CNA Certified Nursing Assistant-PCA

Overview

Works under the supervision of the Director of Nurses or designated registered nurse. Provides direct patient care as assigned by the registered nurse. Provides quality and delivery of home health care services. Assists in the home health care services that reflect the home health care agency philosophy and standards of home health nursing care of assigned clients.

Responsibilities: * Able to work in a stressful environment. * Able to work weekends. * Able to assess and communicate with ill patients, co-workers, and general public. * Is neat in appearance and practice, with good personal hygiene. * Communication skills; observation, reporting, and documentation of a client's status and the care or service furnished. . * Basic infection control procedures and instruction on universal precautions basic elements of body functions and changes in body function that must be reported to the supervisor. * Maintenance of a clean, healthy, and safe environment recognizing emergencies and knowledge of emergency procedures. * The physical, emotional, and developmental needs of and ways to work with the populations served by the agency including, the need for respect for the client and his or her privacy and property. * Appropriate and safe techniques in personal hygiene and grooming that include: * + bed bath + sponge, tub, or shower bath + shampoo, sink, tub, or bed + nail and hair care + oral hygiene + toileting and eliminating + safe transfer techniques and ambulation + normal positioning + adequate nutrition and fluid intake + assisting with self-administration of medications + housekeeping, meal preparation, serving meals + patient rights + any other task that the agency may choose to have the home health aide perform * Ensure quality and safe delivery of home health care services. * Participates in development and implementation of client plans of care per home health care agency policy and procedure, as appropriate. * Participates in client...