Home Health: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - SW Metro

Home Health: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - SW Metro

The Home Health Certified Nursing Assistant is a paraprofessional member of the home care team, who work under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Therapist and performs various services for a client as necessary to meet the client's personal needs, to promote the client's comfort, and a safe environment. The Home Health Certified Nursing Assistant is responsible for observations and the services provided.

CNA Hourly Wage: $20-25 an hour, depending on experience

Service Area: Southwest Metro (coverage area: Waconia, Carver, Chaska, Jordan, Chanhassen, Savage, Minnetonka & surrounding). Plus, mileage reimbursement of 72.5 cents per mile.

Schedule: Full - Time / Monday – Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm (no weekends, evenings or on-call)

Lifespark Benefits Include:

• Annual Reviews/Raises {Shift differentials if applicable}
• Paid Time Off – Vacation Time
• Mileage reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits for Full Time Hires
• Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurances
• 401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees
• Referral bonuses
• Career path to other positions within our growing company!

Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we've been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That's where our people come in – from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.

Position Functions & Responsibilities:

• Provides personal cares including:
  • Baths
  • Back rubs
  • Oral hygiene
  • Shampoos
  • Changing bed linen
  • Assisting the client with dressing and undressing
  • Skin care to prevent breakdown
  • Assisting the client with toileting activities
  • Keeping client's living area clean and orderly
• Planning and preparing nutritious meals.
• Assisting in feeding the client, if necessary.
• Taking and recording oral, rectal, and axillary temperatures, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure when ordered
• Assisting in ambulation and exercise according to the plan of care.
• Performing range of motion and other simple procedures as an extensional therapy service as ordered (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency).
• Assisting client in the self-administration of medication.
• Doing client's laundry, as appropriate.
• Meeting safety needs of clients and using equipment safely and properly (foot stools, side rails, mobility and transfer equipment, bathing equipment etc.)
• Reporting on client's condition and significant changes to the assigned supervisory nurse.
• Adhering to the Organization's documentation and care procedures and standards of personal and professional conduct.
• Lead by example in establishing rapport with clients.
• Ensure positive & professional communication within the team.
• Customer service resolution; escalate concerns.
• Honors client confidentiality, rights, privacy, and reporting maltreatment expectations.
• Follow all Emergency and Response Procedures
• Identifies home safety issues and notifies RN Case Manager or Clinical Manager of concerns or issues
• Demonstrates proper procedures: handling, lifting, transfers
• Overview of Process, Types of Reports and Forms
• Follow-up Required – Escalating events and injuries
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Completed CNA program and current on the Minnesota registry
• At least 18 years of age and is a high school graduate or equivalent
• Must have Driver's License and Vehicle
• Must pass an MVR check based on Lifespark company policy

It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the Employer's premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.