Home Health CNA- North Milwaukee

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Brown Deer, WI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role will support Mequon, Brown Deer and Glendale Areas Monday-Friday 8:00am-Friday. No weekends. The Home Health Aide is responsible to provide competent patient care assigned. They contribute to effective patient outcomes by providing assistance with ADL’s, meeting safety needs of patients, taking vital signs, providing skin care, and changing linens. The role requires the ability to work independently, attend to personal work schedule professionally, cooperate with team members, and be comfortable with issues of death and dying. Effective communication skills are essential, including utilizing appropriate communication and interpersonal skills, participating in case conferencing, and preparing accurate documentation while maintaining patient confidentiality. The position also involves active participation in the CQI process, demonstrating cost-effective measures, assisting with problem identification and solutions, and participating in quality improvement projects. Adherence to regulatory requirements, including annual inservice hours, Hospice education hours, OSHA requirements, and state/HIPAA training, is mandatory. Professionalism and cooperation with all associates are expected, including flexibility in scheduling, identifying developmental needs, demonstrating self-direction, and supporting organizational goals.

Requirements

• High school education or equivalent.
• One year nurse’s aide experience.
• RN nursing students that meet state requirements.
• Recognize the needs and behaviors of a variety of age groups of patients treated, understand child growth and development, i.e. understand adolescent behavior and look for signs of normal aging.
• Written and verbal competency of the English language.
• Must be certified as a nursing assistant in the state in which the teammate works
• A valid driver’s license issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles.
• Must be able to travel to all of the service office boundaries in all extremes of weather on all types of road including expressways.
• Must be able to assist with ambulation including turning and transferring patients up to 200 pounds.
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance.
• For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available.

Nice To Haves

• Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates competent home health aide skills.
• Promotes patients to reach functional status goals by providing assistance with ADL’s following the HHA assignment record in rendering patient care and maintaining safety.
• Notes changes in patient’s condition requiring further attention, informs the case manager, or the RN/Supervisor and documents accordingly.
• Understands the hospice philosophy, comfortable providing specialized care to the terminally ill.
• Performs personal care needs, feeding patient, laundry, light cleaning of patient room and washing.
• Meeting safety needs of patient using equipment safely and properly.
• Taking temperatures, pulse, respiration and blood pressure as directed by the home health aide assignment sheet when assigned.
• Provides skin care and changing patient position to prevent breakdown as assigned.
• Changing patient bed linens and clothing as requested by the patient and family.
• Exhibits the ability to work independently.
• Attends to personal work schedule in a consistent and professional manner.
• Demonstrates ability to cooperate and work well with team members.
• Secure with issues of death and dying. Provides a calm manner when in a patient’s home.
• Utilizes appropriate communication skills and effective interpersonal skills with all customers.
• Actively participates in achieving patient outcomes through case conferencing and IDG’s.
• Prepares documentation reflecting patient’s care; adheres to documentation as required by agency, state, federal, and Accrediting Organization standards with time frames.
• Maintains patient confidentiality, observing of HIPPA/ Privacy acts.
• Demonstrates cost-effective measures in patient care.
• Assists with problem identification and solutions.
• Participates in quality, improvement projects when assigned.
• Demonstrates measures to ensure patient satisfaction.
• Maintains annual inservice hours, Hospice education hours and OSHA requirements.
• Cooperates in scheduling of required supervisory visits.
• Provides home health aide services in accordance with all regulatory rules and standards.
• Meets the training requirements of State and HIPPA.
• Demonstrates flexibility in scheduling to support department and other service offices when needed.
• Identifies own developmental needs and contributes to learning plan.
• Demonstrates self-direction for maintaining home health aide skills.
• Demonstrates commitment and supports team, office, company and organizational goals.

Benefits

• Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs
• Competitive compensation
• Generous retirement offerings
• Programs that invest in your career development
• Paid Time Off programs
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED