Certified Nurse Assistant/Home Health Aide- Enfield

Employment Type: Full time

About the Role

Trinity Health Of New England At Home serves patients and their loved ones by providing a variety of in-home services including nursing, social work, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies. We are committed to providing compassionate, exceptional care where people are most comfortable: at home. This position is 100% home care, providing services in patients’ private homes.

Responsibilities

• Follows care plan developed by RN.
• Reports client changes in condition to RN, as described on care plan.
• Assists clients with personal care activities including bathing, mouth care, denture care, skin care, grooming, bathroom privileges, transferring, ambulation, and dressing and undressing activities.
• Assists clients with household tasks including planning and preparing meals, feeding, light housekeeping, changing linens, making bed, and laundering clothes and bedding.
• Measures and records client’s oral, rectal, and axillary temperatures, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure as ordered.
• Performs range of motion and other simple procedures as an extension of therapy services as assigned.
• Assists clients in self-administration of medication. This procedure must be assigned by an RN and documented in the clinical record. The Home Health/Hospice Aide shall not administer medication of any kind.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Completion of federally compliant training program as required by law/regulation and successful completion of a competency evaluation program (CNA license for CT required).
• Documentation of one year’s employment as an aide in an institution, home care, or hospice setting.
• Meets agency hiring criteria as defined in agency minimum standards (e.g., provision of professional references).
• Must be able to function in a practice environment with minimal direct supervision, accepting personal responsibility for maintaining a professional relationship with the agency’s client and their family.
• Must accept responsibility for maintaining skills, learning, and adhering to agency policies and procedures on an ongoing basis.
• Ability to consistently demonstrate the Organizational Core Competencies and Organizational Code of Ethics, and adhere to the Compliance Program.
• Must have current Driver’s license and reliable transportation to and from work site.

Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit packages available including 1st Day medical coverage, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) package plus 7 additional paid holidays.
• 403B Retirement plan with generous matching contributions.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 a year and mileage reimbursement.
• Ability to earn incentives through our Employee Referral program.
• Comprehensive Orientation and professional development opportunities.

Pay

Position qualifies for a $5,000 sign-on bonus paid out over two years.