Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)/Home Health Aide (HHA)-Float
About The Position
This is a full-time float CNA/HHA position. The employee must hold both CNA and HHA certifications and will rotate between community work, without a caseload, and the Inpatient Unit. The position offers a day shift of either 8 a.m.–4 p.m. or 7 a.m.–3 p.m., with no weekends. An additional $1.50 per hour is added to the base pay rate. The Home Health Aide provides quality patient care by performing assigned duties, health care tasks, and patient care activities in accordance with Hospice Buffalo, Inc. policies and procedures and under the supervision of a licensed practical nurse and/or registered nurse. The aide helps maintain positive relationships with hospice patients, families, health care personnel, staff, and volunteers. The Certified Nurse Assistant supports professional disciplines in long-term care and assisted living/developmentally disabled facilities. Under professional supervision and guidance, the CNA performs personal care procedures, health-related tasks, and homemaking and housekeeping activities to help maintain or achieve the patient's optimal health. The CNA also serves as a mentor to new aides.
Requirements
- Completion of a New York State-approved Home Health Aide and Certified Nurse Aide training program, with both HHA and CNA certificates.
- Current driver's license free of serious violations.
- A vehicle is required for the position.
Responsibilities
- Assist with hygiene and grooming, including bathing, hair shampooing, nail and skin care, oral hygiene, toileting and assistance with elimination, and weights; perform health-related tasks and personal care procedures.
- Assist with activities of daily living and, for HHA duties, instrumental activities of daily living such as answering the phone and doing laundry.
- Meet patients' nutritional needs through meal preparation, cleanup, and feeding when needed; assist with special-diet meal preparation under professional direction and understand adequate nutrition and fluid intake.
- Observe patients and report relevant information effectively; for CNA duties, report clinical or body-function changes to the RN Case Manager.
- Maintain confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA law and policy, and maintain the security of patient records.
- Follow hand hygiene, waste-disposal, personal protective equipment, supply/tote bag, Standard Precautions, and basic infection-control procedures.
- Explain the duties and functions of the Interdisciplinary Team, including the role of the HHA or CNA, as appropriate.
- Document according to agency standards and follow patient-focused clinical and organizational administrative policies and procedures.
- Establish priorities, organize work and time, anticipate problems, and modify plans and procedures to provide solutions.
- Communicate supportively with patients and families in an understandable and culturally appropriate manner.
- Maintain a clean and safe environment and assist with safe transfers, positioning, and ambulation; demonstrate normal range of motion.
- Assist patients with medication reminders when performing HHA duties.
- Read and record temperature, pulse, and respiration; take vital signs as required for CNA duties.
- Recognize emergencies and apply appropriate emergency procedures.
- Respect patients, their privacy, and their property.
- Carry out assignments with an understanding of basic nursing home and assisted living/developmentally disabled care issues.
- Serve as a mentor to new aides in the CNA role.
- Float between community work without a caseload and the Inpatient Unit.
Benefits
- An additional $1.50 per hour added to the base pay rate.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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