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Home Health Aide - CNA - Chester County-Penn Medicine at Home
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What they do
A Nursing Assistant provides hospital and nursing home patients with basic care and assists them with daily activities. Helps patients with dressing, washing, and feeding. May perform basic medical care under the direction of a nurse or other medical professional. These roles typically require completion of a regional agency-approved training program in order to obtain a certification before practicing.
$39,212 / year median in Pennsylvania
-8% projected decline
Job Description
MUST HAVE CNA CERT
- What You'll Do As a Home Health Aide, you'll be a vital part of our care team by: Bringing each patient's Plan of Care to life Assisting patients and families with personal care and activities of daily living Providing home health or hospice visits throughout a designated service area Completing timely and accurate documentation to support excellent patient care Why You'll Love This Role Make a real impact by playing an essential role in patients' healing journeys Enjoy flexibility and independence with autonomy in your role and a healthy work-life balance Grow your career with tuition reimbursement to advance within Penn Medicine Access great benefits Receive paid mileage on top of your hourly rate Nursing Students—Gain Hands‑On Experience While You Learn Currently enrolled in a BSN nursing program?
Responsibilities:
Patient Care- Directly performs or assists with bathing, oral hygiene, skin and hair care of the patient. Prepares light meals for patients and assists with eating. Assists with the clothing of patient. Assists the patient with use of a bedpan, commode, and urinal. Empty Foley catheter drainage bag and records amount on weekly Home Health Aide weekly report when applicable. Exercise and Transfers
- Provides assistance with home exercise programs to an assigned group of patients. Assists with patient's ambulatory and with bed to chair transfer. Turns patients in bed to positions of comfort. Patient Environment
- Performs household and other environmental services tasks specified in the Home Health Aide Plan that are essential to entity. Assists with pre-poured medications, which are ordinarily self-administered. Provides respite care to relieve primary caregiver as assigned. Documentation
- Accurately documents care provided to patients on a timely basis according to Medicare/JCAHO standards.
- Communicates any unusual findings and/or occurrences, obvious changes in patient's physical, mental or social status, home safety hazards, refusal of care, or patient/family dissatisfaction to the primary nurse and/or Home Health Aide Supervisor. Promotes easy communication between the family, RN Case Manager and Scheduling Coordinator. Plan of Care
- Follows the written care plan in relation to days of week and number of hours assigned for patient visits. Provides care only as outlined in the Plan of Care unless instructed by Case Manager of designee. Reviews biweekly IDT Plan of Care before providing care to patients. Employee Travel
- Employee must provide their own transportation to and from patient's homes and meet current state requirements for operating a motor vehicle. Education
- Attends annual in-services and completes a minimum of 12 hours of continuing education annually.