Job Summary:
Provide supportive and personal services for the patients with consideration of
dignity and privacy. Provide personal care and hygiene to home health patients.
Qualifications/Educational
Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited High School or equivalent preferred.
- Ability read, write and follow directions.
- Must be a certified nursing assistant with proof of certification.
- A minimum of one year full-time experience in direct patient in an institutional
setting (hospital or nursing facility) or one year full-time experience within
the last five years in direct client care in an agency setting.
- Effective for services furnished after August 14, 1990, a person who has successfully completed a
State-established or other training program that meets the requirements of §484.36(a) and a competency evaluation program or State licensure program that meets the requirements of §484.36
(b) or (e), or a competency evaluation program or State licensure program that meets the requirements of §484.36 (b) or (e). An individual is not considered to have completed a
training and competency evaluation program, or a competency evaluation program if, since the individual's most recent completion of this program(s), there has been a continuous period of
24 consecutive months during none of which the individual furnished services described in §409.40 of this chapter for
compensation.
- Work positively and favorably with patients, families, and staff.
- Demonstrate compassion, responsibility, and cheerful attitude.
- Listed on the nurse aide registry with no finding against the aide relating to client
abuse or neglect or misappropriation of client property.
Responsibilities/essential
functions:
The person in this position must be able to perform the following essential job
functions with or without reasonable accommodations.
- Follow the instructions of the professional nurse/therapist in providing
care.
- Provide assistance with hygiene such as bathing, oral care, and dressing.
- Perform and record accurate measurements (i.e. vital signs, or intake/output as
instructed in the care plans).
- Observe and report any safety hazards found in the client’s home or any significant
observations regarding the client.
- Attend staff meetings, attend/complete 12 hours of annual in-services, and
participates in orientation of new employees.
- Report patient complaints to the RN.
- Maintain patient confidentiality/adheres to HIPPA requirements and agency policy and
procedures manual.
- Possess the ability to follow written and oral instructions.
- Report abnormal findings in patient’s conditions as observed and per care plan to RN.
- Perform the following task when delegated by the RN
- Non-invasive and non-sterile treatments
- Collection and documentation of vital signs, height, weight, I/O, environmental situations. client
behaviors,
- Ambulation, positioning, and turning
- Transportation
- Personal hygiene and elimination (irritations, enemas)
- Feeding
- Socialization
- ADLS
Please send
your resume to heleniumhh@yahoo.com