Administrator
Job Description:

Policy: The Administrator is responsible for the overall day-to-day operations of WEEPOE Healthcare Services LLC, regarding its operations, clinical decisions, and staff members

  1. Qualifications:
    1. Education: Must be a graduate of an approved and fully accredited college or university.
    2. Must have five or more years of proven managerial skills.
    3. Must have a working knowledge of Maryland COMAR regulations and the Nurse Practice Act.
    4. Must have five or more years of verifiable supervisory experience, two of which must be in the area of health care.
  2. Requirements
    1. Must submit a current resume, which includes curriculum vitae, previous employment, all certifications, and licenses.
    2. Must submit to a thorough background check.
    3. Must have a face-to-face interview with active member(s) of the Governing Body and/or Board of Directors.
    4. Must provide proof of experience including:
      1. two professional references
      2. two-character references
    5. Has not been convicted of, received probation before judgment, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude or theft, or has any other criminal history that indicates a behavior that is potentially harmful to agency clients.
  3. Duties: The Administrator reports directly to the Board of Directors and/or the Governing Body
    1. Governs all daily activities of the agency, including:
      1. Appointments and assignments to include the Director of Nursing, RN supervisor, and all support staff.
      2. Financial management
      3. Set quarterly goals for the company.
      4. Monitors agency compliance goals as well as quality assurance goals.
      5. Performs annual performance evaluations for D.O.N, C.O.O., and Vice President where applicable.
      6. Chairs the monthly staff meeting.
  4. General Functions

    The Administrator ensures quality and safe delivery of home health care services. Develops and implements short- and long-range goals which reflect the agency’s goals and objectives.

    1. Development
      1. Develops short- and long-term goals for the agency and for its representatives.
      2. Develops policies to be approved by the governing body and implemented by the agency.
      3. Develops fiscal goals for the agency.
      4. Develops corrective action and disciplinary codes for the agency.
      5. Develops job descriptions for the agency and its representatives.
    2. Planning
      1. Ensures that policies and procedures are updated annually.
      2. Ensures that corrective actions are implemented as needed.
      3. Ensures that policies and procedures reflect the quality and safe delivery of the agency’s philosophy.
      4. Evaluates and monitor staff for performance on a regular basis.
      5. Ensures compliance of agency operations with Federal, state, and local regulations
      6. Revises and updates agency policies and procedures as necessary to keep current with local, state, and federal regulations.
      7. Ensures fiscal health of the agency by managing and overseeing budgeting and finance of all agency endeavors.
      8. Monitors quality of services and ensures availability of services.
      9. Ensures fiscal recording of agency activities is current and accurate.
      10. Ensures client financial records are accurate and current.
      11. Acts as a responsible party for the purpose of updating agency license(s)
    3. Implementation
      1. Assesses agency policies, philosophies, and goals periodically to ensure compliance of agency operations with local, state, and federal regulations.
      2. Monitors and evaluates staff job performance on a regular basis to ensure conformity to the job description.
      3. Provide documentation of the agency’s compliance with state, local, and federal guidelines as it pertains to employment practices and agency operations.
      4. Available twenty-four hours a day in the event of an emergency.
      5. Assesses and revises the agency’s financial policies and procedures and records all financial operations.

      6. Evaluate and implement budget, plan, and cost control policies and procedures.

        1. Costs are monitored
        2. Reports are accurately maintained.
        3. Budget is reviewed regularly.
        4. Salary increases are recommended according to policy and procedure.
        5. Ensures that paychecks are distributed according to policy.
      7. Organize and direct the agency’s ongoing operations.
      8. Complies with the Residential Services Agency policy and Procedures.
      9. Promotes and maintains an environment that is safe, professional, and conducive to work.
Employee Informed Consent:

Director of Nursing/RN Supervisor
Job Description:

Policy: The Director of Nursing/RN Supervisor is responsible for the management, supervision, coordination, and evaluation of all clinical staff and the oversight of all care provided.

Purpose
  1. To ensure that quality and appropriate care is provided to all patients.
  2. To ensure that all clinical staff have the skills and qualifications required by Federal, State, and Local regulations and the Nurse Practice Act.
  3. To provide direction to team members and Support Staff.
  1. Education:
    1. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
    2. Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
    Qualifications
    1. Current, unrestricted RN license
    2. Current annual CPR and First Aid certification
    3. At least 2 years of recent direct care supervisory experience, which includes pediatrics in-home care or hospital setting within the past two years (Pediatric).
    4. At least two years of nurse supervisory or charge nurse experience (adult if applicable).
  2. Requirements:
    1. Two verifiable references include two character references and one professional reference.
    2. Successfully completed background check
    3. Annual PPD or Chest X-ray where applicable
    4. Physical- within the past year of filing for contractor application
    5. Hepatitis B vaccine proof or declination form
    6. Skills evaluation during the application process
    7. Participation in in-service training as recommended by DON.
    8. Evaluation and training by the DON or RN designee

Term: The Director of Nursing and RN Supervisor are the same. Peace Health Care Services LLC reserves the right to use these terms interchangeably.

  1. General Function: The competent RN Supervisor must satisfactorily:

    1. Provide and document initial direction to the client’s caregivers and primary nurse regarding the provision of nursing services to the client,
    2. Document that each nurse providing care has the necessary skills to meet the client’s needs, including knowledge of any medical equipment used by the client.
    3. Conduct and document a monthly review of the progress notes to assure adequacy and quality of care,
    4. Make supervisory visits at least monthly to the participant’s home or another site where the client is receiving care with a minimum of two visits with the primary nurse present.
    5. Complete a monthly supervisory visit note that becomes part of the client’s file.
    6. Provide training to the participant’s family and/or caregivers and the individual(s) providing back-up to the family/caregivers.
    7. Develop an initial nursing care plan which is reevaluated 30 days after the initial assessment and modified as necessary to meet the client’s skilled nursing needs.
    8. The registered nurse supervisor is responsible for ensuring that assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of nursing care for the client is carried out in an appropriate and consistent manner by qualified RNs and LPNs. He/she is also responsible for formatting care plans in partnership with the other members of the client’s multi-disciplinary team.
  2. Specifications
    1. Assessment
      1. Performs or delegates the RN to perform the initial client assessment on the clients and family to identify variables that may affect client behavior.
      2. Assist the RN in identifying a wide range of problems and helps to determine and prioritize care plan approaches, goals, and objectives.
      3. Responsible for assessing the performance of the other private duty nurses assigned to the client.
      4. Assist in addressing existing and potential client/family problems.
      5. Assists the RN in Interpreting diagnostic data and ensures that findings are communicated to the doctor in a timely fashion; and documented appropriately.
    2. Planning
      1. Ensures that the family and client have been involved in developing the plan of care.
      2. Ensures the family input is considered in the development of a nursing care plan.
      3. Ensures that services needed to facilitate the care of the client are being utilized.
      4. Ensures that optimal levels of nursing care are being met consistently and appropriately.
      5. Ensures that nursing care reflects awareness of legal responsibilities and consequences of nursing actions.
      6. Ensures that proper referrals to community programs i.e., =WIC, SSI, etc., are utilized
    3. Implementation
      1. Addresses all client/family concerns and/or complaints verbally and in writing, carries out the investigation, and implements corrective action.
      2. Implements corrective action.
      3. Performs on-site visits to the home every thirty days for skilled nursing. Visits should include:
        1. Gives families a chance to voice any complaints and responds appropriately to the resolution of complaints.
        2. Actively listens to the family.
        3. Assess nurse/client interaction and or client/family interaction.
        4. Assess the environment for safety and cleanliness and make recommendations.
        5. Assess infection control practices, including proper hand washing.
        6. Reviews the nursing care plan for accuracy and completeness and to make sure it is updated periodically.
        7. Make sure that documentation is done accurately and appropriately in the progress notes.
        8. Checks to make sure medications are signed off; treatments are done, documented, and signed off in the records.
        9. Make sure the doctor’s orders are updated as required and are transcribed properly.
        10. Ensures equipment is being properly maintained and cleaned to prevent the spread of infection.
        11. Ensures that necessary supplies are available.
        12. Make sure that emergency protocols are in place.
        13. Reviews the communication book for relevant information.
        14. Ensures that the family knows the agency and/or the Office of HealthCare Quality is available and can be called at any time for complaints, concerns, etc.
        15. Physically assesses the client and his/her well-being.
        16. Observes demonstration of skills by the family, caregivers, and nurses.
    4. Evaluation
      1. Assists in evaluating client responses to the plan of care.
      2. Ensures that the plan of care is revised as needed in response to changing needs.
      3. Ensures that ongoing communication between nurse and doctor exists.
      4. Remove and/or replace a HealthCare professional who, in her judgment, is not performing at a standard acceptable to the agency.
      5. Conducts skills assessment & training for all clinical staff as required under the specific job description.
    5. Other duties
      1. Is available to the private duty health care professional for a consultation.
      2. Assist the Administrative team in maintaining clinical files on all clients, including physician orders and supervisor’s visits.
      3. Make sure all records are kept confidential and filed in a locked cabinet.
Employee Informed Consent:

Registered Nurse: RN
Job Description: Policy

The Registered nurse provides skilled nursing care to clients as prescribed by the physician and in compliance with regulations as established by the State Board of Nursing, procedures of Peace Health Care Services LLC, and the patients. The RN works under the supervision of the Registered Nurse Supervisor in the planning and delivery of client care.

Assignment of the RN to patients shall reflect the highest standards of nursing practice, shall be proactive and reactive to client needs, and shall be provided in a manner that promotes quality, continuity, and safety of patient care. The licensed RN may be assigned to give nursing care that requires the skill and/or judgment of a Registered Nurse.

Purpose:
  1. To ensure that quality and appropriate care is provided to all patients.
  2. To ensure that all clinical staff have the skills and qualifications required by Federal, State, and Local regulations and the Nurse Practice Act.
Qualifications: Education:
  1. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing in the U.S.
  2. Must be fluent and able to communicate efficiently in English.
  1. Credentials
    1. Current, unrestricted, verifiable Maryland RN license or license from a member compact state.
    2. Must have at least one year of recent direct-care pediatric experience in a home or hospital setting.
    3. Must have two years of verifiable clinical experience in a home or hospital setting.
    4. Must possess verifiable ability to perform skilled nursing care.
Requirements:
  1. Contractors seeking placement through the agency must fill out an application for a contract and submit to a face-to-face interview.
  2. Must submit to a thorough background check.
  3. Has not been convicted of, received probation before judgment, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude or theft, or has any other criminal history that indicates a behavior that is potentially harmful to agency clients.
  4. Annual physical- within six months prior to seeking placement through the agency.
  5. Annual PPD or chest x-ray, where applicable
  6. Proof of Hepatitis B vaccination or declination form.
  7. Skills self-evaluation during the application process
  8. Demonstration of skills as assessed by the Director of Nursing or RN designee.
  9. Must attend an in-house orientation prior to placement.

Reports to: RN supervisor or Director of Nursing

  1. Duties:

    The RN is responsible for the assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of nursing care for the client. The RN private duty nurse may be designated by the RN supervisor to conduct supervisory visits to the RNs, LPNs, and other HealthCare providers as per policy. RN duties include:

  2. Assessment:
    1. Will perform assessments on the client, family, and environment to identify areas that may affect the client’s condition.
    2. Skills Assessment of other private duty nurses or aids assigned to the client’s care.
    3. Identification of problems helps in fostering solutions to the problem.
    4. Use nursing skills and knowledge to address existing and potential client/family/environmental problems.
    5. Interpretation of diagnostic data and communicating same to physician
    6. Documentation of all assessments and findings.
  3. Planning:
    1. Recognizes the client and family as a primary unit and actively seeks opportunities to involve each other in developing a plan of care.
    2. Developing a nursing care plan with client/family input that addresses the problems as identified in the assessment.
    3. Provide care with a judgment that reflects awareness of legal responsibilities and consequences of nursing actions.
    4. Plan and organize services required for client’s care.
    5. Ensure that appropriate nursing care is met to reach a positive client prognosis.
    6. Listen to all client/family concerns and communicate the same to the nurse, supervisor, or designee to ensure proper follow-up.
    7. Assist physician in making referrals where applicable.
  4. Implementation:
    1. Client/family needs should be a priority and ensure that other nurses do the same.
    2. Document actions and patient responses.
    3. Perform nursing procedures safely.
    4. Institute and implement medical care plans as ordered by the physician and document any questions and procedures to others assigned to the client.
    5. Assess, monitor, and support care given by others assigned to the client.
  5. Evaluation:
    1. Evaluate client response and determine to extend the achievement of client goals.
    2. Re-evaluate the plan of care based on the client’s condition and prognosis at least every thirty days.
    3. Re-evaluate short and long-term goals for the client.
    4. Implement and follow-up consultation with a physician.
    5. Evaluate client response to nursing intervention.
  6. Other Duties:
    1. Administer medications, oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous, as ordered by the physician, and proper documentation on the MAR.
    2. Assist with the client’s activity of daily living.
    3. Taking and writing physician orders accurately
    4. Understands drug actions, interactions, and side effects.
    5. Implement the maintenance of universal and standard precautions, which includes hand washing according to policy.
    6. Implementation of the emergency plan of action
    7. Consultation with a physician on the client’s problem and implementation of consultation outcome.
    8. Documentation of progress note which refers to nursing observation, assessment, plan, action, and evaluation.
    9. Knowledge of the use of equipment which includes O2 and other devices, as may be determined by the client’s condition.
    10. Knowledge of the use of disinfectants.
    11. Communicate with others by the use of a home communication book which is stored in each client’s home.
Employee Informed Consent:

License Practical Nurse: LPN
Job Description: Policy:

The licensed practical nurse provides skilled nursing care to clients as prescribed by the physician and in compliance with regulations as established by the State Board of Nursing, procedures of Peace Health Care Services LLC, and the patients. The LPN works under the supervision of the Registered Nurse Supervisor in the planning and delivery of client care.

Assignment of the LPN to patients shall reflect the highest standards of nursing practice, shall be proactive and reactive to client needs, and shall be provided in a manner that promotes quality, continuity, and safety of patient care. The licensed RN may be assigned to give nursing care that requires the skill and/or judgment of a Registered Nurse.

Purpose:
  1. To ensure that quality and appropriate care is provided to all patients.
  2. To ensure that all clinical staff have the skills and qualifications required by Federal, State, and Local regulations and the Nurse Practice Act.
Job Description: LPN- Private Duty Nurse Education:
  1. The contractor must be a graduate of an approved and accredited school of practical/vocational nursing or comparable experience in the United States Military Medical Systems.
  2. Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
Qualifications
  1. Must have a current, unrestricted, and verifiable LPN license from Maryland or member compact states.
  2. Must have current CPR certification.
  3. Must have verifiable ability to perform relevant nursing skills:
    1. Pediatric (as it pertains to assignment)
    2. Adult (as it pertains to assignment)
  4. The contractor must have at least one year of clinical experience, which includes pediatric direct patient care within the last two years.
  5. Has not been convicted of, received probation before judgment, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude or theft, or has any other criminal history that indicates a behavior that is potentially harmful to agency clients.
  6. Current malpractice insurance certificate.
  7. Ability to meet the physical requirements of the position.
Requirements:
  1. Contractors seeking placement must fill out an application for a contract with the agency.
  2. Must have two verifiable professional references.
  3. Must submit proof of good physical standing including.
    1. Physical or equivalent performed by a licensed individual within the prior year of filing an application.
    2. Proof of PPD within the previous year or a chest x-ray showing the contractor to be free of any communicable diseases.
  4. Hepatitis B vaccination proof or declination form.
  5. Must submit to a thorough background check.
  6. Must be able to competently read, write, and comprehend standard English.
  7. Must complete a skills checklist self-assessment during the application process and demonstration of competency on an annual basis.
  8. Demonstration of skills by way of in-house orientation during the application process.
  9. Must submit to evaluations and/or training as recommended by the RN designee upon assignment.
Responsible to:
  1. RN supervisor
  2. Director of Nursing or RN designee

Duties: The LPN will provide nursing care to clients, which is in line with the nursing process. The LPN will also assist in re-evaluating the short and long-term goals of the client.

