Aide/CNA- Home Health

Job Profile Summary 

​This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders.  In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Nursing Support duties: Provides basic care services to patients, but does not have an RN or LPN license.  Positions in this nursing support work under the direction of physicians, mid-level practitioners, and may work under the direction of registered nurses depending on their unit.  A clinical technologist role that has specialized knowledge or skills gained through a combination of vocational education, training, and experience. This role will be most commonly applied to patient care and/or scientific/laboratory jobs.  An experienced level role requiring basic knowledge of job procedures and tools obtained through work experience and requiring vocational or technical education.  Works under moderate supervision, works through problems of a routine nature, but may at times require interpretation or deviation from standard procedures and communicates information that requires some explanation or interpretation. 

Job Overview 

The position is a trained paraprofessional who provides personal care and other incidental care to patients as instructed by and under the supervision of the professional clinician.  Position provide care to patients in a variety of community settings, including to patients under home health and hospice plans of care, residing in private homes, assisted livings, skilled nursing facilities and hospice inpatient facilities. 

Job Description 

Minimum Qualifications: 

1. High school diploma or equivalent. 

2. Certified Home Health Aide 

3. Licensed Nursing Aide 

Preferred Qualifications: 

1. Dementia Care and Hospital Care experience 

Duties and Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list.  Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned. 

1.Provides care to patients as instructed in the home health aide or hospice aide care plan.  Provides the level of assistance designated in the plan of care, ranging from supervision and cueing to total care. 

2. Notifies the supervising clinician and or aide supervisor promptly when the patient refuses care or the patient’s care needs change. 

3. Provides patient care including bathing, dressing, grooming, ambulation/mobility, toileting and nutrition/hydration. 

4. Assists with grooming and dressing, including hair styling, manicure and pedicure, supports patient and family choices for clothing and accessories, hearing aids and eyeglasses. 

5. Provides bowel and bladder training, catheter care, ostomy care, and adaptive equipment (e.g., raised toilet seat) as designated in aide care plan. 

6. Identifies risks to personal safety (e.g. firearms in the home, oxygen safety) and promptly reports concern to aide supervisor. 

7. Follows designated infection control protocol including universal p