Certified Nursing Assistant- Home Services
Req #: 2026-V-021
Location: Virginia
Clinical?: Clinical
FT/PT Status: Full-time, part-time, prn options
Schedule: Monday-Friday
Position Summary:
Provides personal care, comfort measures, and environment services in the patient's home or home-like setting as directed by the professional nurse to achieve the stated goals and objectives of the care plan.
Full-Time Benefits offered include:
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Health, dental, and vision insurance available
- Life insurance
- Thirteen paid holidays, as well as vacation, personal, and sick time plans
Salary Range:
$17.50-19.00
Responsibilities:
- Assists with or provides personal care duties as assigned by the nurse or appropriate personnel.
- Personal care duties include assistance in:
- Bathing in bed, tub, or shower
- Care of hair- shampooing
- Shaving
- Care of the teeth and mouth
- Care of nails
- Toileting- bed pan, commode, toilet, incontinent care
- Dressing
- Transferring
- Walking
- Simple range of motion exercises
- Skin Care
- Asses and record temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and weight when assigned.
- Perform light housekeeping duties as it relates to the patient.
- Making and changing a bed
- Tidying bedroom and bathroom
- Maintains clinical records as directed.
- Reports any abnormal conditions to the professional Nurse or Home Services Assistant Director or
Director
- Assists the patient in following medical recommendations under the guidance of the Nurse.
- Collaborates to implement the nursing and medical plan as directed:
- Assistance with simple, non-sterile dressings such as Tegaderm or Duoderm
- Measuring and recording intake and output
- Using devices as instructed to aid in normal living activities
- Teaching in self-care hygiene
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
- High School diploma or general education degree (GED); successful completion of Basic Nurse Aide training program and certificate or written document. Successful work experience in a health care setting dealing with patients for at least one (1) year.
Language Skills
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills
- Ability to add or subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s.
- Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
Reasoning Ability
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- Successful completion of Basic Nurse Aide training program with certificate/written documents.
- Current driver’s license.
- Current automobile insurance
- Finger print-based background check completed and approved.
- Must complete and provide documentation of 12 hours of continuing education annually.
- Must be CPR certified and maintain certification.