Certified Nursing Assistant | Farson-Eden, WY

Symbii Home Health and Hospice South • Rock Springs, WY

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About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant provides home health aide services, including personal care, meal preparation and feeding assistance, basic measurements when ordered and competency has been demonstrated, mobility and exercise assistance, support with medication self-administration, household tasks, and patient safety. The role includes observing and reporting changes in a patient's condition to the assigned nurse and following the organization's documentation, care, and conduct standards. The aide must not perform nursing practice, administer medications, take physician's orders, or perform procedures that require nursing training, knowledge, or skill.

Requirements

• Meet training requirements in accordance with state and federal laws.
• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Read and follow written instructions and document care provided.
• Be self-directing and able to work with little direct supervision.
• Demonstrate empathy for the needs of ill, injured, frail, and impaired people.
• Possess and maintain current CPR certification.
• Demonstrate tact, patience, and good personal hygiene.
• Be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured according to organization requirements and in good working order.
• Do not perform duties viewed as nursing practice under the State's Nurse Practice Act, including administering medications, taking physician's orders, or performing procedures requiring nursing training, knowledge, and skill, such as sterile techniques.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care, including bathing, back rubs, oral hygiene, shampooing, changing bed linens, dressing and undressing, skin care, toileting assistance, and keeping the patient's living area clean and orderly as appropriate.
• Plan and prepare nutritious meals and assist with feeding when necessary.
• Take and record oral, rectal, and axillary temperatures, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure when ordered and after completing or demonstrating the appropriate competency.
• Assist with ambulation and exercise according to the plan of care.
• Perform range-of-motion and other simple procedures as an extensional therapy service when ordered and after completing or demonstrating the appropriate competency.
• Assist patients with self-administering medication.
• Do the patient's laundry as appropriate.
• Meet patient safety needs and use equipment safely and properly, including foot stools and side rails.
• Report the patient's condition and significant changes to the assigned nurse.
• Follow the organization's documentation and care procedures and standards of personal and professional conduct.
• Perform other job-related tasks as requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed