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| Job details |
| Company name : |
Kindred Healthcare
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| Minimum experience : |
1 years |
| Maximum experience : |
2 years |
| Job type : |
Permanent |
| Gross pay : |
Negotiable for the right candidate |
| Job posted : |
Sep 06, 2008 |
| Job view count : |
157
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| Job description |
| Job description: |
At Kindred Healthcare, our mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:KND) is a healthcare services company, based in Louisville, Kentucky, with annual revenues of over $4 billion.
Responsibilities:
- Answer signal lights, bells or intercom to determine resident's needs; take/record temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates and food/fluid intake and output
- Assist residents with grooming, oral hygiene, bathing, hair and incontinence care; drape residents for examinations and treatments; remain with resident to perform duties such as holding instruments and adjusting lights
- Obtain food trays and assist residents with feeding
- Assist residents with range-of-motion exercises and movement to wheelchair or activity areas
- Clean, sterilize, store, prepare and issue dressing packs, treatment trays and other supplies
- Handle job responsibilities in accordance with Company's Code of Business Conduct, all appropriate professional standards and applicable state/federal laws
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| Req. candidate profile : |
Qualifications:
- Must be able to react quickly in emergency situations and communicate effectively with residents, their families and facility staff. Requires a High School diploma (or equivalent) with valid state certification as a CNA. Six months of experience in a long-term care environment preferred.
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| How to apply : |
Register to view
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| Third party mediation allowed : |
No |
| Telecommute : |
No |
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