CNA: Compassionate Home Health Aide Making a Difference

All Ways Caring HomeCare; Lenoir (NC); On-site; USD 15,153 - 16,531; Full time

Job summary

All Ways Caring HomeCare in Lenoir, NC is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant to join our compassionate team. The role supports nurses with basic patient care, monitors vital signs, assists in mobility, and helps with personal care tasks in home health, hospice, residential and private duty settings.

The ideal candidate will have CNA certification, be at least 18, hold a valid driver's license, and be able to perform lifting and patient handling safely.

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

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
• Gives medication as directed by Physician or Nurse and makes notation of amount and time given
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs

Mobility assistance

Body mechanics

Education

CNA/Home Health Aide certification

Home care aide training or 6 months experience

Job description

All Ways Caring HomeCare in Lenoir, NC is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant to join our compassionate team. The role supports nurses with basic patient care, monitors vital signs, assists in mobility, and helps with personal care tasks in home health, hospice, residential and private duty settings.

The ideal candidate will have CNA certification, be at least 18, hold a valid driver's license, and be able to perform lifting and patient handling safely.