URGENTLY HIRING - 5 CNA/GNA(S) - EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH STROKE PAITENTS IN MITCHELLVILLE, MD TO COVER A 24 HOUR CASE
Days and Hours: Monday through Friday (8 Hour Shifts) = 40 Hours per week 7AM to 3 PM 3 PM to 11 PM 11 PM to 7 AM
Saturday and Sunday (12 Hour Shifts) = 24 Hours per week 7 AM to 7 PM 7 PM to 7 AM
*MUST DRIVE
I. Position Description
The Home Health Aide provides care to the Client by following the orders f the patient's physician and/or nurse. This position also involves helping the client with normal activities of living. CNA's/GNA's may provide instruction and psychological support to their patients. They may advise families and patients on such things as nutrition, cleanliness, and household tasks.
II. Performance Responsibilities
- Help the client to maintain good personal hygiene
- Toileting including:
- Bed pan routines
- Routines associated with the achievement or maintenance of continence
- Incontinence care
- Movement to and from the bathroom
- Mobility, including transferring from a bed, chair or other structure and moving about indoors or outdoors
- Moving, turning and positioning the body while in bed or in a wheelchair
- Assist in eating, nutritional planning and preparing meals including prescribed special diets
- Dressing and changing clothes and medication reminder
- Completing grooming, including oral and denture care, shaving and care of skin, nails, and hair
- Preparing a light meal
- Performing light chores
- Shopping for groceries
- Traveling beyond a walking distance
- Reading of specific items
- Attendance at required in-service training
III. Minimum Qualifications
- Ability to read and write consistent with job requirements
- Completion of basic Home Health Aide training program consistent with State requirements
- CPR
- Satisfactory performance on an on-site competency evaluation and skills assessment
- Has the emotional and mental maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining a good work relationship with the client, family members, and Agency personnel
- Has reliable means of transportation
IV. Education/Experience
- High School Diploma or GED
- Completion of one year's employment as a nurse's aide in a hospital or health related setting
V. License/Certification
- Maryland State Board of Nursing CNA or GNA certification
VI. Physical/Health Requirements
- Ability to walk, bend, squat, climb, kneel or twist when assisting clients, handling supplies or equipment
- Ability to lift heavy weight and perform duties that require power grasping, pushing, pulling and fine manipulation
- Background Check
- Current Tuberculosis Screening
- Current Physical Exam