Certified Nurse Assistant/Home Health Aides Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Certified Nurse Assistant/Home Health Aides to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Ensures documentation is complete and accurate prior to end of shift;
- Performing duties as assigned on personal care service plan;
- Documents client’s intake and output on flow sheet;
- Helps provide a clean, safe, and healthy environment for clients and family members;
- Helps clients to dress, such as dressed for the day, dressed to go out, dressed for bedtime, etc;
- Projects a friendly, helpful, caring, and enthusiastic attitude to clients and their families;
- Assists client to and from daily activities;
- Provides companionship for the client including, but not limited to, talking and listening, reading aloud, and providing social and emotional support;
- Helps clients with toileting as necessary and empties and cleans bedpans and urinals;
- Uses the appropriate transportation device when necessary;
- Assist in providing a safe environment for client;
- Provide transportation as required;
- Assist clients with personal care and hygiene;
- Provide client care according to approved Plan of Care;
- Comply with all documentation and record keeping requirements.
Requirements:
- Able to function independently in the home setting with minimal direct supervision;
- Unrestricted Florida driver’s license and clean driving record;
- Current CPR and first aid certification;
- Able to stand, sit, walk, reach, kneel, crouch, and lift up to 25 pounds;
- High school diploma or GED with further training to achieve certification;
- Able to follow verbal and written instructions and document services provided;
- Successful completion of Comfort Keepers training and orientation program required;
- Knowledge of general sanitary and safety practices;
- One to two years of experience in the field preferred;
- Willing to drive to private homes in the area to perform the duties of this position;
- Certified as a CNA, PCA, or HHA;
- Reliable transportation and valid automobile insurance;
- Able to fulfill assignments with reliability and punctuality;
- Valid driver’s license (candidate must be able to drive);
- Reliable car/auto insurance.