Certified Nursing Assistant

All Ways Caring HomeCare; Moyock (NC); On-site; USD 16,531 - 22,041; Full time

Job summary

All Ways Caring HomeCare in Moyock, NC is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant to join a team dedicated to compassionate patient care across home health, hospice, and private duty settings.

You will assist nurses, take vital signs, help with bathing, grooming, feeding, and transports while adhering to safety standards and meticulous documentation. A valid CNA certification and ability to lift up to 75 lbs are required.

Qualifications

• Must be certified as a CNA or Home Health Care Aide in the state.
• Completion of a recognized home care aide training program or 6 months of recent experience.
• Able to lift up to 75 lbs and assist with daily activities.

Responsibilities

• Assists nurses with basic care activities for patient comfort.
• Dresses, grooms, bathes, feeds, and records vital signs.
• Responds to call lights and assists with toileting, hygiene, and transfers.
• Provides simple or uncomplicated patient care and documents care.
• Cleans rooms and changes bed linen; observes patient changes.

Skills

Patient care

Mobility assistance

Education

CNA certification

Job description

Certified Nursing Assistant

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.

Responsibilities

• Assists nurses by performing various basic care activities related to services essential to caring for the personal needs and comfort of patients
• 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 wheelchairs, 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 requirement 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 $12.00 - $16.00 / Hour