At We Care Home Health Agency LLC, we are Making Lives Better for our residents AND staff. We are the premier post home health agency servicing the Virginia area.
We offer wages, benefits, and working conditions designed to improve the quality of life or our employees including the following:
The Home Attendant/ Certified Nursing Assistant position provides excellent care and services to residents with the purpose of improving their physical and mental well-being. We are seeking a long-term care professional with a passion for caring for others and a deep interest in long term health care. The ideal candidate will be comfortable communicating with residents and handling physical tasks alone. The right individual will be acutely aware of the challenges faced by elderly individuals and will seek to provide a safe and comfortable living environment.
Responsibilities:
- Assist clients with activities of daily living, ambulation and prescribed exercise, and other special duties with appropriate training and demonstrated competency;
- Administer normally self-administered drugs
- Measure and record fluid intake and output;
Take and record blood pressure, pulse and respiration; - Record and report to the appropriate health care professional changes in the client’s condition;
- Document services and observations in the client’s record; and
- Perform any other duties that the attendant is qualified to do by additional training and demonstrated competency as allowed by state or federal guidelines.
- Prior to the initial delivery of services, the home attendant shall receive specific written instructions for the client’s care from the appropriate health care professional responsible for the care.
- Home attendants shall work under the supervision of the appropriate health care professional responsible for the client’s care.
- Relevant in-service education or training for home attendants shall consist of at least 12 hours annually.
- In-service training may be in conjunction with on-site supervision.
- Observe patients and report any changes in their condition to staff.
- Assist other medical staff with general nursing duties (such as bathing, grooming, and feeding patients); Observe and report changes in patient’s condition to nursing staff.