CNA Certified Nursing Assistant - Earn Holiday Money

Assisting Hands Home Care; Frederick (MD); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Assisting Hands Home Care is seeking a dedicated Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in Frederick, MD, to provide personal and custodial care to clients. The role includes maintaining a safe environment, assisting with daily living activities, and reporting client condition changes under RN supervision. If you are compassionate and have a high standard of care, this opportunity could be for you.

Benefits

Flexible Schedules

Referral BONUS for New Client & Caregivers

Mileage Reimbursement

24/7 Supportive Office Staff

Qualifications

• Individual must have successfully completed training and certification as a Nursing Assistant.
• One year experience in home or long-term care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide custodial and personal care services to clients.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and healthy environment within the client’s residence.
• Assist clients with personal hygiene, ambulation, eating, and medication self-administration.

Skills

Compassion

Attention to Detail

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Current Nursing Assistant Certification

Job description

CNA Certified Nursing Assistant - Earn Holiday Money Frederick

Full Time • Frederick

Description: This position provides custodial and personal care services to clients that contract with Assisting Hands for services under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN) and in compliance with the Plan of Care designated by the RN.

Education: High School Diploma/GED required; Current Nursing Assistant Certification with the Board of Nursing within Maryland in good standing

Qualifications: Individual must have successfully completed and provide evidence of formal training and certification as a Nursing Assistant per state law and regulation. One (1) year experience in the home or long-term care setting is preferred.

Reports to: Director of Nursing

Primary Duties:

• Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment within client’s residence. Duties may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, straightening the sleeping and living areas, washing client's dishes or laundry, and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client.
• The performance of all personal care activities contained in a written Plan of Care detailed by the agency’s Director of Nursing which may include assisting the client with personal hygiene, ambulation and exercise, eating, dressing, shaving, physical transfer, and other duties as assigned.
• Providing nutritional support as needed.
• Reporting changes in the client’s condition.
• Other activities as taught and overseen periodically by a Registered Nurse for a specific client and are restricted to the following:
  • Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair, walker, or hoyer lift;
  • Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises;
  • Teaching household routine and skills to well members of the family;
  • Measuring intake and output of fluids;
  • Measuring and recording temperature, pulse, respiration or blood pressure;
  • Keeping records of personal health care activities;
  • Observing appearance and gross behavioral changes in the client and reporting to the Registered Nurse.
  • Assisting the client with the self-administration of medication, limited to the following tasks:
    • Taking the medication in its previously dispensed, properly labeled container, from where it is stored and bringing it to the client.
    • In the presence of the client, reading the label, opening the container, removing a prescribed amount of medication from the container, and closing the container.
    • Placing an oral dosage in the client's hand or placing the dosage in another container and helping the client by lifting the container to his or her mouth.
    • Returning the medication container to proper storage.
    • Keeping a record of when a client receives assistance with self-administration of medication.
• The CNA may also provide the following assistance with self-administered medication, as needed by the client:
  • Preparing necessary items such as juice, water, cups, or spoons to assist the client in the self-administration of medication;
  • Opening and closing the medication container or tearing the foil of prepackaged medications;
  • Assisting the client in the self-administration process. Examples of such assistance include the steadying of the arm, hand, or other parts of the client's body so as to allow the self-administration of medication;
• Abides by the agency’s infection control policies, including proper hand washing techniques consistent with CDC Guidelines.
• Abides by all policies and procedures outlined in the agency’s Policy and Procedure Manual, Caregiver Handbook, and Caregiver Training Manual.

Hours: Dependent on assignment; Shifts available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week and based on availability. Assisting Hands does not guarantee hours.

FLSA Status: Non-exempt, hourly

At

Assisting Hands Home Care, serving Carroll, Frederick & Washington Counties in Maryland, we focus on ensuring all of our clients have the highest quality, personalized care and can achieve the goal to live their retirement years where they want to or the ability to Age in Place.

Our unparalleled reputation of quality home care covers a broad spectrum of services ranging from aging care for the elderly, post-surgery care, transitional care from a hospital or rehab, to post-maternity care for those mothers who need care after the birth of their child.

Aside from the company’s mission for quality home care and passion for the value of family, one of the other reasons that Assisting Hands has provided such exceptional care to their clients is due to their high standards for hiring.

According to the company’s Co-Owner and Director of Nursing (DON), Jodee Rudy, Assisting Hands Home Care believes that our Caregivers are the Ambassadors of the company. “We hire caregivers that first and foremost align with our company’s core values of "Accountability, Creativity, Integrity, Compassion, & Kindness". Jodee went on to explain that we only hire Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), the best of the best, who once the interview process of hiring is completed, become Employees and Family of Assisting Hands.

Assisting Hands Home Care and their employees believe that there is value to offering dependable care and compassion to those in need which is witnessed daily by both the staff and the clients. No matter what service is being provided, from light housekeeping and making meals to helping with bathing and grooming needs, caring for others with dignity and dedication is paramount to Assisting Hands Home Care which is reflected in our Great Caregivers

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"I love working for Assisting Hands! I’ve been working here since June and it has been nothing but love! Jodee, and Troy are amazing! They are very responsive and flexible, which I really need as a student. The clients are great! They are very personable and welcoming. This is my first home care experience and I am so glad it is!"