PRN Home Health Aide (CNA) - ProHealth Home Health (Montgomery, AL)

ProHealth Home Health and Hospice • Montgomery, AL

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About The Position

A paraprofessional who is specifically trained and competent to perform assigned personal-care functions for patients in their residences under the direction, instruction, and supervision of a registered nurse (RN). The position involves providing hands-on care and assigned household services essential to home health care, supporting patient mobility and exercise, and assisting with ordinarily self-administered medications as assigned. The role also requires timely visit documentation, reporting changes in patients’ conditions and needs to the RN, and participation in scheduled patient-care conferences and in-service or continuing-education programs.

The work takes place indoors in the agency office and patients’ homes, with travel to and from patient homes. The position has high risk exposure and may require physical activity, extended periods of standing, heavy lifting, and extensive bending and lifting on a regular basis.

Requirements

• Meet Medicare Conditions of Participation for Home Health Aide training program and competency.
• Have a sympathetic attitude toward the care of the sick and elderly.
• Ability to carry out directions, read, and write.
• Maturity and ability to deal effectively with the demands of the job.
• Ability to participate in physical activity.
• Ability to work for an extended period while standing and engaged in physical activity.
• Ability to perform heavy lifting.
• Ability to do extensive bending, lifting, and standing on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

• Understand and adhere to established agency policies and procedures.
• Perform personal care, bathing, and hands-on care as assigned.
• Complete appropriate visit records in a timely manner according to agency policy.
• Report changes in the patient’s condition and needs to the RN.
• Perform household services essential to health care in the home as assigned.
• Ambulate and exercise the patient as assigned.
• Perform simple procedures as an extension of therapy or nursing services, such as range-of-motion (ROM) exercises, as assigned.
• Assist with medications that are ordinarily self-administered, as assigned.
• Attend in-service and continuing-education programs as scheduled and necessary.
• Attend patient-care conferences as scheduled.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed