Certified Nursing Assistant/Medication Aide

Full Job Description

Are you looking for a great place to work that allows you to utilize your skillset in a fast-paced learning environment?

Are you passionate about your chosen profession and want to deliver quality medical services to an appreciative patient population?

If you answered yes, then you need to apply for the Certified Nursing Assistant/Medication Aide position with the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.

The Certified Nursing Assistant/Medication Aide assists in providing direct care and administering medication to inmates in a correctional facility and assists inmates with activities of daily living.

Travis County offers a premier Total Rewards package that includes a highly rated retirement plan, vacation and sick leave, 12 company holidays, 3 personal holidays, longevity pay, tuition reimbursement, medical, dental, and vision, and a free employee health care clinic.

This is the first in a series of five nursing-related job classifications within the Medical job family.

This classification functions under the close supervision of a physician, Registered Nurse, or other similarly licensed health care practitioner and performs the most basic patient care functions.

Incumbents perform nursing duties of moderate complexity that require a minimal degree of initiative and independent judgment.

This classification is distinguished from the Licensed Vocational Nurse in that incumbents have not graduated from an accredited Licensed Vocational Nursing program and do not typically develop plans to meet patient health care needs.

This classification may require work in secure facilities. This classification requires a flexible work schedule in order to meet the needs of the department.

Requirements

• Responds to patient medical needs. Provides and/or arranges for treatment according to protocol and/or direction from authorized medical staff.
• Takes vital signs, conducts urinalysis, reads tuberculosis tests and calibrates glucometer.
• Prepares clinic for daily activities.
• Administers routine prescribed medication to patients. Monitors and documents patient responses to medications.
• Monitors and records vital signs, intake and output. Assists in planning and evaluating patient care and recording observations.
• Assists nurses and other medical staff, as required.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living, including bathing and feeding.
• Practices safety, environmental and/or infection control methods.
• Maintains and files medical records and performs other administrative support duties.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:
High School diploma or G.E.D. AND six (6) months of Certified Nursing Assistant or Medication Aide experience;

OR,

Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:
Current certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Medication Aide in the State of Texas.
Current Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification.
Applicants are required to attach a resume with the online application.

Preferred:
Current certification as a Medication Aide in the State of Texas

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Basic nursing and other healthcare practices.
• Policies, practices, procedures and terminology related to nursing and healthcare.
• Federal, State, Local and County nursing and other healthcare laws and requirements.
• Principles and procedures of medical documentation and record keeping.
• Proper infection control techniques.
• File management and techniques.
• Knowledge of and adherence to HIPAA and other federal and state laws requiring the confidential handling of certain health information.

Skill in:

• Administering daily patient care, including use of stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, thermometer and other medical instruments.
• Performing routine medical tests and recording results accurately.
• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Both verbal and written communication.

Ability to:

• Work efficiently both independently and as part of a medical team.
• Recognize and identify health symptoms.
• Exercise sound judgment and react quickly in emergency situations.
• Manage time well and perform multiple tasks.
• Understand and precisely follow both verbal and written instructions and communicate in a concise and effective manner.
• Work effectively and courteously under high pressure circumstances.
• Work in a secure environment.
• Deal effectively with mentally disturbed, hostile and aggressive individuals.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, medical and other County employees and officials, and the general public.

Additional Information

Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 35-100 pounds occasionally, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, repetitive motion, reaching, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, pulling, balancing, client/customer contact, squatting to perform the essential functions. Subject to contact with communicable diseases, radiation, hazardous waste, human fecal matter and foul odors.

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.

Hours: Shift work; works some holidays, nights and weekends. The Certified Nursing Assistant/Medication Aide is needed at Travis County Correctional Complex, 3 pm – 11pm Shift

**$2.00/HR SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL FOR ALL WEEKEND SHIFTS, IN ADDITION TO ANY B OR C SHIFT ASSIGNMENTS. SHIFT ASSIGNMENT WILL DEPEND ON AVAILABILITY AT TIME OF HIRE.***

Department: Sheriff

Location: Austin, TX

Drug & Alcohol Test Required.
Criminal, Credit, Driving, Education, Employment Verification Required.

For updates or questions on this position, contact: Monica.Risaliti@traviscountytx.gov