  1. Assessment of the client
  2. Implementation of Plan of Care and Treatment Goals
  3. Work with family and/or primary caregivers to accomplish treatment goals.
  4. Educate and train the family with regard to the care of the client.
  5. Implement physician orders as per protocol to include:
    1. Medication Administration includes oral route, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intra-dermal, and intravenous as ordered by the physician.
      1. Understand drug actions and interactions, including adverse effects of medication, and should be able to evaluate the client for a drug reaction.
    2. Document in progress notes of both clinical and nursing skills, observations, and interventions.
    3. Has an understanding of the equipment used by the client to include O2 and other durable medical equipment as the client’s condition and diagnosis dictate.
      1. Can use antiseptic and other cleaning solutions for equipment disinfectants.
      2. Can document the equipment maintenance log, the working order, and daily cleaning of equipment.
    4. Feeding
    5. Understands and follows safety practices and emergency management.
    6. Other required nursing care
      1. ADL (Activities of Daily Living)
  6. Routine maintenance of the MARs
  7. Communicates through the communication log to the family and other nurses involved in client care.
  8. Transcribe and follow physician orders.
  9. Maintain the client’s safety, comfort, cleanliness, and well-being by being involved in the client’s activities of daily living.
  10. Consults the physician regarding client problems, document the physician’s response, and evaluate the client’s response to treatment.
  11. Explain the treatment plan, its rationale, expected outcome, and prognosis to the family and other nurses involved in the client’s care.
  12. Carry out other duties as assigned by the RN supervisor or RN designee.
Employee Informed Consent:

Certified Nursing Aide (CNA)

Reports To: Director of Nursing

Job Summary: Cares for elderly, convalescent, or disabled persons in client’s home by performing the following duties.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following, and other duties may be assigned:

  • Assists client in dressing, bathing, and grooming self.
  • Prepares and serves food for clients following special prescribed diets.
  • Assists clients in and out of bed, automobile, or wheelchair, to the lavatory, and up and down stairs.
  • Reminds client to take prescribed medications as directed by a physician or home care nurse.
  • Provides socialization for clients with activities such as reading aloud, playing cards, or other games.
  • Monitors patients’ medication as directed by the RN.
  • Maintains records of services performed and of the apparent condition of the client and reports any changes in condition to the Case Manager and family.
  • Changes bed linens, maintains client’s laundry, and performs light cleaning of client’s quarters.
  1. 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 clients and other employees of the organization.
  2. Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with O’s and 100’s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
  3. Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal involving several concrete variables in standardized.
  4. Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations: Must have certification of completion of a State of Maryland-approved Nurse Aide education program. Must have a CNA license from the State of Maryland. Must have a certificate of completion of CPR and continued education of twelve (12) hours per year to maintain Nurse Aide Certification.
  5. 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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  6. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must have the ability to work overtime hours.
  7. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
  8. Health Requirements for Employees: Working in a Healthcare environment poses a risk of acquiring certain infectious diseases greater than that for the general public. To reduce the potential risk, Peace Health Care Services LLC maintains a medical evaluation program, which documents immunity for some diseases, monitoring for others, such as Tuberculosis, along with safety training on methods to prevent exposure and disease. These programs are provided at no cost to the employee in accordance with OSHA.
  9. Tuberculosis Screening: In accordance with Peace Health Care Services LLC Systems Tuberculosis Exposure Control Plan, all employees must submit an up-to-date skin test (PPD) for tuberculosis screening report before consideration for employment.
  10. Hepatitis B under the Blood-borne Pathogen Program: hi accordance with OSHA “Occupational Exposure to Blood-borne Pathogens” (29 CFR Part 1910.1030), Peace Health Care Services LLC, Blood-borne Pathogen policy, Peace Health Care Services LLC Exposure Control Plan, all employees are also required to submit a report of Hepatitis B vaccine.
  11. Safety Training: Safety training is a method used not only to inform employees of Peace Health Care Services LLC’s policy, and procedures but also to understand the hazards associated with their work and ways to minimize or reduce potential exposure to those hazards.
  12. Criminal Background Checks Prior to Employment: Sub-section 19-1901 et seq. Annotated Code of Maryland requires that any person or persons desiring work at a home health agency provide the hiring facility with a sworn disclosure or affirmation disclosing any criminal convictions or pending criminal charges, whether within or outside the State of Maryland.
  13. The law prohibits licensed home health agencies from hiring any individual convicted of the following: murder, abduction for immoral purposes, assaults and bodily wounding, robbery, sexual assault, arson, pandering, crimes against nature involving children taking indecent liberties with children, abuse, and neglect of an incapacitated adult. However, applicants convicted of one misdemeanor crime not involving abuse neglect, or moral turpitude may be hired provided five years have elapsed since the conviction.
  14. Any person making a false statement on the form provided regarding any criminal offense should be guilty upon conviction of a class 1 misdemeanor.
  15. Further dissemination of the information provided on the form is prohibited other than to a federal or state authority or court as may be required to comply with an express requirement of law for such further dissemination.
Employee Informed Consent:

