Home Health CNA- Tempe

Job Responsibilities

• Helps the patient to maintain good personal hygiene.
• Maintains a safe and healthy environment.
• Planners and prepares nutritious meals.
• Grocery shopping when instructed to do so by the nurse.
• Assists in feeding patient when needed.
• Assists in measuring and preparing special diets as ordered by the physician, and taught and supervised by the nurse for a specific patient.
• Assists the patient in ambulation.
• Assists with the use of a walker or wheelchair as taught and supervised by the nurse for a specific patient.
• Assists with certain treatments as ordered by the physician and taught and supervised by the nurse for a specific patient including assisting with the change of the colostomy bag, reinforcement of a dressing, assisting with prescribed ice cap or collar, doing simple urine tests for sugar, acetone or albumen, measuring intake and output, and may assist with medications that are ordinarily self-administered.
• Assists with prescribed range of motion exercises which the Certified Home Health Aide and patient have been taught by the nurse or the physical therapist.
• Encourages the patient to become as independent as possible according to the interdisciplinary care plan.
• Attempts to promote patient's mental alertness through involvement in activities of interest.

Other Responsibilities

• Gives simple emotional and psychological support to the patient and other members of the household.
• Reports any change in the patient's mental or physical condition or home situation to the Renaissance Hospice Nurse and members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Teaches basic care to the primary caregiver.
• P practices infection control measures per OSHA standards.
• Reads and records temperature, pulse and respiration.
• Keeps accurate records of patient's health care activities on interdisciplinary charts.
• Evaluates patient/family needs and assists in the preparation and execution of the interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Completes a minimum of 12 hours of in-services per year.
• Participates in at least one Quality Improvement activity yearly.

Direction Received

• Reports directly to the Sunrise Health Services Nurse and/or the Sunrise Health Services Nurse Supervisor.
• Receives clinical direction from the patient's primary nurse.