PRN - CNA Job El Paso area,Texas USA,Healthcare

Working for Cuidado Casero Home Health and Hospice isn’t just a job. It’s a career where your skills and passion for delivering quality care make a positive difference to the clients and their families we serve.

About Cuidado Casero Home Health and Hospice

For more than thirty (30) years, we have been providing professional and paraprofessional services to clients who are facing a life limiting illness. Cuidado Casero’s compassionate and dedicated staff provides an array of home health and hospice services to our clients and their families with professional care in the privacy of their homes.

"Striving for Excellence in Home Health and Hospice"

Certified Nurse Aide Overview

The Certified Nurse Aide provides personal care and related services. She/he functions in a supportive relationship to professional disciplines and may function as an extension of these professional services with appropriate supervision and specialized hospice training. He/she works under the direction, instruction and supervision of the Registered Nurse and/or appropriate supervisor. Tasks of the Certified Nurse Aide will be assigned by and performed under the direct supervision of an RN who will be responsible for the patient care to be provided by the Home Health.

The Certified Nurse Aide needs empathetic communication skills, be flexible, and have respect for the patient’s privacy and property. A positive attitude is a must, dependable techniques in personal hygiene, good observation skills, reliability, and an understanding of the team concept.

Responsibilities

Observe, report, and document patient status and care promptly

Maintain clean, safe environment including changing bed, bath, and linens

Read and record temperature, pulse, and respiration

Perform safe transfer techniques

Perform normal range of motion and positioning

Assist with safe ambulation

Assist in healthy meal preparation

Assist patients to self-administer medications

Perform appropriate and safe techniques in personal hygiene and grooming (for example shaving, shampooing, and oral hygiene)

Light housekeeping

Understand what occurs during the initial referral, case opening, initiation of the interdisciplinary plan of care, role of each team member in the home, and bereavement process

Recognize emergencies and appropriate response in an emergency

Report changes in the patient’s condition and needs

Maintain skin integrity, i.e., simple dressings, decubitus ulcer care

Infection control

Philosophy and mission of the organization and the role of the health team

Safety measures in the home (oxygen safety, safety during seizures, environmental safety)

Documentation on appropriate records

Notify the agency of absences due to illness, emergency leave, normal vacation periods, or special professional meetings which will affect agreed service with the agency

Perform other related tasks as specified by organizational policy

Qualifications &

Job Requirements

Spanish Bilingual preferred
Prefer 1-2 years of health care experience
Leadership skills (ability to take charge; set objectives; drive to results; team player)
Skillful in organization of work and in principles of time management
Ability to contribute to the quality of care being rendered through constructive communication with primary care staff
Good communication skills and ability to establish good rapport with other staff members
Demonstrated ability to work with patients and employees
Demonstrated ability to work in a proactively diverse and inclusive organization
Must have excellent written communication by writing clearly and informatively and edits work; demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness and follows through on commitments
Must practice a high level of confidentiality and be able to effectively respond to questions from…