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JOB SUMMARY: The home health aide/certified nursing assistant carries out supportive duties for the nursing department of the Haven Specialty Home Care by performing specified, non-clinical medically related skills under the direction and supervision of a registered professional nurse or other Haven Specialty Home Care designated health care professional.

JOB LOCATION: Farmington, NM Area

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties of the home health aide/certified nursing assistant include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain and conduct self in a professional manner at all times and situations
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all patient, employee and Haven Specialty Home Care's information
• Adhere to all Haven Specialty Home Care's policies and procedures including but not limited to the HIPAA privacy rule
• Participate in all Haven Specialty Home Care's in-service programs
• Provide assistance with personal care, hygiene, and activities of daily living
• Encourage client participation in activities to the extent to which the client is able
• Perform duties of a home health aide/certified nursing assistant as per their scope of practice and state law
• Assist client to bed, commode, chair and assist with ambulation
• Turn and position bed bound clients
• Measure and record temperature, pulse and respirations on each visit
• Measure and record intake/output as assigned
• Change bed linen, if needed
• Prepare simple meals following dietary instructions, as instructed
• Maintain a neat and clean environment
• Follow plan of care as it is written
• Provide documentation of care given in the EMR or on Haven Specialty Home Care's approved forms
• Report any changes in patient’s condition, living conditions, etc. to supervisor as they occur
• Perform any other task/duty that is specifically assigned by supervisor and for which the home health aide/certified nursing assistant has been specifically trained. Documentation of specific training must be included in the employee’s personnel file
• Provide Haven Specialty Home Care with the following:
• • • a. Required home health aide/certified nursing assistant certificate dependent on state regulations
    • b. Necessary information to be able to verify experience
    • c. Documentation of CEU’s
• Accept only those assignments for which he/she is qualified, as per state law
• Communicate with supervisor about any problems or concerns
• Reports any suspected violations of the privacy practice to privacy official as soon as breach/possible breach is identified

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school graduate preferred
• Valid CNA License in the state of New Mexico OR 75 hour required training with the State of New Mexico
• Minimum of one (1) year current experience is required

AVAILABLE SHIFTS:

PerDiem, as needed to provide coverage for PTO

Pay Details:

• $15 - $20 per hour depending on experience

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Ensuring your privacy is important to us at Haven Specialty Home Care. We do not share your personal information with third parties except as described in this privacy policy. We do not sell your personal information and we do not share your personal information with third parties in association with solicitation of services. We may share your personal information with (a) third-party service providers (b) business partners; (c) affiliated companies within our corporate structure, and (d) as needed for legal purposes. Third-party service providers have access to personal information only as needed to perform their functions and they must process the personal information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Haven Specialty Home Care provides services to former energy workers that are eligible for care under the EEOICPA. These services include Skilled Nursing Care, Case Management and Aide Care.

What is the EEOICPA?

The EEOICPA (Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act) under the United States Department of Labor has a free (to eligible energy workers) program to completely cover the medical costs of energy workers such as uranium miners, millers, and haulers or beryllium workers from the Cold War era.

This program also provides monetary compensation for damages suffered. Illnesses include, but are not limited to radiation-induced cancers and beryllium-related illness.

Haven Specialty Home Care's Mission statement:

Haven Specialty Home Care is committed to improving the health care delivery system in its area. To do this, it is necessary to recognize the needs of the community and to act toward minimizing the personally devastating effects of illness, accident or disability on the patient and family.

We note here that our pledge to the aged or disabled patient is to defend and acknowledge the basic integrity of the individual and to aid in the reacquisition of their productive places in society.

The necessity of hospitalization for all services to the patient is an ideology which has passed its time. The convenience, comfort and security of one's own home have come to the forefront of progressive medical service delivery. We dedicate ourselves and our Agency to the provision of services, which will accomplish the mutual ends of rehabilitation and the attention of self-respect in an atmosphere conducive to independence.