Home Health Aide/Cna

Employment Type:
Part timeShift:
Description:
Position Purpose:
Our hospice/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 applicable licensure/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.
• 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 or home care setting.
• Must be able to function in a practice environment with minimal direct supervision, accepting personal responsibility for maintaining a professional relationship with agency's client and their family.
• Must accept responsibility for maintaining skills, learning and adhering to agency's policies and procedures on an on-going basis.
• Must have current driver's license and reliable transportation to and from work site.

Position Highlights and Benefits:

• Mileage reimbursement

Ministry/Facility Information:
MercyOne Siouxland Home Care in Sioux City, Iowa (a Trinity Health Company) provides compassionate, exceptional care in our patient's home.
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