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Provides personal care, comfort measures, and environment services in the patient's home or home-like setting as directed by the professional nurse to achieve the stated goals and objectives of the care plan. 

Full-Time Benefits offered include:

Competitive salary based on experience

IMRF pension retirement plan

Health, dental, and vision insurance available

Life insurance

Thirteen paid holidays, as well as vacation, personal, and sick time plans

Salary Range:

$17.50-19.00

● Assists with or provides personal care duties as assigned by the nurse or appropriate personnel.
● Personal care duties include assistance in:
    o Bathing in bed, tub, or shower
    o Care of hair- shampooing
    o Shaving
    o Care of the teeth and mouth
    o Care of nails
    o Toileting- bed pan, commode, toilet, incontinent care
    o Dressing
    o Transferring
    o Walking
    o Simple range of motion exercises
    o Skin Care
● Asses and record temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and weight when assigned.
● Perform light housekeeping duties as it relates to the patient.
    o Making and changing a bed
    o Tidying bedroom and bathroom
● Maintains clinical records as directed.
● Reports any abnormal conditions to the professional Nurse or Home Services Assistant Director or
Director
● Assists the patient in following medical recommendations under the guidance of the Nurse.
● Collaborates to implement the nursing and medical plan as directed:
    o Assistance with simple, non-sterile dressings such as Tegaderm or Duoderm
    o Measuring and recording intake and output
    o Using devices as instructed to aid in normal living activities
    o Teaching in self-care hygiene

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); successful completion of Basic Nurse Aide
training program and certificate or written document. Successful work experience in a health care setting
dealing with patients for at least one (1) year.

Language Skills
● Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
● Ability to write simple correspondence.
● Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients,
and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills
● Ability to add or subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s.
● Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume,
and distance.

Reasoning Ability
● Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral
instructions.
● Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
● Successful completion of Basic Nurse Aide training program with certificate/written documents.
● Current driver’s license.
● Current automobile insurance
● Finger print-based background check completed and approved.
● Must complete and provide documentation of 12 hours of continuing education annually.
● Must be CPR certified and maintain certification.