Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) PT-Tooele

Summary

The home health aide is a paraprofessional member of the home care team who works under the supervision of a registered nurse or therapist and performs various personal care services as necessary to meet the patient’s needs.  The home health aide is responsible for observing patients, reporting these observations, and documenting observations and care performed.

The home health aide will be assigned in a manner that promotes quality, continuity, and safety of a patient’s care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities *

• Appropriately assists clients with personal care activities in accordance with the personal care plan including:
  • Baths (tub, shower, bed bath)
  • Oral care, denture care, skin care, foot care
  • Grooming (shampoo, dry and comb hair, shave, cleaning & filing of nails)
  • Elimination needs (bedpan, commode, toilet)
  • Transferring (bed to chair, to wheelchair, to tub, to shower, Hoyer)
  • Dressing and undressing activities
  • Assistance with ambulation
  • Assist patient with range of motion exercises.
  • Perineal Care, Incontinent Care, Bowel Care
  • Catheter Care
  • Ostomy Care
  • Post-mortem Care
• Appropriately assists with household tasks directly essential to the client’s health and in accordance with the personal care plan including:
  • Preparation and set up of nutritious meals.
  • Assisting in feeding client as directed
  • Light housekeeping of client’s immediate environment
  • Change linen, make bed.
  • Laundry of client’s clothing and bedding
• Demonstrates appropriate and safe knowledge/use of equipment (Hoyer lifts, side rails, wheelchairs, oxygen, etc.) within training limitation.
• Performs range of motion and other simple procedures as an extension of therapy service as ordered (within training limitation).
• Assists the client in self-administration of medication, (i.e., reminding the client to take their medications as assigned by the RN and documented on the personal services care plan).
• Performs other service appropriate for the discipline, as requested by the Clinical Director or designee, and/or directed via the personal plan of care.
• Accurately and thoroughly documents service provided in accordance with agency policy and the personal plan of care on day services are rendered.
• Submission of clinical documentation, visit notes and daily time summaries/time sheets is required for satisfactory completion of an assignment as defined by Company policy.
• Immediately reports any changes in client’s condition or incidents to the Case Manager or Clinical Director.
• Establishes and maintains effective communication and a professional relationship with client/families.
• Participates in case conferences with other members of the healthcare team as appropriate.
• Maintains confidentiality in relation to all patient/clients, healthcare staff and documentation. Seeks direction from the Clinical Director/designee when/if asked to share any patient/client information with outside parties.
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