SUMMARY

To assist patients with activities of daily living. In addition, this position assists the patient in the rehabilitation and healing processes while under a physician’s care.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Adapt nursing care to the home environment.

• Perform as a health team member in the department.

• Report any changes to the assigned case manager.

• Provide for personal and patient safety.

• Maintain 12 hours of inservice yearly.

• Must attend meetings as required.

• Performs the following procedures:

  • Ambulation-cane, walker, gait belt

  • Assist patients with bowel/bladder retraining

  • Bathing (tub, shower, sponge, bed bath)

  • Bed making/linen change

  • Care of prosthetic devices including hearing aides

  • Catheter care- check tubing, pericare, attach leg bag/BSU

  • Collect specimen- urine, stool, sputum

  • Colostomy care- change bag, skin care

  • CPR

  • Enemas

  • Isolation precautions

  • Personal care- bathing, dressing/undressing, hair care, oral hygiene, nail care, pericare, skin care, shaving, grooming

  • Positioning and comfort measures

  • Post mortem care

  • Range of motion

  • Restorative care functions after physical therapy instruction

  • Transfer- chair/wheelchair, standing frame

  • Vital signs- temperature, blood pressure, respirations

  • May assist with medications placed in a mediset container by a licensed nurse if medication assistance certification is complete

  • Housekeeping

  • Meal preparation

  • Shopping and errands

  • Documentation

  • Other duties may be assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Maintains current certification as required by the State Board of Nursing.

Must possess a valid Idaho Driver’s License.

Must possess a current CPR card.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical exertion- walking, lifting, pulling, driving, step climbing, flexible hours and travel.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hand and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, dust, animals and insects, tobacco smoke, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electric shock, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. May be exposed to infections, communicable diseases, odors, blood, excreta and hazardous materials. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Periods of stress- variable workloads and deadlines. Exposed to terminally ill patients and their families.

All positions posted until filled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status