[ref. k84028322] Certified Nursing Assistant - FT, PT, PRN

About the Job

Job is Located in Northern Virginia. Please ensure you have reliable Transportation and are comfortable with commuting within the major counties in northern virginia.

CNA License Required from Virginia.

Position Description:

• The CNA provides care to the Client by following the orders of the patient’s physician and/or nurse.
• This position also involves helping the client with the normal/daily activities of living.
• CNAs may provide instruction and psychological support to their patients.
• They may advise families and patients on such things as nutrition, cleanliness, and household tasks

Performance Responsibilities:

• Helps the client to maintain good personal hygiene.
• Toileting including:
• Bedpan routines.
• Routines associated with the achievement or maintenance of continence.
• Incontinence care - Movement to and from the bathroom.
• Mobility, including transferring from a bed, chair, or other structure and moving about indoors or outdoors.
• Moving, turning, and positioning the body while in bed or in a wheelchair.
• Assist in eating, nutritional planning, and preparing meals including prescribed special diets.
• Lifts, transfers, and positions clients.
• Attends to client’s bodily fluids and/or secretions and disposes of bodily waste in accordance with

• Participates in shift reports where indicated.
• Observe and report information related to the client’s behavior and appearance to the supervisor on duty by the end of the shift.
• Dressing and changing clothes and Medication reminders.
• Completing grooming, including oral and denture care, shaving, and care of skin, nails, and hair.
• Preparing a light meal.
• Performing light chores.
• Shopping for groceries.
• Traveling beyond walking distance and
• Attendance at required in-service training programs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to read and write consistent with job requirements.
• Must be able to attend onsite interview (no virtual interviews please)
• Completion of basic Home Health Aid training program consistent with State requirements.
• CPR.
• Satisfactory performance on an on-site competency evaluation and skills assessment.
• Has the emotional and mental maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining a good work relationship with the client, family members, and Agency personnel.
• Has reliable means of transportation.

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Completion of one year’s employment as a nurse’s aid in a hospital or health-related setting.

License/Certification:

• Common Wealth of Virginia Board of Nursing CNA certification.

Physical/Health Requirements:

• Ability to walk, bend, squat, climb, kneel, or twist when assisting clients, or handling supplies or equipment.
• Ability to lift and perform duties that require power grasping, pushing, pulling, and fine manipulation.
• Current Tuberculosis Screening.