Certified Nursing Assistant Job Description Form

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Job Description

General Purpose

To provide personal care and incidental/instrumental activities of daily living as assigned to patients/clients in the home setting as permitted by the policies and procedures of Alliance Home Care Agency and any other federal, state, and local law or regulation.

Essential Functions

• Assist, perform, and train patient/client and family in activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, toileting, elimination, and adequate nutritional intake.
• Promote a safe environment and maintain unobstructed pathways while providing care.
• Assist with ambulation, transfers, and/or range of motion exercises.
• Assist with incidental/instrumental activities of daily living such as meal preparation, socialization activities, homemaking, maintaining a clean and safe physical environment, and medication reminding.
• Utilize infection control measures such as universal precautions, hand washing, and personal protective equipment.
• Recognize, document, and report changes in patient/client condition and safety to the supervisor.
• Organize self to carry out visits/shifts and tasks.
• Attend mandatory Alliance Home Care Agency in-services and provide requested documents to keep employee files current.
• Complete other assignments as requested and assigned.
• May have access to Personal Health Information (PHI) necessary to fulfill the above duties and responsibilities. Access to use and ability to disclose PHI is further defined by each organization/department.

The Alliance Home Care Agency Staffing Home Health Aide MAY NOT:

Perform any skilled nursing procedure which is prohibited by the State Nurse Practice Act, law, or regulation.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• 18 years of age or older.
• Graduate of a training and competency program or competency program required by State and Federal Regulations and one (1) year of experience as a Home Health Aide or as required by a contractor.
• Evidence of current Basic Life Support (BLS) training preferred but not required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

• Ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks or functions.
• Meets applicable health requirements to provide patient care.
• Able to effectively communicate with clinical and non-clinical individuals.
• Maintain required in-service training.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

• Work is normally performed in patient homes and may involve occasional exposure to communicable diseases, bloodborne pathogens, and/or potentially infectious or hazardous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment (e.g., face masks, goggles, and latex and/or non-latex gloves).
• Medium physical activity that may require frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to lift, reposition, and transfer clients/patients.
• Ability to carry bundles such as groceries and laundry up or down stairs and lift with or without assistance.
• Ability to stand, bend, stoop, squat, kneel, and reach freely and assist clients with standing and walking.
• Ability to hear, speak, and write in a manner understood by most people.
• Ability to grasp with thumb in opposition to fingers of palm (i.e., DME supplies, knobs, or objects).
• Ability to read 8-point or larger type.
• Ability to travel from patient to patient as needed.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I HAVE REVIEWED MY JOB DESCRIPTION AND AGREE TO PERFORM ALL DUTIES MENTIONED TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. I UNDERSTAND MY JOB DUTIES MAY CHANGE AS THE NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION CHANGE. I FURTHER AGREE TO NOTIFY MY IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR IF I AM UNABLE TO COMPLETE ANY OF MY JOB DUTIES IN A TIMELY MANNER.