Description
**JOB PURPOSE:**
**As part of PruittHealth's (PH) top initiatives, a new division of Personal Care Services (PCS), PH Family First is seeking CNAs for private duty throughout the metro Atlanta market.**
**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:**
**- Provide optimal comfort care, dignity and privacy for the patient**
**- Obtain vital signs of patient(s) assigned**
**- Follow procedures for handling medical emergencies or other incidents that affect the delivery of services**
**- Report patient progress and problems to supervisory personnel**
**- Observe and report any changes in condition, including skin integrity**
**- Provide comfort care, companion, shopping/errands, meal prepping and related tasks, housekeeping, appointment scheduling, medication reminders services**
**- Assist with patient transfer, ambulation, and exercise**
**- Provide personal hygiene to patient(s), including bathing, shaving, oral hygiene, skin care, dressing, toileting, and hair care**
**- Maintain a safe, clean and comfortable environment for the patient**
**- Coordinate care with agency RN Supervisor**
**- Maintain accurate and current records of visits**
**- Perform all other duties as assigned**
**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:**
**- Attend a minimum of 12 hours of annual in-service education and provide documentation to the agency**
**- Attend team meetings and staff development in-services and trainings**
**- Communicate well with patient and family members. Provide a warm and friendly greeting and an approachable attitude to families, visitors, and patients. Respond to expressed concerns with a helpful, caring demeanor. Answer questions in a professional manner**
**- Respond to change productively, and handle additional projects as assigned**
**- Participate in agency surveys and any subsequently required reports**
**- Attend and participate in continuing educational programs to keep abreast of changes in the field**
**- Maintain current license/certification as required**
**- Honor patient's rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property and civil rights, including the right to wage complaints**
**- Comply with corporate compliance program**
**- Report job-related functions/tasks that involve occupational hazards, including exposure to blood and body fluids, as necessary**
**- Follow established safety regulations, including fire protection and prevention, smoking regulations, infection control, etc**
**- Follow established safety procedures when performing tasks and/or working with equipment**
**- Ability to use Matrix Care documenting system, after receiving training**
**MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED:**
**- Certificate of completion of state recognized Home Care Aide training program and supervised clinical practice**
**MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:**
**- One (1) year of experience working with adults in a healthcare setting**
**MINIMUM LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LAW:**
**- Current registration in State Nurse Aide Registry as a Certified Nurse Aide**
**- Current CPR certification**
**- Valid driver's license and automobile liability insurance**
**ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:** **(Preferred qualifications)**
**- Personal Care Services experience is desirable**
**Family Makes Us Stronger.** Our family, your family, one family. Committed to loving, giving, and caring. United in making a difference.
We are eager to connect with you! **-Apply Now-** to get started at PruittHealth!
-As an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status.-
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