Description: Position is FULL-TIME, locations include Granville, Vance, Franklin, Person, Warren, Durham and Wake counties in North Carolina.
The Nurse's Aide (CNA) will provide personal care and assistance with activities of daily living in the home and care client support in a manner that meets or exceeds State, Federal and Agency expectations, under the guidance and supervision of the Registered Nurse (RN) to ensure quality and safe delivery of services. All services rendered will be done in accordance with the client's Plan of Care orders.

Home Health Aide Job Responsibilities:

• Enables patients to stay in their homes by monitoring and recording patient condition, providing support and personal services, and teaching families.
• Monitors patient condition by observing physical and mental condition, intake and output, and exercise.
• Supports patients by providing housekeeping and laundry services, shopping for food and other household requirements, preparing and serving meals and snacks, and running errands.
• Assists patients by providing personal services, such as, bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Helps patients care for themselves by teaching use of cane or walker, special utensils to eat, special techniques and equipment for personal hygiene.
• Helps family members care for the patient by teaching appropriate ways to lift, turn, and re-position the patient.
• Advises on nutrition, cleanliness, and housekeeping.
• Records patient information by making entries in the patient journal and notifying nursing supervisor of changing or unusual conditions.
• Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy patient environment by following asepsis standards and procedures, maintaining security precautions, and following prescribed dietary requirements and nutrition standards.
• Protects the home care agency by adhering to professional standards, home care policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.
• Enhances service reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests, and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Requirements:

Home Health Aide Qualifications / Skills:

• Creating a safe, effective environment
• Health promotion and maintenance
• Nursing Skills
• Health care administration
• Patient services
• Verbal communication
• Listening
• Training
• Dependability
• Emotional control
• Medical teamwork

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Visual/hearing ability sufficient to comprehend written/verbal communication.
• Ability to perform tasks involving physical activity, which may include heavy lifting and extensive bending and standing.
• Ability to deal with stress.
• The following are essential job functions that must be safely performed with or without reasonable accommodation without posing a direct threat to other employees, clients, or self:
• Provides and or assists with activities of daily living such as grooming; oral hygiene, bath shower; feeding and nourishment; incontinence care; maintaining the personal environment (i.e., clothing linen within the home).
• Perform and or assist clients with passive range of motion exercises,

ambulation,

• Transfers from bed, floor, wheelchair and shower chairs as needed.
• Positions client in bed and or chair and may apply and/or adjust orthotic bracing appliances when appropriate.
• Responds to clients' requests and corrects environmental hazards in an appropriate and safe manner.
• Documents care provided and client observations including unusual or significant changes in physical, mental or behavioral conditions and family situations or need to the Registered Nurse/Supervisor.
• Obtains vital signs, heights and weights, intake and output measurements, etc.
• Knows and is able to respond to emergency needs such as the Heimlich

maneuver, CPR, and other disaster procedures designated by agency policies.

• Attends to work assignments and in-service training. The Nurse Aide is

responsible for maintaining 12-hours of in-service each year as governed by

COBRA regulations. The Nurse Aide must renew their listing every 24 months.

• Observes agency policies and procedures regarding attendance, timeliness,

house rules, teamwork, customer service, and other policies/procedures that

may be introduced from time to time.

• Assist with self-administration of medications that are ordered by a physician or other persons authorized by state law to prescribe medicine.
• Perform incidental household services that are essential to the client's care at

home, dust, mop, sweep, vacuum, make beds, change linen, or do laundry.

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED
• CPR/BLS certification from AHA (required)
• Active listing on NC Nurse Aide I registry (with no pending investigations or findings) or experience as a Personal Care Assistant
• Minimum 1+ year(s) professional Home Care/Home Health experience
• Must have a valid in-state driver’s license, provide current registration and insurance, and have a driving record with no more than 2 points within the last 3 years
• Must be over 21 years old
• Must be able to pass a NC SBI (or FBI) background check with fingerprinting
• Competition of the Covid-19 vaccination series with documentation