Certified Nursing Assistant/ Home Health Aide

POSITION SUMMARY

The home health aide is a paraprofessional member of the home care team who works under the supervision of a registered nurse or therapist and performs various personal care services as necessary to meet the patient’s needs. The home health aide is responsible for observing patients, reporting those observations and documenting observations and care performed.

The home health aide will be assigned by a Registered Nurse in a manner that promotes quality, continuity and safety of a patient’s care.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Responsibilities of the home health aide include, but are not limited to, the following

• Providing hands-on personal care including:
• Baths
• Back rubs
• Oral hygiene
• Shampoos
• Changing bed linen
• Assisting patients with dressing and undressing
• Skin care to prevent breakdown
• Assisting the patient with toileting activities
• Keeping the patient's living area clean and orderly, as appropriate.
• Planning and preparing nutritious meals.
• Assisting in feeding the patient, if necessary.
• Taking and recording oral, rectal, and axillary temperatures, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure as ordered (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency).
• Assisting in ambulation and exercise according to the plan of care.
• Performing range of motion and other simple procedures as an extensional therapy service as ordered (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency).
• Performing simple procedures as an extension to nursing services as ordered (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency).
• Assisting patients in self-administration of medication.
• Doing patient’s laundry, as appropriate...