CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant/ Home Health Aide
Sunrise PACE (Region 7 AAA)
Fort Gratiot, MI
Region VII Area Agency on Aging/Sunrise PACE is accepting applications for a highly motivated CNA/Personal Care Attendant for Sunrise PACE. The Sunrise PACE center is located in Fort Gratiot (St. Clair County). Home Health CNAs assist participants in their homes across St. Clair, Sanilac, Huron, and/or Tuscola counties.
Purpose of the position:
Under the direction and supervision of the Home Care Coordinator, the CNA/Personal Care Attendant provides personal and home care services to Sunrise PACE participants in their homes. Provides physical assistance and attendant care to enrollees across care settings (home, transportation, on occasion day center). Provides assistance with Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs). Provides assistance with nursing care, restorative therapies, activities and meals across care settings. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to participate in assessing, planning care for and providing service to frail elder enrollees according to assigned responsibilities and (PACE) Program standards. This CNA/PCA position will primarily be for home health care of Sunrise PACE participants.
Responsibilities & Duties (this is not an all inclusive list)
- Geriatric Caregiving
- Provides physical assistance and attendant care to participants across care settings (home, center, transportation)
- Provides basic personal care assistance and/or supervision and assistance with any other Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
- Assists w/bathing in tub and/or shower
- Assists w/transferring on/off bedpan, commode, toilet
- Provides care of teeth & mouth
- Assists w/grooming, eating, dressing as needed
- Performs and/or assists w/laundry, homemaking, meal prep, light cleaning & other household duties such as chores service
- Provides assistance w/nursing care restorative therapies, activities & mails across care settings (such as:)
- Assist w/ambulation, transfer & range of motion needs as determined by physical and/or occupational therapist
- Provides skin care w/intact skin
- Takes temperature (oral and rectal), pulse & respiration when advised to by RN
- Measure intake & output as ordered
- May assist in day center to include
- Set up and operate recreational, health care & other equipment
- Lead games, singing, other activities
- Assist in keeping Center in clean orderly condition, including showers, bathrooms, kitchen & activities area
- Potentially participant in development & revision of participant's plan of care as member of interdisciplinary team
- Reports noted changes in participant's abilities to self-care to supervisor and the interdisciplinary team
- Documents all services clearly and completely
- Maintain standard records of work performed
