Homecare Aide CNA

Job Description:

Under the direction of the RN or Rehab Therapist, the Senior Home Services Assistant recognizes and completes patient care needs with minimal direct supervision and performs various basic patient care activities and related services necessary in caring for the personal needs, physical needs, and comfort of patient in the home setting at the level specified in the plan of treatment. The Aide prioritizes and delivers basic patient care which may include toileting, bathing, linen and clothing changes, fresh water and ice, ambulating, comfort measures, and other patient needs. Unlike a patient care aide in a hospital or clinic, the Home Services Aide requires a current driver’s license, insurance, reliable transportation, and an acceptable driving record to travel to deliver care where needed in a safe and timely fashion.

📍 Location: Home Services Mount Pleasant - Area of coverage Sanpete County, Utah

🏢 Department/Unit: Home Services - Home Health & Hospice

📅 Shifts: Part-time | 24 hours/week | Scheduled Visits

🕒 Schedule: Days| Monday - Friday | No nights or weekends

💵 Pay: Starting $19.31+ (based on patient care experience)

🎁 Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, 401(K), Education Assistance & more!

✨Additional: Mileage reimbursement!

✨Additional: Flexible work schedule with no weekend requirement!

What does it mean to be a part of our Home Health Services team?

Home is where families gather, where special occasions are celebrated, and where memories are made. Most of all, home is where you feel comfortable, relax, reflect, and heal. Intermountain Home Health is privileged to be the caring hands in the home bringing quality, compassion, skill, and excellence. Home Health allows patients to be at home, where they want to be, through their health journey. This exciting work allows you to develop your clinical skills while experiencing this unique and highly rewarding care environment. 

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Essential Functions

• Performs bowel and bladder care which includes bladder irrigation, bowel stimulation as well as digital stool removal. As delegated by RN, can assist patients in self-administering medications and assists with simple wound care as well as ostomy care. Assists patients during end-of-life care as well as medically complex patients who require additional support (quadriplegic, paraplegic etc.) who are typically unable to assist with their ADL’s and are dependent on our teams for their personal care.
• Coordinates patient schedule with appropriate staff, patients/family members and makes assigned visits on time.
• Keeps an accurate record of time and mileage.
• Maintains accessibility during assigned schedule.
• Follows aide delegation plan, performs assigned duties within scope of practice, and performs specialized procedures with skill validation and according to regulatory standards.
• Fosters a safe environment by complying with safety policies (i.e., infection control, lifting & transferring, disasters, etc.).
• Takes appropriate action in an emergency.
• Effectively communicates to the patient what care is being given.
• Reports significant care concerns / safe environment issues to the Case Manager/Agency before leaving the home OR other general care concerns before completing the shift.
• Observes, reports, and records (point of care charting) the response to the treatment plan.

Skills  

• Patient Care 
• Nursing 
• Teamwork 
• Computer Literacy 
• Communication 
• Patient Care Delivery 
• Personal Hygiene 
• Safe Patient Handling 
• Vital Signs 
• Specimen Collection 

Minimum Qualifications

• Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Certification
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.
• Current driver’s license, insurance, reliable transportation, and an acceptable driving record.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Must be 18 years or older.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a CNA or other applicable healthcare experience.
• Experience working in home health or hospice.
•  Homecare Aide bowel and bladder care experience.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location:

Home Services - Mount Pleasant

Work City:

Mount Pleasant

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

24

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$19.50 - $26.48

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

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