Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Looking for Full time/Part time availability!!!

​​​​​​​We provide a premium employee experience, including: premium and weekly pay, flexible scheduling, direct assignments, and 401k Matching up to 5%

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY:

The Home Care Aide/Certified Nursing Assistant is a member of the Nurse Next Door team and works under the supervision of the Care Designer or a nurse and performs personal care services contained in a care plan written by a licensed health professional, employed or contracted by the agency. The Home Care Aide/Certified Nursing Assistant is responsible for observing clients, reporting these observations and documenting observations and care performed.

The Home Care Aide/Certified Nursing Assistant will be assigned in a manner that promotes quality, continuity and safety of a client’s care.

JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsibilities of the Certified Nursing Assistant include, are to, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide client care as directed by the Care Designer or Nurse.

• Provide personal care:

  • Bathing

  • Grooming, including oral care

  • Assist the client with dressing and undressing

  • Assist the client with toileting activities, including the use of the bedpan and urinal

  • Provide catheter care including changing the urinary catheter bag

  • Empty ostomy bags, or changing bags that do not adhere to the skin

  • Assist in feeding the client, if necessary

  • Feed clients who are unable to feed themselves

  • Take and record vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations and blood pressure)

  • Measure and record height and weight, if necessary.

  • Support good skin care to prevent skin breakdown (i.e. turn and reposition client, actively encourage movement)

  • Assist client with active and passive range of motions as defined by the plan of care

  • Provide client with help walking and transferring; assist with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair or walker;

  • Observe client’s physical, mental and emotional conditions

    • Report any change to the Care Designer

    • Document observed changes

  • Measure and document intake and output, if necessary

  • Assist client in the self-administration of medication

  • Verbally remind clients to take their medications

  • Perform light housekeeping; maintains a clean, safe and healthy environment, which may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, straightening the sleeping and living areas, washing the client's or client's dishes or laundry, and such tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client;

  • Perform meal preparation and clean up

  • Change bed linens and make up the client’s bed

  • Maintain an orderly client environment.

• Follow principles of infection control and Universal Precautions.

• Identifies and participates in performance improvement activities.

• Provide transport to doctor appointments, outside activities and shopping.

• Participates in client teaching according to the client’s plan of care.

• Assist in providing a safe environment and promote quality client care through adherence to established policies, procedures and standards.

• Ensure client’s rights are adhered to. These include but are not limited to:

  • the right to privacy and dignity while care is being provided

  • the right to accept or refuse care

  • the right to confidentiality of their information

• Respond rapidly and appropriately in an emergency situation

• Use equipment properly and in a safe manner.

• Perform other tasks as determined and instructed by the licensed professional and as permissible under Arizona law.

QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or GED

• Registered on the Arizona State Health Care Aide Registry

• Minimum of one (1) year of documented experience preferable

• Certified in CPR

• Criminal background check clearance

• Negative TB skin test or chest x-ray

• Licensed driver with automobile that is insured in accordance with the organizations requirements.

• Empathy for the needs of the client

• Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills

• Ability to express spoken and/or written ideas in English

• Treats clients, staff and the public with courtesy, respect and presents a positive public image.

• Works as a team member

• Ensures confidentiality and security of the client’s medical information.

JOB LIMITATIONS:

The Certified Nursing Assistant will not function in any manner viewed as the practice of nursing according to the State’s Nurse Practice Act. Specifically, the Certified Nursing Assistant will not administer medications, obtain physician’s orders or perform procedures requiring the training, knowledge and skill of a licensed nurse.

The CNA SHALL NOT:

• Change sterile dressings

• Irrigate body cavities such as giving an enema

• Irrigate a colostomy or wound

• Perform a gastric irrigation or enteral feeding

• Catheterize a client

• Administer medication

• Apply heat by any method

• Care for a tracheostomy tube

• Provide any personal health service which has not been included in the written service provision plan or care plan.

ENVIRONMENT, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT OR PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Working Conditions: Contact with clients under a wide variety of circumstances. Care provided in a client's living environment with varying situations or in an institution such as a hospital. May be required to respond in an emergency situation. Travel required. Position includes tasks that have the potential for exposure to blood and other potentially infectious material (OPIM) such as body fluids/tissues.

Personal Protective Equipment: May include gloves, mask, eye protection, and disposable outer covering.

Physical Requirements: Must be able to stand, walk, squat, bend, kneel, reach, twist, push and pull. Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

Our purpose is Making Lives Better through Happier Aging. We help seniors stay in their homes for as long as they choose, and our real talent is caring and connecting to seniors’ hearts. We have a mission to help seniors continue doing what they love most. We are not just another home care company fulfilling daily tasks, we are a company that admires people and seeks to make a difference in everything we do. By working at Nurse Next Door you will be part of a growing company that is helping seniors do what they love again.
As a member of the Nurse Next Door team you understand how to hustle with heart - this is essential! You enjoy working collaboratively but with a high degree of autonomy and thrive by seeing results. You are a self led leader who takes responsibility for your own actions. You show care by engaging in intentional, compassionate conversations to help others achieve their fullest potential. You are inspired by the idea of being involved with an organization that is changing the way we deliver home care through our Happier Aging philosophy.
Nurse Next Door is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer

Company Description

Our purpose is Making Lives Better through Happier Aging. We help seniors stay in their homes for as long as they choose, and our real talent is caring and connecting to seniors’ hearts. We have a mission to help seniors continue doing what they love most. We are not just another home care company fulfilling daily tasks, we are a company that admires people and seeks to make a difference in everything we do. By working at Nurse Next Door you will be part of a growing company that is helping seniors do what they love again. \r\nAs a member of the Nurse Next Door team you understand how to hustle with heart - this is essential! You enjoy working collaboratively but with a high degree of autonomy and thrive by seeing results. You are a self led leader who takes responsibility for your own actions. You show care by engaging in intentional, compassionate conversations to help others achieve their fullest potential. You are inspired by the idea of being involved with an organization that is changing the way we deliver home care through our Happier Aging philosophy. \r\nNurse Next Door is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer

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