Certified Nursing Assistant

All Ways Caring HomeCare; Forest City (NC); On-site; USD 16,531 - 20,664; Full time

Job summary

All Ways Caring HomeCare in North Carolina is seeking compassionate CNAs or Home Health Aides to join our clinical team. You will assist nurses with basic patient care in home health, hospice, residential and private duty settings, including dressing, grooming, bathing, feeding, and recording vital signs.

You’ll answer call lights, assist with toileting, mobility, catheter care, and medication administration under supervision.

Qualifications

• Minimum age 18 years.
• Valid driver’s license with satisfactory driving record.
• Certification as CNA or Home Health Care Aide in the state where care is provided.
• Completion of a recognized home care aide training program or 6 months of recent home care experience.
• Must be able to lift up to 75 lbs; able to sit, stand, walk, bend, stoop, push, pull, reach.

Responsibilities

• Assists nurses by performing basic care activities related to essential services.
• Dresses, grooms, bathes, feeds patients and records vital signs.
• Answers call lights and assists in toileting, oral care, nail care, catheter care; helps wheelchair or transfer needs; reports changes.
• Provides simple or uncomplicated patient care and notes any changes.
• Cleans room and changes bed linen; takes and records temperature, pulse, and respiration; may give medication as directed.

Skills

CNA certification

Vital signs

Caregiver duties

Education

CNA certification

Home Health Aide training

6 months home care experience

Job description

Overview

Join a team of passionate and caring clinicians who make a difference in people's lives. Our nursing group focuses on compassion and meeting the needs of our clients in a variety of settings such as Home Health, Hospice, Residential and Private Duty. If your passion is outstanding patient care coupled with a desire to help others live their best life, then come work for us. Apply today!

Our Company

All Ways Caring HomeCare

External Job Description

• Assists nurses by performing various basic care activities related to services essential to caring for the personal needs and comfort of patient
• Dresses, grooms, bathes, feeds, takes and records vital signs of patients
• Answers call lights, assists in toileting, oral care, nail care, catheter care, assists patients in wheel chairs, transports, turns bedridden patients, reports patient changes, and takes out trash
• Requires certification as a Nurse Assistant; functions may not exceed Standards of Practice as accorded by certification
• Provides simple or uncomplicated patient care
• Cleans room and changes bed linen
• Takes and records temperature, pulse, and respiration rate
• Gives medication as directed by Physician or Nurse and makes notation of amount and time given
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum age requirements is 18 years
• Valid driver's license, with satisfactory driving record, as defined by agency policy
• Certification, if required by state licensure as a CNA or Home Health Care Aide in the state in which the aide is to provide care
• Completion of a recognized home care aide training program or 6 months of recent experience as an aide
• Must be able to utilize proper body mechanics while lifting and may be expected to lift up 75 lbs.; must be able to sit, stand, and walk for periods of time and bend, stoop, push, pull, and reach

About Our Line Of Business

All Ways Caring HomeCare delivers quality, compassionate, and individualized care and support that helps people in need of assistance stay at home – all while maximizing their dignity, privacy, and independence. Whether recovering from illness, injury, or surgery, living with a chronic disability, or dealing with the natural process of aging, services are tailored to meet the individual needs of people of all ages, physical conditions, and cognitive abilities. All Ways Caring HomeCare services include personal care and homemaking programs, professional nursing, older adult care management, Alzheimer’s/dementia care, respite care, and other programs. For more information, please visit www.allwayscaring.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Salary Range

USD $12.00 - $15.00 / Hour