Home Health CNA-Waukesha county
About The Position
This is a full-time Home Health CNA position in Waukesha County, with a flexible Monday-Friday schedule. The role involves providing competent patient care, assisting patients with ADLs to reach their functional status goals, and monitoring changes in patient condition. The CNA will also perform personal care needs, ensure patient safety, take vital signs, provide skin care, and change linens. The position requires the ability to work independently, cooperatively with team members, and be comfortable with issues of death and dying, providing a calm presence. Effective communication, documentation adhering to agency standards, and maintaining patient confidentiality are essential. The role also includes participating in CQI processes, assisting with problem-solving, and ensuring patient satisfaction. Adherence to regulatory requirements, including annual inservices and OSHA requirements, is mandatory. Professionalism and cooperation with all associates are expected, along with flexibility in scheduling and a commitment to team and 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 of Illinois
- 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
- Understands the hospice philosophy, comfortable providing specialized care to the terminally ill.
- Secure with issues of death and dying. Provides a calm manner when in a patient’s home.
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
- Health and welfare benefits such as 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
