Certified Nursing Assistant

All Ways Caring HomeCare; Gastonia (NC); On-site; USD 17,908 - 19,286; Part time

Job summary

All Ways Caring HomeCare in Gastonia, NC, is seeking passionate caregivers to assist with essential patient care tasks. Responsibilities include dressing, grooming, bathing, and taking vital signs. A valid driver's license and CNA certification are necessary. The position offers a salary range of $13.00 to $14.00 per hour. Join our team to make a real difference in patients' lives while providing compassionate and outstanding care.

Qualifications

• Minimum age requirement is 18 years.
• Valid driver's license with satisfactory driving record.
• Certification as a CNA or Home Health Care Aide if required by state.

Responsibilities

• Assists nurses by performing various basic care activities.
• Dresses, grooms, and bathes patients.
• Records vital signs and provides simple patient care.

Skills

Patient care

Basic caregiving activities

Vital signs monitoring

Assisting in toileting and hygiene

Education

Home care aide training program

CNA certification

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.

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

Salary Range

USD $13.00 - $14.00 / Hour