Home Health Aide (CNA) for Orland Park, IL
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Job Location:
Orland Park, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Home Health Aide (CNA) for Bloomington IL
Bloomington IL
Our company is an established home healthcare company that has been servicing patients in Bloomington Il and surrounding 30 miles. We are seeking a Certified Nurses Aide with high-energy self-initiating dependable and caring spirit to visit homes and provide personal care as a Home Health Aide.
Environmental requirements:
- Primarily work in patient residences and retirementcommunities.
- Travel required to changing assignments/addresses
- Possible exposure to Bloodborne pathogens
- Possible exposure to sharps/needles
- Position is out of the office 95% of the time o Possible exposure to communicable illnesses
Responsibilities:
- Assisting with bathing dressing feeding weighingback rubs grooming oral hygiene toileting and hair care
- Changing bed linens
- Measuring intake and output
- Assisting with patient transfers
- Cleaning perineal area around catheter
- Obtaining patient temperature pulse respiration andblood pressure
- Collecting stool and urine specimens
- Maintaining a safe environment for the patient
- Protecting the patient from falls
- Communicating with the patient
- Providing good skin care
- Making observations of the patients condition and reporting the results to the Registered Nurse/Therapist
- Assisting with ambulation o Assisting with range of motion exercises
- Providing physical and emotional support as required
- The nurse or therapist assesses the need for personal careservices and includes the services in the physician plan of care (orders). A specific care plan is developed documenting the Aide services to be provided.
- The Aide will follow the care plan and will not initiate new servicesor discontinue services without contacting the supervising Nurse therapist.
- Maintains current CPR certification provides CPR & emergencycare as needed.
- Only aides who meet required standards will provide direct care.
We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Senior Care
- Catheter Care
- Patient Care
- Assisted Living
- Hoyer Lift
- Caregiving
- Hospice Care
- Vital Signs Experience
- Dementia Care
- Home Care
- Alzheimers Care
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