Home Health Aide CNA

Overview

HOME HEALTH AIDE - Home Health & Hospice...Your time at work should be fulfilling. Rewarding. Inspiring. That's what you'll find when you join CHI Home Health and Hospice. Experience the opportunity to provide compassionate, personalized care in the home. Our skilled staff improve lives by providing care for our patients wherever they call home. We are focused on caring for patients recovering from injuries, living with a chronic illness, and other medical needs.

You'll find challenging, rewarding work every day alongside people who have as much compassion as you. Join us and together we'll create healthier, stronger communities. Imagine your career at Catholic Health Initiatives! (~~~)

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

Valley City/Carrington Health at Home provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. We care about our employees' well-being and offer benefits that complement work/life balance.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance

• Flexible spending accounts

• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft

• Free Premium Membership to ~~~ with preloaded credits for children and/or dependent adults

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development

• Matching 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs

• Wellness Program

Responsibilities

• Picks up soiled linen at designated areas.

• Sorts soiled linen according to fabric, color type and degree of soil.

• Loads and unloads washing machines

• Observes machines during washing cycle to ensure that proper water levels, temperature.

• Reports malfunctions of equipment to department manager.

• Loads dryers with damp wash after linen has been sorted; adjusts controls and starts machine, unloads linens into baskets for sorting and folding.

• Feeds clean, flat work pieces through mangle with the assistance of co-worker who removes items and finishes folding them; separates torn linen for mending.

• Folds dried articles such as bath blankets, towels, gowns, wash cloths, by hand and in a prescribed manner, stacks them for sorting and distribution.

• Places all folded linens in appropriate places on storage shelves, delivers all linen needing repair to sewing area.

• Assembles linen requirements for departments according to established daily supply standard; weighs outgoing carts, records total and delivers linen supplies to designated areas.

• Receives telephone requests for extra linen supplies, records item to be delivered, and quantity and unit requesting delivery.

• Inspects linen articles for tears, holes and general condition of fabric and determines if article should be mended or discarded.

• Sews, mends and hems all linen used in the health care facility, using appropriate means available.

• Assists in sanitizing work area by cleaning floors and equipment; clean lint traps daily.

• Operates equipment safely and efficiently according to established guidelines.

• Reports all damaged and unsafe equipment.

Qualifications

Required

High school graduate or equivalent

CNA/HHA certification

Ability to read, write and verbally report clinical information to patients, representatives and caregivers, as well as to other Home Health Agency staff and document care given

Possess and maintains current BLS certification

Licensed driver with automobile that is insured in accordance with organization requirements

Preferred

Self-directing with the ability to work with little direct supervision

Empathy for the needs of the ill, injured, frail and the impaired

Demonstrates tact, patience and good personal hygiene

Pay Range

$17.12 - $23.54 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.