Nursing Assistant - Acute Care Surgical Unit AB

About the role

The Central Texas Health Care System is recruiting for highly qualified Nursing Assistants for our Acute Care in Temple - Texas. The NA will function as a member of the nursing care team and assist licensed nursing staff in the care of patients/residents receiving preventive - acute - subacute chronic - maintenance - and hospice care.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes glucose monitoring machine to receive glucose readings for veterans
• Provides direct care for complex veterans
• Makes observations of subtle changes in resident's condition, i.e. behavior shifts, mood, skin coloring, appetite, etc.
• Documents care given, observations and responses on appropriate tools or forms
• Performs oral and nasopharyngeal suctioning
• Administers complete tracheostomy care, including suctioning
• Maintains a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment team meetings for resident care planning
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/resident's plan of care
• Enters information about the residents' condition in the chart, utilizing appropriate formats
• Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to patients/veterans' treatment plan
• Recognizes the resident's autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting, and individualized treatment
• Participates in treatment planning meetings
• Verbalizes patient information to the treatment team for inclusion in