistant - CNA

Golden Palms Rehabilitation and Retirement

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Are you craving to work in a healthcare setting where you’re not only valued, but appreciated and have the respect from your supervisors and co- workers as well as patients/residents you’re caring for? Then we are the place for you!

Certified Nursing Assistant

2 Full-time: Day Shift 6am.-6pm.

1 Full-time Night Shift 6pm-6am

1PRN: Night Shift 6pm.-6am.

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Licensure: Texas CNA license is required

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).
• •(Note: Does not include diabetic residents)
• •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.

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.

Benefits:

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

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• •Ensure that the resident’s room is ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.).
• •Greet residents and escort them to their room.
• •Introduce resident to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate.
• •Inventory and mark the resident’s personal possessions as instructed.
• •Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area and assist with loading/unloading residents from vehicles as necessary.
• •Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors.
• •Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
• •Report all complaints and grievances made by the resident.
• •Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals to your supervisor.
• •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.
• •Assist residents with personal care.
• •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.

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Benefits eligibility for some benefits dependent on full time employment status.

Disclaimer: Pay rates are competitive and determined by various factors. Please note that any rates labeled as "estimated" are provided by third-party job boards and may not accurately reflect the actual pay rates.

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