Home Services Aide (CNA) - St. George Area

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; St. George (VT); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Home Health seeks a Senior Home Services Assistant to support patient care in home settings under supervision, performing basic needs, mobility, and comfort tasks, with travel to patient homes.

This role requires a CNA certification, valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and a clean driving record. The position offers a full-time schedule Monday through Friday, with some holiday coverage as needed.

Qualifications

• CNA certification required in state of practice.
• BLS certification for Healthcare Providers required.
• Current driver’s license, insurance, reliable transportation, and acceptable driving record.

Responsibilities

• Performs bowel and bladder care as part of essential functions.
• Assists with self-administering medications and basic wound/ostomy care as delegated.
• Supports patients during end-of-life care and with medically complex needs.
• Coordinates patient schedule and visits with staff, patients, and families.
• Maintains time and mileage records; stays accessible within assigned schedule.
• Adheres to delegation plan and performs duties within scope with proper skill validation.
• Follows safety policies including infection control and safe transferring.

Skills

Patient Care

Certified Nursing Assistant

Teamwork

Computer Literacy

Communication

Patient Care Delivery

Personal Hygiene

Safe Patient Handling

Vital Signs

Specimen Collection

Education

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Certification in state of practice.

Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.

Job description

Job Description

Under the direction of the RN or Rehab Therapist, the Senior Home Services Assistant recognizes and completes patient care needs with minimal direct supervision and performs various basic patient care activities and related services necessary in caring for the personal needs, physical needs, and comfort of patient in the home setting at the level specified in the plan of treatment. The Aide prioritizes and delivers basic patient care which may include toileting, bathing, linen and clothing changes, fresh water and ice, ambulating, comfort measures, and other patient needs. Unlike a patient care aide in a hospital or clinic, the Home Services Aide requires a current driver’s license, insurance, reliable transportation, and an acceptable driving record to travel to deliver care where needed in a safe and timely fashion.

Location: St. George Home Services - St. George, Utah Area

Department/Unit: Home Health & Hospice

Shifts: Full-time | 36-40 hours/week | scheduled visits

Schedule: Monday - Friday, Days - No nights or weekends

Schedule: Holidays required when needed

Pay: Starting at $18.40+/ Senior Level $19.50+ for training (based on patient care experience)

Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, 401(K), Education Assistance & more

Pay per visit rate once training has been completed. Average visit 65 minutes. Home Services Aide $25.69 per visit. Home Services Aide Senior $26.20 per visit.

Mileage reimbursement!

What does it mean to be a part of our Home Health Services team? Home is where families gather, where special occasions are celebrated, and where memories are made. Most of all, home is where you feel comfortable, relax, reflect, and heal. Intermountain Home Health is privileged to be the caring hands in the home bringing quality, compassion, skill, and excellence. Home Health Services allows patients to be at home, where they want to be, through their health journey. This exciting work allows you to develop your clinical skills while experiencing this unique and highly rewarding care environment.

Why work with us: https://youtu.be/-9s347GIs-g

Autonomous Practice : Enjoy the independence of managing patient care while receiving support from a collaborative healthcare team.

Skill Development: Gain specialized experience in areas such as wound care, medication management, and IV therapy, all in a home setting.

Meaningful Work: Deliver compassionate care to patients in their own homes, where comfort and healing can take place.

Work-Life Balance: Flexible shifts, allowing you to balance work with your personal life.

Essential Functions

Performs bowel and bladder care which includes bladder irrigation, bowel stimulation as well as digital stool removal.

As delegated by RN, can assist patients in self-administering medications and assists with simple wound care as well as ostomy care.

Assists patients during end-of-life care as well as medically complex patients who require additional support (quadriplegic, paraplegic etc.) who are typically unable to assist with their ADL's and are dependent on our teams for their personal care.

Coordinates patient schedule with appropriate staff, patients/family members and makes assigned visits on time.

Keeps an accurate record of time and mileage.

Maintains accessibility during assigned schedule.

Follows aide delegation plan, performs assigned duties within scope of practice, and performs specialized procedures with skill validation and according to regulatory standards.

Fosters a safe environment by complying with safety policies (i.e., infection control, lifting & transferring, disasters, etc.).

Takes appropriate action in an emergency.

Effectively communicates to the patient what care is being given.

Reports significant care concerns / safe environment issues to the Case Manager/Agency before leaving the home OR other general care concerns before completing the shift.

Observes, reports, and records (point of care charting) the response to the treatment plan.

Skills

• Patient Care
• Certified Nursing Assistant
• Teamwork
• Computer Literacy
• Communication
• Patient Care Delivery
• Personal Hygiene
• Safe Patient Handling
• Vital Signs
• Specimen Collection

Minimum Qualifications

• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Certification in state of practice.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.
• Current driver’s license, insurance, reliable transportation, and an acceptable driving record.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Must be 18 years or older.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a CNA or other applicable healthcare experience.
• Experience working in home health or hospice.
• Homecare Aide bowel and bladder care experience.

Physical Requirements

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communic