What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Hospice PRN position at FALCON HEALTHCARE?
Interim Healthcare is a leading Regional Provider of Hospice Services based in Texas. Our company has grown to over 35 offices in Texas and New Mexico.
At Interim Healthcare, the relationships we have with each other and our patients are the foundation of the strong culture we have built.
We believe in placing the patient's interests at the heart of everything we do and that’s what makes our job so rewarding.
We understand that part of being a great Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) is spending the time to genuinely understand the patient’s story. Knowing where the patient is coming from helps us determine what they need to feel comfortable, safe, and healthy in their own home. As one of our nurses put it, “it’s an honor to be in someone’s home taking care of them.”
At Interim, Nurses don’t feel the pressure to just move through the patients, instead, nurses are empowered to invest their time in helping patients live in their homes with dignity, respect, and confidence.
Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) General Purpose: The Certified Nurses Aide and Nurse Aide is responsible for the tasks of personal care and incidental activities of daily living for patients of all ages in inpatient facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutions. Performs care and delegated tasks as directed by the nursing plan of care and/or supervisor as permitted by policies and procedures of the facility and allowed under state law/regulation.
Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:
- Provides for patient’s personal hygiene, grooming, and comfort needs, i.e., toileting and elimination, baths, backrubs, shampoos, shaves, bed baths, tub baths or showers, skin and nail care, and oral hygiene.
- Utilizes infection control measures such as hand washing and use of personal protective equipment.
- Observes and report the condition of the patient/client to the appropriate supervisor.
- Works in a team environment to effectively deliver care and assistance to patients and staff.
- Assists with ambulation, transfers, and range of motion exercises.
- Performs patient-related procedures such as but not limited to: measuring and documenting intake and output; blood glucose monitoring; urine specimen collections; measurements of vital signs; and weight.
- Administers non-medicated enemas, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz, and therapeutic baths.
- Safely applies and monitors the safe use of physical restraints as directed.
- Follows the implemented Plan of Care for the Client.
Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:
- Must be 18 years of age.
- High School diploma or equivalent and successful completion of Nursing Assistant course and Nurse Assistant certification as required by the state in which employed.
- A student RN in the last year of school or an unlicensed RN/LPN/LVN graduate may be eligible for employment as a Nurses Aide as allowable under state law/regulation.
- 1 year experience incomparable job classification and/or as required by the contracted facility.
- Home Care or Hospice experience preferred.
- Proof of Covid vaccine, medical exemption or religious exemption.
