CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant - CareRing Health, LLC

Position Summary:  Certified Nursing Assistant performs nursing procedures and patient care tasks as outlined by a patient’s plan of care. This is a Hospice Role, and will cover Bucks County

Essential Functions: This job requires an employee to stand, talk and hear.  There is a frequent standing and walking, and occasionally a CNA is required to sit, bend, kneel, stoop or crouch.  This position requires frequent use of hands and fingers and may require reaching in front or above shoulders, feeling or grasping.  The employee will frequently lift up to 35 pounds, and occasional move 50 pounds. 

• Administer patient care under the direction of RN and as instructed by the CAN care plan.
• Reports changes in the client’s condition and/or needs to the RN Case Manager
• Provides personal cares, including but not limited to bathing, shampooing, skin and nail care, oral hygiene, shaving & dressing.
• Performs Household task to essential to health care, including but not limited to meal preparation and feeding, laundry & light housekeeping.
• Accurately documents provided cares and submits the documents and pertinent observations following Hospice policy & Procedures
• Attends and/or completed in-service to ensure compliance with the state requirement of 12 continuous education hours per year.
• Communicates effectively with all members of the interdisciplinary team
• Other duties as assigned, monitoring patient vital signs, including body temperature, heart rate, respiration rate and blood pressure.