About the Role
As a Certified Nursing Assistant you will impact the lives of senior adults through continuing care for them.
What You’ll Do
As a member of our team you will have an impact on our clients through accomplishment of the following responsibilities:
- Make frequent resident rounds on a regular basis to check the physical comfort, safety, and cleanliness of residents.
- Maintain compliance with Buckner policies and procedures. Maintain compliance with all regulatory requirements, state and federal laws.
- Assist with the appropriate implementation of the prescribed health care plan.
- Provide excellent, safe services in care and treatment including bathing; feeding; oral care; intake of food; dressing; care of hair, nails; moving residents from area to area; responding to calls, etc.
- Provide 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 up residents, assist with morning grooming and move resident to dining room as needed.
- Change soiled and unsoiled linen; distribute clean towels frequently throughout shift.
- Immediately detect, correct or report situations that have a possibility of causing accidents or injuries to resident or others.
- 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; report such occasions to charge nurse immediately.
- Communicate with family in a friendly, congenial manner; refer to Charge Nurse for medical status reports.
What You’ll Bring to the Team
To be successful in this role and a great addition to our team we need you to come with the following:
- Requires understanding and ability to use simple arithmetic and grammar with accuracy, equivalent to knowledge normally acquired through four years of high school (or G.E.D.). Ability to understand and carry out detailed oral and written
- Requires a High School diploma (or G.E.D.) plus the successful completion of Nursing Assistant course or equivalent. Minimum one-year related experience preferred, or appropriate formal education or Buckner training.
- Must hold and maintain current Texas licensure as a CNA; complete and/or meet training, certification required by Buckner and State.
- Requires ability to speak, read and write English.
- Completes and meets required training and certification requirements of Buckner and governing authorities; e.g. nursing aid certificate, CPR.
- Requires ability to use up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force continuously to move objects and/or people.
- Position requires bending, stooping, twisting, turning, reaching, lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing, climbing, kneeling, walking, and standing over 75% of shift.
- A professional commitment to Christian principles so as to perform tasks and responsibilities in alignment with Buckner’s mission, vision, and values;
Preferred Qualifications
In addition to the amazing qualifications and experiences listed above, if we had our say, we would also look for:
- Visual work deals mostly with areas such as preparing and reading data and figures, client records, medical orders, visual inspection involving small details, using measurement devices. Visual work is primarily close to observer. Depth perception and field of vision (peripheral) are not as critical as the ability to distinguish small details and markings very near to the observer. Color perception for some tasks is important.
- Requires ability to recognize differences in sound, such as voices/noises that are loud and playful instead of angry and combative.
- Requires ability to exercise patience, tact, initiative, judgment, and confidentiality (following established guidelines). Works under close supervision with awareness that error may have serious consequences.
- Requires proficient ability to instruct residents in health care measures and methods of improving use of medical services.
- Requires proficient ability to recognize changes in a resident’s appearance, attitude, and condition.
- Personality attuned to the requirements of meeting needs of the infirm and aged, and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the public required.
- Requires proficient working knowledge of basic health care practices and procedures, including infection control.
- Requires proficient working knowledge of use and monitoring of resident restraints as prescribed by physicians.
- Requires ability to maintain confidentiality.
Job Perks
At Buckner one of the ways we show value to our team members is by offering the following perks:
- Medical and Dental benefits for employees and their eligible dependents;
- Life insurance;
- Short Term and Long Term Disability benefits;
- Paid Time Off and Holidays;
- Retirement Savings Plan; and
- The 5Star Fun Benefit: encourages employees to spread good cheer to their co-workers and others, creating a happy, healthy environment for all!
The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Buckner is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Buckner.
