Job Description

Job Summary

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.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

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 may require a flexible work schedule in order to meet the needs of the department.

Duties and Responsibilities

• 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.

Minimum Requirements

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.

Work Environment & Other 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, 3-11 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 and Employment Background Check Required.

Benefits
Employment at Travis County comes with a full array of benefits. We offer comprehensive health insurance, a no-cost, on-site Health and Wellness clinic, longevity pay, paid vacations, sick time and personal holidays, not to mention an industry competitive salary structure and a friendly, stable work environment.

FY2023 Travis County Benefit Guide

In this valuable you will find benefit summaries, eligibility requirements, costs, contact numbers and addresses as well as other general information on the benefits available to Travis County Employees and Retirees.

Credit Union
Employees may join the Travis County Credit Union which offers low-interest loans, savings plans through payroll deduction, safe deposit boxes and other benefits.

Deferred Compensation
Employees may enroll in a tax- free sheltered investment plan through payroll deduction.

Direct Deposit
Employees may sign up for direct bank deposit.

Employee Assistance Program
Travis County provides a confidential counseling and referral service free of charge to county employees and their family.

Employee Organizations
Membership in the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union is available through payroll deduction.

Employee Health & Wellness Clinic
Employees may access the clinic for a variety of wellness program and health care services with no co-pay, no deductible and no co-insurance costs.

Holidays
An average of eleven paid holidays are designated by the Travis County Commissioners Court at the beginning of each fiscal year.

Longevity
Longevity pay is paid for each year completed after three years of continuous service. Peace Officers in a law enforcement activity, whose job requires state peace officer certification, receive pay after one year of certification.

Parking
A limited number of assigned parking spaces are available to employees in the Courthouse Complex.

Personal Holidays
Regular, full-time employees are eligible for up to three paid personal holidays each calendar year. Part-time employees shall be granted personal holidays on a prorated basis. New employees earn personal holidays for the calendar year in which he/she begins employment, based on the month in which employment begins:

January - March

3 personal holidays

April - June

2 personal holidays
July - September

1 personal holiday

October - December

None
New employees are eligible to take personal holidays after 90 days of employment.

Retirement
Travis County is a member of the Texas County & District Retirement System with mandatory participation by certain classes of employees. Matching of two hundred twenty-five (225%) and a seven percent (7%) of the gross salary is deducted each pay period. An employee is fully vested after eight years of service. Benefits are prorated for part-time employees.

Sick Leave
Regular employees earn sick leave at a rate of eight hours per month with unlimited accrual during employment. Part-time employees earn sick leave on a pro-rated basis.

Parental Leave
Each Full-time Paid Parental Leave Eligible (PPL) Employee is entitled to a total of 320 hours of Paid Parental Leave in a 12 month period. Paid Parental Leave for Part-time PPL Eligible Employees is prorated based on the number of hours that they are regularly scheduled to work.

Tuition Refund
Certain classes of full-time employees may receive reimbursement for fees associated with pre-approved, job related course work completed satisfactorily.

Vacation
Based on years of county service, regular, full-time employees earn vacation time at the following rates:

0 to 5 years

4.0 hours per pay period

6 to 10 years

4.5 hours per pay period

11 to 15 years

5.0 hours per pay period

16 to 20 years

5.5 hours per pay period

21 plus years

6.0 hours per pay period
Part-time employees earn vacation leave on a pro-rated basis.

Workers\' Compensation
The county provides all employees workers\' compensation coverage with benefits in accordance with state statute, if the employee sustains an injury out of, or in the course of work.

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