Jobbörse

Performs intermediate human support work providing personal care and supportive nursing aide assignments senior citizen clients; does related work as required. Work is directed and supervised by the In-Home Supervisor.

Our core valuesResilience, Excellence, Accountability, Customer Service, and Honestyare the foundation of our work and the standard by which we operate. As a member of our team, you are expected to demonstrate these values in every aspect of your role. This means delivering high-quality work, taking responsibility for your actions, providing exceptional service, and maintaining integrity in all interactions. Your commitment to these principles is essential to fostering a positive workplace culture and ensuring the success of our organization and the community we serve.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Provides personal care and supportive nursing aide assignments to senior citizen clients. May perform as a substitute Daycare Aide to maintain a structured environment for adult daycare participants through scheduled activities, participant supervision, and providing appropriate documentation.

(These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.)

• Provides personal and preventative care such as personal hygiene, assisting with mobility, dressing, positioning/turning, and catheter care.
• Provides personal and environmental care tasks such as meal preparation, housekeeping, and home management to elderly and handicapped clients.
• Provides simple medical treatments and procedures in accordance with the Certified Nurse Aide scope of practice defined by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
• Assists patient with exercises.
• Prepares progress notes and reports any changes in patient's condition to supervisor.
• Motivates client toward self sufficiency.
• Performs assigned functions as a Disaster Ready Team (DRT) member, if appointed or volunteer.
• Maintain a clean, comfortable, and safe environment for senior citizens/daycare participants.
• Complete required documentation regarding tasks performed, attendance, and program utilization.
• Observe senior citizens/daycare participants for changes in health status; assist with feeding and personal care.
• Performs related tasks as required.

Considerable knowledge of the routine care and treatment of acutely chronically ill clients; working knowledge of general physical and mental problems of the chronically ill and obvious signs of condition changes; skill in observing basic personal health care and home management needs of patients; ability to read and carry out detailed instructions; ability to work with older adults; ability to work with people from all socio-economic levels; ability to carry out health aid work in the home of a patient; ability to practice sound hygiene and sanitation techniques; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and associates.

High School Graduate or equivalent with some experience as a certified nurse aide. This is medium work requiring the exertion of 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; work requires stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, fingering, feeling, and repetitive motions; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels, and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; visual acuity is required for depth and color perception, peripheral vision, preparing and analyzing written or computer data, use of measuring devices, operation of machines, operation of motor vehicles or equipment, determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work, and observing general surroundings and activities; the worker is subject to inside and outside environmental conditions, and atmospheric conditions. The worker may be exposed to blood borne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment.

Special Requirements:

• Must possess a valid driver's license
• Must be listed as a Nurse Aide I with the North Carolina Board of Nursing
• Must possess current CPR Certification
• Must possess a current or have the ability to obtain a baseline Tuberculosis Skin Test prior to employment.

Salary will be determined based on qualifications, internal equity, budget, and market considerations.