Certified Nurse Aide / PCA (Home Care)
Friendship
- Roanoke, VA
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Assisting clients with personal hygiene, including shower, tub or bed baths, mouth, skin and hair care
- Assisting clients in the use of toilet facilities, including bedpans and/or urinals
- Assisting clients with getting in and out of bed and walking, both with and without medical equipment
- Performing and recording blood sugar, blood pressure, pulse and respirations, when required
- Assisting client with self-medication, meal preparation and feeding
- Documenting and reporting changes to the client’s physical condition, behavior or appearance
- Documenting services delivered in accordance with agency medical records, policies and procedures
- Perform household services that are essential to client health care; changing bed linens, laundry washing, ironing and folding
- Report all changes in the resident’s condition to the Supervising Nurse as soon as possible
- Maintain a safe environment for all clients at all times
- Ability to follow written and oral instructions
- Assist clients with a wide range of tasks from personal hygiene and medical care to household and food needs
- Ability to understand and relate to information concerning client’s condition
- Knowledge as it relates to the use of medical lifting equipment and administration of simple testing (i.e. blood sugar)
- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language
- Must have reliable transportation and/or ready access to public transportation at all hours.
- Must have ability to travel within 50 mile radius of office location.
- This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching all day. The employee must frequently lift or move objects and patients weighing over 50 pounds.
- This position requires working hours in; private settings (home based care), Friendship Rehab North, Friendship Rehab South, Salem Terrace, and Friendship Assisted Living.
- High School diploma or GED
- Valid Certified Nurse Aide, in accordance with laws of this state, required
- Will be working in multiple client homes on a daily basis
- Works beyond normal working hours, weekends, and holidays and on other shifts/positions as necessary.
- Is subject to call-back during emergency conditions (e.g., severe weather, evacuation, post-disaster, etc.).
- Attends and participates in continuing educational programs.
- Is subject to injury from falls, burns from equipment, odors, etc., throughout the day, as well as to reactions from dust, disinfectants, tobacco smoke, and other air contaminants.
- Is subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including TB and the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses.
- May be subject to handling of and exposure to hazardous chemicals.