Certified Medication Techician (CMT)

Reports To: Director of Nursing

Summary: Administers medication to clients only. CMTs are not allowed to perform personal care duties.

Duties and Responsibilities: Essential duties and responsibilities include the following, and other duties may be assigned:

  • Performs the 3-way check of all medication to be administered.
  • Ensures that the medication is given to the Right Client, at the Right Time, through the Right Route, the Right medication, the Right dose, and the Right charting in the MAR.
  • Reminds independent clients to take prescribed medications as directed by a physician or home care nurse in their service plan.
  • Observes clients for drug reactions and reports to the Nurse immediately.
  • Monitors patients’ medication as directed by the RN; all medication must be locked in the Med cabinet and kept away from the clients.

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 clients and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with O’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 instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal involving several concrete variables in standardized.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations: Must have certification of completion of a State of Maryland approved 20-hour Certified Medication Technician program. Must have a CMT license from the State of Maryland Board of Nursing. Must have certification of completion of CPR/AED and First Aid. There will be in-house training and re-training, and all agency staff are required to participate in Quality Assurance activities.

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must have the ability to work overtime hours.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Health Requirements for Employees: Working in a Healthcare environment poses a risk of acquiring certain infectious diseases greater than that for the general public. To reduce the potential risk, Peace Health Care Services LLC maintains a medical evaluation program, which documents immunity for some diseases, monitoring for others, such as Tuberculosis, along with safety training on methods to prevent exposure and disease. These programs are provided at no cost to the employee in accordance with OSHA.

Tuberculosis Screening: In accordance with Peace Health Care Services LLC Systems Tuberculosis Exposure Control Plan, all employees must submit an up-to-date skin test (PPD) for tuberculosis screening report before being considered for employment.

Hepatitis B under the Blood-borne Pathogen Program: in accordance with OSHA “Occupational Exposure to Blood-borne Pathogens” (29 CFR Part 1910.1030), Peace Health Care Services LLC Blood-borne Pathogen policy, Peace Health Care Services LLC Exposure Control Plan, all employees are also required to submit a report of Hepatitis B vaccine.

Safety Training: Safety training is a method used not only to inform employees of Peace Health Care Services LLC policy, and procedures but also to understand the hazards associated with their work and ways to minimize or reduce potential exposure to those hazards.

Criminal Background Checks Prior to Employment: Sub-section 19-1901 et seq. Annotated Code of Maryland requires that any person or persons desiring work at a home health agency provide the hiring facility with a sworn disclosure or affirmation disclosing any criminal convictions or pending criminal charges, whether within or outside the State of Maryland.

The law prohibits licensed home health agencies from hiring any individual convicted of the following: murder, abduction for immoral purposes, assaults and bodily wounding, robbery, sexual assault, arson, pandering, crimes against nature involving children taking indecent liberties with children, abuse, and neglect of an incapacitated adult. However, applicants convicted of one misdemeanor crime not involving abuse or neglect, or moral turpitude may be hired provided five years have elapsed since the conviction.

Any person making a false statement on the form provided regarding any criminal offense should be guilty upon conviction of a class 1 misdemeanor.

Further dissemination of the information provided on the form is prohibited other than to a federal or state authority or court as may be required to comply with an express requirement of law for such further dissemination.

Employee Informed Consent:

GNA
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LPN
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RN
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