Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)/ Home Health Aid (HHA)

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Day Shift

Description

Schedule

Full-time, Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm,No Weekends or Holidays!

Coverage Region

Hartford Area

Incentive

$5,000 Sign on bonus paid over two years

Must be a Certified Nurse Assistant in the state of Connecticut

Position Purpose

Our home health aides provide paraprofessional services to our patients in their homes, following physician orders and in compliance with the state's Nurse Practice Act, any applicablelicensure/certification requirements and our policies and procedures.

What You Will Do

• Follows care plan developed by RN.
• Reports client changes in condition to RN, as described on care plan.
• Assists clients with personal care activities including bathing, mouth care, denture care, skin care, grooming, bathroom privileges, transferring, ambulation, and dressing and undressing activities.
• Assists clients with household tasks including, planning and preparing meals, feeding, light housekeeping, changing linens, making bed, and laundering clothes and bedding.
• Measures and records client’s oral, rectal and axillary temperatures, pulse respiration and blood pressure as ordered.
• Performs range of motion and other simple procedures as an extension of therapy services as assigned.
• Assists clients in self-administration of medication. This procedure must be assigned by an RN and documented in the clinical record. The Home Health / Hospice Aide shall not administer medication of any kind.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Active CT, CNA certification in good standing
• Completion of federally compliant training program as required by law/regulation and successful completion of a competency evaluation program.
• Documentation of one year’s employment as an aide in an institution, home care, or hospice setting.
• Must have current Driver’s license and reliable tra...