Screening
Procedure for Nursing Jobs
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GNAs, CNAs,
CMAs, RNs, LPNs
Health Status
All Hands Nursing
and Health Services, Inc. is committed to selecting, retaining and placing
safe, healthful and productive workers in client facilities.
The Agency understands that healthy workers provide for increased
productivity and healthful work and health care environments.
The nature of the duties of the Agency’s caregivers who will have close and
direct contacts with patients suffering from various illness or other weak
people in client facilities, underscore the need for Agency’s caregivers to
be protected from infections that could be transmitted to them from those
under their care.
Our policy also provides a reasonable assurance to patients or other weak
people in client facilities that Agency caregivers will not exacerbate their
health conditions by transmitting new diseases to them.
Caregivers placed by the Agency in client facilities will be of satisfactory
health status and would have received the necessary testing and immunization
as required by regulation, company policy or as requested by the client
facilities within reason.
To the extent that regulation, company policy or the request of a client
facility may require, the necessary testing and immunization of Agency
caregivers may include:
| A |
Having a
negative tuberculin test result, with testing repeated
annually at a duly licensed medical laboratory.
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| B |
Providing
appropriate documentation indicating the current
immunization status for the following:
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i. |
Tetanus & Diptheria –
basic series and booster every ten years. |
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ii. |
Pertussis – caregivers
younger than 65-years-old will be recommended to receive a 1-time
dose of Tdap (substitute for 1 Td booster dose). |
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iii. |
Measles/Mumps/Rubella
Measles (Rubeola) – must fulfill one of the following: |
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1. |
Immunization
with live measles vaccine (documentation of two dates of measles
immunization). Both doses must be given after 1967 with the first
dose after the first birthday; the two doses must be separated by at
least 30 days. |
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2. |
Documentation of physician-diagnosed measles disease or
documentation of immunity titer that specifies date of titer. |
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3. |
If born
before January 1, 1957, no immunization will be required.
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iv. |
Mumps – must fulfill one
of the following:
1. Immunization with vaccine after first birthday.
2. Documentation of physician-diagnosed mumps disease or
documentation of immunity titer that specifies date of titer.
3. If born before January 1, 1957, no immunization will be required,
but 1 will be recommended. |
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v. |
Rubella (German Measles) –
must fulfill one of the following:
1. Immunization with vaccine after first birthday.
2. Documentation of immunity titer that specifies date of titer;
physician diagnosis of rubella will not be acceptable. |
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vi. |
Varicella (Chickenpox) –
must fulfill one of the following:
1. Immunization with two doses of vaccine, four to eight weeks
apart unless a contraindication exists.
2. History of varicella disease; or herpes zoster based on physician
diagnosis; or documentation of immunity titer that specifies
date
of titer. |
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vii. |
Hepatitis B – basic series
(first two doses 30 days apart and the third six months after the
second dose) with initial dose obtained prior to referral to a
client facility. |
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viii. |
Influenza – recommended
annually and as required by specific clinical agencies. |
During their
engagement with the Agency, caregivers will be expected to demonstrate
appropriate health practices by regular health care and personal health
behavior.
Caregivers are responsible for all personal health-related expenses.
In determining the suitability of a caregiver to be placed in a client
facility, the Agency will consider the following:
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Compliance
with the health policy contained in this document, and with blood-borne
pathogen training.
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A caregiver
with a contraindication to immunization required by regulation, company
policy or as requested by the patient or his/her representative within
reason, must submit documentation from a health care provider.
In determining the
ability of a caregiver to be placed in a client facility after any
significant illness and/or injury, the Agency will consider the following:
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Health care
provider’s statement of health status and recommendations, if any.
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Agency
Director’s or his/her representative’s evaluation of the caregiver’s
ability to function in the client facility. Even though the physician
may state that the caregiver may work, it will be the Director’s or
his/her representative’s decision to determine if the caregiver is safe
to provide patient care, subject to acceptance by the client facility.
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The
caregiver’s ability to complete the requirements of the duties that may
be assigned to him or her.
What to Do If
You Can Meet Our Requirements
We have openings available for dedicated nursing professionals
who want to work in leading health care facilities in Maryland.
Apply Today!
Nurses
- Registered Nurse (RN) | See Requirements for RNs
- Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | See Requirements for LPNS
Nurses Aides
- Geriatric Nursing
Assistant (GNA) | See Requirements for GNAs
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) | See Requirements for
CNAs
- Certified Medical
Assistant (CMA) | See Requirements for CMAs
