Job Description

URGENTLY HIRING IN Nanjemoy, MD

We are urgently hiring a mature and dedicated Home Health Aide in Nanjemoy, MD to provide compassionate and reliable care. The schedule includes Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, hours 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (6 hours each day). The ideal candidate must have a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record, be dependable, and willing to assist in every area of the client’s daily living needs.

I. Position Description

The Home Health Aide provides care to the Client by following the orders f the patient's physician and/or nurse. This position also involves helping the client with normal activities of living. CNA's/GNA's may provide instruction and psychological support to their patients. They may advise families and patients on such things as nutrition, cleanliness, and household tasks.

II. Performance Responsibilities

• Help the client to maintain good personal hygiene
• Toileting including:
  • Bed pan routines
  • Routines associated with the achievement or maintenance of continence
  • Incontinence care
  • Movement to and from the bathroom
• Mobility, including transferring from a bed, chair or other structure and moving about indoors or outdoors
• Moving, turning and positioning the body while in bed or in a wheelchair
• Assist in eating, nutritional planning and preparing meals including prescribed special diets
• Dressing and changing clothes and medication reminder
• Completing grooming, including oral and denture care, shaving and care of skin, nails, and hair
• Preparing a light meal
• Performing light chores
• Shopping for groceries
• Traveling beyond a walking distance
• Reading of specific items
• Attendance at required in-service training

III. Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to read and write consistent with job requirements
• Completion of basic Home Health Aide training program consistent with State requirements
• CPR
• Satisfactory performance on an on-site competency evaluation and skills assessment
• Has the emotional and mental maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining a good work relationship with the client, family members, and Agency personnel
• Has reliable means of transportation

IV. Education/Experience

• High School Diploma or GED
• Completion of one year's employment as a nurse's aide in a hospital or health related setting

V. License/Certification (if applicable)

• Maryland State Board of Nursing CNA or GNA certification

VI. Physical/Health Requirements

• Ability to walk, bend, squat, climb, kneel or twist when assisting clients, handling supplies or equipment
• Ability to lift heavy weight and perform duties that require power grasping, pushing, pulling and fine manipulation
• Background Check
• Current Tuberculosis Screening
• Current Physical Exam

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