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Company:  Bon Secours St. Petersburg
Job Code:  140714
Categories:  Home Healthcare / Home Care
Job Role:  Registered Nurse (RN)
Region/Province:  Florida (FL)
City:  St. Petersburg
Postal/Zip Code:  33716
Job Description: 
  • Must be Certified Nursing Assistant in Florida state

  • Bon Secours St. Petersburg Home Care Services

    Job Title/Position
     Certified Nursing Assistant
    Location
     Hillsborough County Only/Tampa
     Reports To
     Clinical Supervisor
    POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
    One-year experience in hospital or nursing home setting.

    Successful completion of State Approved Nursing Assistant Training and Competency Evaluation Program. Licensure: Must be a Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with laws of this state.
    At least 18 years of age and is a high school graduate or equivalent.
    Ability to read and follow written instructions and document care given.
    Displays initiative and able to work with minimal direct supervision.
    Empathy for the needs of the ill, frail, and impaired.
    Demonstrates tact, patience, and good personal hygiene.
    Licensed driver with automobile that is insured in accordance with the Organization requirements and is in good working order.

    WORKING CONDITIONS
    Sits, stands, bends, lifts and moves intermittently during working hours temporarily, when necessary.
    Attends and participates in continuing educational programs.
    Is subject to falls, burns from equipment, odors, etc., throughout the work day.
    Is subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc.
    The nurse assistant is a paraprofessional member of the home care team who works under the supervision of a registered nurse or therapist and performs various services for a patient as necessary to meet the patient’s personal needs, to promote the patient’s comfort, and a safe environment. The nurse assistant is responsible for observing patients and reporting/documenting these observations and the services provided.

    Responsibilities of the nurse assistant include, but are not limited to, the following:

    Provident personal care including:

  • Baths
  • Back rubs
  • Oral hygiene
  • Shampoos
  • Changing bed linen
  • Assisting the patient with dressing and undressing
  • Skin care to prevent breakdown
  • Assisting the patient with toileting activities
  • Keeping patient’s living area clean and orderly.

    • Planning and preparing nutritious meals.
    Assisting in feeding the patient, if necessary.
    Taking and recording oral, rectal and axillary temperatures, pulse, respiration and blood pressure when ordered (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency).
    Assisting in ambulation and exercise according to the plan of care.
    Performing range of motion and other simple procedures as an extensional therapy service as ordered (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency).
    Assisting patient in the self-administration of medication.
    Doing patient’s laundry, as appropriate.
    Meeting safety needs of patients and using equipment safely and properly (foot stools,
    side rails, etc.)
    Reporting on patient’s condition and significant changes to the assigned supervisory nurse.
    Adhering to the Organization's documentation and care procedures and standards of personal and professional conduct.

    The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job related tasks other than those stated in this description.

     

Post Date:  05/14/2010
 

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