Psychiatric Nursing Assistant II

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Date:
Nov 5, 2025

Location:

KERRVILLE, TX

Join the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and be part of a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. At HHSC, your contributions matter, and we support you at each stage of your life and work journey. Our comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees, a defined benefit pension plan, generous time off benefits, numerous opportunities for career advancement and more.

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Job Description:

We ask you to thrive in an environment where you learn and grow personally and professionally while making a positive impact on people’s lives. HSCS is dedicated to building an atmosphere where employees feel valued and supported while providing specialized care for Texans in need. HSCS consists of nine psychiatric hospitals, one youth residential treatment facility, and thirteen state supported living centers.

The psychiatric hospitals are a hub of excellence for forensic mental health and complex psychiatric care, with all facilities accredited by The Joint Commission. They provide state‑of‑the‑art treatment that is recovery‑oriented and science‑based. If providing hope and healing through compassionate, innovative, and individualized care interests you, we welcome your application for the position below.

The Psychiatric Nursing Assistant II (PNA II) performs moderately complex (journey‑level) rehabilitative patient care services work. The PNA II provides patient care services under the clinical supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide quality psychiatric nursing care in an inpatient setting. The work involves providing emergency, health, and personal care services to patients; interacting with patients therapeutically; observing, reporting, and documenting, in an electronic record, patient conditions and behaviors;

and participating in individualized and unit‑based programming. The PNA II has a primary responsibility to maintain direct and ongoing therapeutic interactions with patients to promote living and social skills, thus encouraging progress toward a lesser restrictive environment than the hospital. As an integral member of the recovery team, the PNA II provides verbal and supportive documentation concerning individual patient behaviors and progress toward individualized goals of the recovery plan.

The PNA II participates in shift reports and recovery team meetings and performs delegated nursing duties commensurate with competency. The PNA II may provide guidance to the PNA Is. The PNA II works under general supervision, with limited latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. The PNA II’s duties, location, and shift patterns are subject to change as determined by the administration to meet the needs of the hospital.

The PNA II may be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials and has no financial responsibility but is accountable for assigned property. The PNA II performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor to ensure efficient operation of the patient care unit. Other duties include but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency’s obligations for disaster response and/or continuity of operations (COOP) activation.

Such participation may require an alternate…