Certified Nursing Assistant - Macon
US-GA-MACON
BrightSpring Health Services
Req #: 163101
Type: Full-Time
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Overview: Join a team of passionate and caring clinicians who make a difference in people's lives. Our nursing group focuses on compassion and meeting the needs of our clients in a variety of settings such as Home Health, Hospice, Residential and Private Duty. If your passion is outstanding patient care coupled with a desire to help others live their best life, then come work for us. Apply today! Responsibilities: * Assists nurses by performing various basic care activities related to services essential to caring for the personal needs and comfort of patient * Dresses, grooms, bathes, feeds, takes and records vital signs of patients * Answers call lights, assists in toileting, oral care, nail care, catheter care, assists patients in wheel chairs, transports, turns bedridden patients, reports patient changes, and takes out trash * Requires certification as a Nurse Assistant; functions may not exceed Standards of Practice as accorded by certification * Provides simple or uncomplicated patient care * Cleans room and changes bed linen * Takes and records temperature, pulse, and respiration rate * Gives medication as directed by Physician or Nurse and makes notation of amount and time given * Other duties as assigned Qualifications: * Minimum age requirements is 18 years * Valid driver's license, with satisfactory driving record, as defined by agency policy * Certification, if required by state licensure as a CNA or Home Health Care Aide in the state in which the aide is to provide care * Completion of a recognized home care aide training program or 6 months of recent experience as an aide * Must be able to utilize proper body mechanics while lifting and may be expected to lift up 75 lbs.; must be able to sit, stand, and walk for periods of time and bend, stoop, push, pull, and reach
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