Knute Nelson Hiring for Home Health Aide – KN Home Health at Alexandria, MN Full Time

Description

Schedule:

Monday-Friday

8:00 am to 4:30 pm

80 hours per pay period

No weekends or holidays

Scope

• Provide personal care to clients within their home under the direction of a nurse and/or therapist.
• Provide homemaking services within the home.
• Support client’s well-being, including physical, emotional, and social well-being.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the client’s physical well-being by providing personal cares as directed by the nurse or therapist such as bathing assistance, simple wound care, dressing, transferring, toileting.
• Support the client’s social well-being by establishing professional working relationships with clients and family members.
• Support the client’s home environment by providing client directed light housekeeping.
• Document all client cares per policy. Communicate client updates to supervising nurse and/or therapist.
• Responsible for the installation of personal emergency response systems (PERS).
• The duties and responsibilities listed above are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive.

Education And Experience Required

• Must be registered as a CNA in the State of Minnesota.
• Must obtain CPR certification within 6 months from date of hire.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and use of an insured personal vehicle.
• Must complete and pass a state required background study.
• Able to communicate verbally and in writing to the extent required by the position.
• Able to physically perform the duties required by the position.
• Required to have the ability to read, write and speak English well enough to communicate with staff, clients and visitors.

s To: Regional Clinical Manager