Nurse Aide - Home Health (Up to $1,500 Sign On Bonus)

About the role

The Arcadia Family of Companies is a local non-profit organization dedicated to providing senior living excellence. This position offers benefits including healthcare, retirement savings, free meals, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Provides compassionate care to clients and members, ensuring the highest standard of quality under the guidance of department management and/or medical professionals.
• Answers call lights to determine clients' needs (Day Care only).
• Assists clients or members with activities of daily living (ADLs) such as bathing, eating, dressing, oral hygiene, and grooming as needed.
• Assists with toileting and provides appropriate peri care for incontinent clients or members.
• Assists clients or members to turn, reposition, and transfer, which may be performed by the NA without assistance, with a two-person assistance, or by using a lift machine in accordance with the service plan.
• Transports clients or members with ambulation to and from their room to appropriate areas for activities and meals.
• Takes and records the clients and/or members: ADLs, vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, weight, and respiration rates), intake and output of food and fluid, transfers (one or two person), and ambulation status, mood/behaviors when resistant to care, pain level assessment (if applicable).
• Provides companion services according to service plan. Observes and reports to Licensed Staff all changes in condition (including significant changes), behavior or whereabouts that may require intervention.
• Maintains a close liaison with clients, members, and families, and ensures all clients' and members' rights and privacy are protected.
• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement and/or Quality Assurance Programs.
• Interacts with clients and members in accordance with AFC's mission, core values, mindsets, and guideposts. Exercises caution and good safety judgment in uncertain conditions or situations, and report and/or correct hazards, potential or actual.
• Ensures that all clients' and members' rights and privacy are protected and enforced.
• Attends mandatory in-service programs.
• Complies with annual employee health screening in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Participates and assists during emergency drills and situations such as fire, fire alarms, hurricanes, and other possible emergencies as outlined in the Disaster Response Playbook and/or the AHHS disaster policy.
• Exclusive Essential Functions for NA reporting to Day Care Centers:
  • Actively participates in the programs and activities of the Center.
  • Serves and collects food plates and utensils and pre-rinses and stores them properly for transfer to Arcadia.
  • Change bed linens, washes and folds laundry.
  • Becomes familiar with the individualized service plan of assigned clients to carry out the Program’s services, goals, and objectives.
  • Maintains Center’s facilities and equipment.
  • Facilitates and supports client participation in planned activities at or away from the Center by assistance with ambulation of clients.
  • Engages in positive interactions and promotes socialization during unscheduled periods.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Current State of Hawaii Certified Nurse Aide certificate.
• Current First Aid and CPR certificate.
• Proficiency in using a computer, which may include using such software as Vision or Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word) and other applicable software applications.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to the following conditions: air conditioned office environment, indoors without air conditioning, outdoors—all types of weather, hazardous materials, and arcades.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to the following conditions: air conditioned office environment, indoors without air conditioning, outdoors—all types of weather, hazardous materials, and arcades.