Certified Nursing Assistant - PDN

Certified Nursing Assistant

The Certified Nursing Assistant is responsible for providing personal medical care and assistance with daily living activities that improve quality of life by allowing our patients to remain in their home while adhering to confidentiality standards and professional boundaries at all times.

Essential Job Functions :

• Perform, assist, evaluate and document medical care, such as :
• Basic first aid
• Taking weight and vital signs
• Catheter and bowel care, including I&O monitoring
• Range of motion exercises, exercises as assigned by a Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, or Speech Language Pathologist
• Ambulation, transfer and positioning with wheelchairs and other non-life support medical equipment and devices
• Prepare meals according to dietary and nutritional needs
• Care for patient's special conditions and needs within scope of authorized tasks
• Help patient maintain good personal hygiene, such as :
• Assistance with bathing, toileting, grooming, shaving, skin and nail care, oral hygiene, dressing and eating
• Thorough completion and coordination of all required documentation, such as :
• Maintaining and completing the necessary patient / family and Company documentation records upon conclusion of each visit
• Observe and report significant changes in patient's condition to the Nursing Supervisor
• Provide hands-on personal care and performance of simple procedures as an extension of therapy or nursing services.
• Provide services that are ordered by the physician in the plan of care and that the aide is permitted to perform under state law.

Requirements :

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CCPA Notice for Job Applicants, Contractors, and Employees Residing in California As an employer accepting Medicare and Medicaid funds, employees must comply with all health-related requirements in all relevant jurisdictions, including required vaccinations and testing, subject to exemptions for medical or religious reasons as appropriate.

Notice for Job Applicants Residing in California