Caregiver CNA

CNA Position

The CNA is responsible for providing professional care giving services to our clients to help clients maintain independence while assisting with the activities of daily living and household and family support. This role will be servicing clients based in Tucker, Lilburn, Snellville, Stone Mountain, and the surrounding areas.

Full-Time/Non-Exempt: $16-17/hour; based on applicable skills & experience.

Benefits:

• Paid Training and Development.
• Flexible Schedule.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):

• The performance of all personal care activities in a written care plan, which include assisting the client with personal hygiene, ambulation, eating, dressing, shaving, physical transfer, and other duties.
• Maintenance of a clean, safe, and healthy home environment, which may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, straightening the sleeping and living areas, washing the client's dishes or laundry, and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client.
• Other client care activities according to the care plan for a specific client may include the following:
• Assisting with the change of a colostomy bag, reinforcement of dressing
• Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair or walker
• Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises
• Assisting with prescribed ice cap or collar
• Completing simple urine tests for sugar, acetone or albumin
• Measuring and preparing special diets
• Teaching household routine and skills to well members of the family
• Measuring intake and output of fluids
• Measuring temperature, pulse, respiration or blood pressure
• Keeping records of personal health care activities
• Observing appearance and behavioral changes in the client and reporting to management
• Providing nutritional support.
• Assistance with a client’s self-administration of medication, including:
• Taking the medication in its previously dispensed, properly labeled container, from where it is stored and bringing it to the client, or from a prefilled mediplanner
• Placing an oral dosage in the client's hand or a container and assisting the client in the self-administration process.
• Applying topical medications
• Keeping a record of when a client receives assistance with self-administration of medication.
• Prepare necessary items such as juice, water, cups, or spoons to assist the client in the self-administration of medication
• Assist the client by placing unused doses of solid medication back into the medication container.
• Adheres to standard medical precautions.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to effectively interact with colleagues, clients and supervisors.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and self-control.
• Good comprehension and communication skills, with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through verbal and written communication.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm, trustworthiness, personal integrity and honesty.
• Decision making skills, with the ability to analyze information, evaluate results, and implement the best solution to solve problems or challenges.
• Proficiency in building rapport and fostering trust with both the internal Senior Helpers team and clients along with their family members.
• Verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills to effectively and respectfully communicate with company staff, clients, and clients’ families, even under stress.
• Ability to work autonomously and understand when a superior needs to be involved in decision making.
• Ability to assist others with moving and with other daily care activities.
• Ability to handle occasional physical and verbal mistreatment from clients with an understanding of the challenges of geriatric care.
• Ability to…