Certified Nursing Assistant

Overview

• Residential home setting (not hospital or nursing facility)
• Lighter CNA workload + more meaningful patient interaction
• Support patients recovering from brain injuries, strokes, and complex conditions
• Help patients transition from hospital → home → independence
• Be part of a collaborative neurorehabilitation team

• Assist with daily care + life skills development
• Support cooking, light housekeeping, and transportation
• Participate in community-based activities
• Administer medications (with certification)

• Direct Support Professional (DSP) certification within 6 months
• CRMA certification (if not already CNA-M)

Responsibilities

• Perform various basic care activities related to services essential to caring for the personal needs and comfort of patient
• Dresses, grooms, bathes, feeds, takes and records vital signs of patients as needed
• Assists in toileting, oral care, nail care, assists patients in wheelchairs, transports, reports patient changes, basic cleaning duties
• Requires certification as a Nurse Assistant; functions may not exceed Standards of Practice as accorded by certification
• Provide quality care in a residential setting
• Takes and records temperature, pulse, and respiration rate as needed
• Gives medication (if CNA-M) as directed by Physician or Nurse and makes notation of amount and time given
• Accompany patients on community outings and assist as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum age requirements is 18 years
• Valid driver's license, with satisfactory driving record, as defined by agency policy
• Certification, if required by state licensure as a CNA or Home Health Care Aide in the state in which the aide is to provide care
• Will be required to obtain DSP Certificate within 6 months of employment (company paid)
• Completion of a recognized home care aide training program or 6 months of recent experience as an aide
• Must be able to utilize proper body mechanics while lifting and may be expected to lift up 75 lbs.; must be able to sit, stand, and walk for periods of time and bend, stoop, push, pull, and reach