C.N.A./Hospice/Home Care - Home Health Aide Position Purpose:

Our hospice/home health aides provide paraprofessional services to our patients in their homes, following physician orders and in compliance with the state's Nurse Practice Act, any applicable licensure/certification requirements and our policies and procedures. 

What You Will Do:

• Follows care plan developed by RN.

• Reports client changes in condition to RN, as described on care plan.

• Assists clients with personal care activities including bathing, mouth care, denture care, skin care, grooming, bathroom privileges, transferring, ambulation, and dressing and undressing activities.

• Assists clients with household tasks including, planning and preparing meals, feeding, light housekeeping, changing linens, making bed, and laundering clothes and bedding.

• Measures and records client’s oral, rectal and axillary temperatures, pulse respiration and blood pressure as ordered.

• Performs range of motion and other simple procedures as an extension of therapy services as assigned.

• Assists clients in self-administration of medication. This procedure must be assigned by an RN and documented in the clinical record. The Home Health / Hospice Aide shall not administer medication of any kind

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED required.

• Completion of CNA 75 hr course.

• Completion of federally compliant training program as required by law/regulation and successful completion of a competency evaluation program.

• Documentation of one year’s employment as an aide in an institution, home care, or hospice setting.

• Meets agency hiring criteria as defined in agency minimum standards (e.g. provision of professional references.)

• Must be able to function in a practice environment with minimal direct supervision, accepting personal responsibility for maintaining a professional relationship with agency’s client and their family.

• Must accept responsibility for maintaining skills, learning and adhering to agencies policies and procedures on an on-going basis.

• Ability to consistently demonstrate the Organizational Core Competencies and Organizational Code of Ethics, and adhere to the Compliance Program.

• Must have current Driver’s license and reliable transportation to and from work site.

Position Highlights and Benefits:

• Possibility to lead into a full time position

• Opportunity for advancement & growth

• Mileage reimbursement

• Comprehensive orientation

• Daily Pay

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

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