Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

All Ways Caring HomeCare; Swansboro (NC); On-site; USD 17,908 - 22,041; Full time

Job summary

All Ways Caring HomeCare is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in North Carolina locations including HUBERT, JACKSONVILLE, and SWANSBORO. The role focuses on compassionate patient care in home health, hospice, residential, and private duty settings.

If you are dedicated to helping others live independently with dignity, this is a meaningful opportunity. The CNA will assist nurses with basic care tasks, monitor vital signs, and support patients in daily activities, ensuring safety and

Qualifications

• Must be able to perform basic patient care activities and assist with personal needs.
• Requires certification as CNA/Home Health Aide; state licensure may apply.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• Completion of a recognized home care aide training program or 6 months of recent experience as an aide.
• Must be able to use proper body mechanics while lifting up to 75 lbs and to sit, stand, walk, bend, stoop, push, pull and reach.

Responsibilities

• Dresses, grooms, bathes, feeds, and records vital signs.
• Assists with toileting, oral care, nail care, catheter care; helps wheelchair users and transports.
• Provides routine patient care as directed; reports changes to nursing staff.
• Cleans rooms and changes bed linen; takes and records temperature, pulse, and respiration.
• Administers medications as directed by physician or nurse and logs administration times.

Skills

Body mechanics

Lifting up to 75 lbs

Education

CNA/Home Health Aide certification

Home care aide training or 6 months experience

Job description

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Job Locations: US-NC-HUBERT, US-NC-JACKSONVILLE, US-NC-SWANSBORO

Salary: USD $13.00 - $16.00 per hour

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.

Responsibilities

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 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

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.