HHA/CNA East Haven and Surrounding Towns
About The Position
SUMMARY: Provide care under the Supervision of a Registered Nurse in the home. RESPONSIBILITIES: Assist the patient with personal care activities including bathing, oral hygiene, feeding and dressing. Assisting the patient with exercises, ambulation, transfer activities and medications that are ordinarily self-administered. Take and record temperature. Observes and reports patient status. Records care provided. Performs activities under special circumstances after training and observation by a Registered Nurse. Home Health Aides cannot administer medications, perform invasive skills (i.e. suctioning, flushing tubes or apply topical medications. Please refer to your Supervisor for clarification of any task not listed on this job description.
Nice To Haves
- Certificate from a state sponsored homemaker/home health aide training and competence evaluation program.
- Certificate from nurse’s aide training and competency evaluation program as defined in Section 19-13-D8T (A) of the Connecticut Public Health Department of Regulations.
Responsibilities
- Assist the patient with personal care activities including bathing, oral hygiene, feeding and dressing.
- Assisting the patient with exercises, ambulation, transfer activities and medications that are ordinarily self-administered.
- Take and record temperature.
- Observes and reports patient status.
- Records care provided.
- Performs activities under special circumstances after training and observation by a Registered Nurse.
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