Construction
Please bear with us while the MDNA office is undergoing renovations—
If you have loan closet needs, please call us!
The office is CLOSED FRIDAY, May 6th!
Please bear with us while the MDNA office is undergoing renovations—
If you have loan closet needs, please call us!
The office is CLOSED FRIDAY, May 6th!
MDNA is Hiring!
MDNA is currently searching for the following positions.
–Administrative Office Asst
-PRN or P/T with benefits Registered Nurse
-Home Health Aide P/T, PRN or F/T
See below for the job descriptions.
Click here for an application for employment.
Please email any applications and resumes to Amy McVety at jobs “at” mountdesertnursing “dot” org
Come grow with us!
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The Administrative Office Assistant supports the Operations Manager in the day-to-day coordination and management of the office. The AOA (Administrative Office Assistant) also acts as a liaison with the Board of Directors in communications and distribution of information.
REPORTS TO: Administrator
QUALIFICATIONS:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Demonstrates support for the agency mission statement and philosophy to promote quality, efficient, comprehensive, and effective patient service.
2. Coordinates or performs all office functions as directed from the Operations Manager – file maintenance, kitchen organization, overall maintenance of environment.
3. Board Communications- Maintains board records including minutes, committee minutes, By-laws, board and incorporator lists.
4. Assist with MDNA Fundraising tasks as directed by Development Associate: setting up annual schedule for solicitations, executing the solicitations, the Annual Appeal (Spring & Fall), sending thank you acknowledgments, entering donations into Little Green Light.
a. Help develop and print materials required
b. Acknowledge gifts
5. Enter donations and payments into QuickBooks. Run month end reports and invoice private pay patients, manage accounts payable.
6. Maintains the Loan Closet database and maintain organization of supply closet and basement equipment.
7. Learn Patient Care Coordinator role and fill in as needed.
8. Participate in performance improvement activities, as needed, and assigned.
9. Participates in the maintenance of workplace safety.
10. Performs other duties as assigned by the Administrator.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $18.00 per hour
Benefits:
Schedule:
Education:
Experience:
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PRN or P/T with benefits Registered Nurse
QUALIFICATIONS BUT NOT LIMITED TO: • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing • Possess two years of experience in an acute care, home health care setting • Possess and maintain a current state RN license • Maintain CPR certification • Possesses effective communication skills and ability to work with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and educational experiences • Possess good time management, health assessment, and work ethic skills.
Experience in home care preferred but not required.
This position could be Per Diem or part time with benefits if desired.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $34.00 per hour
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-Home Health Aide PRN, P/T or F/T
The Home Health Aide is an employee of [MOUNT DESERT NURSING ASSOCIATION]
who provides direct personal patient care in a patient’s home according to a
patient’s specific plan of care prepared by the RN Case Manager. The duties assigned
fall within the aide’s skill and competency levels to promote patient comfort and
dignity.
REPORTS TO: The Director of Clinical Services or Clinical Supervisor
SUPERVISES: No one
QUALIFICATIONS:
Prefer a high school diploma or General Education Degree (GED), or shall
have one year work experience in a related field
Consideration given to those applicants without diploma or GED certificate, but
if employed by agency, it is preferred that arrangements be made to complete
diploma or GED.
At least 18 years of age.
Possess proof of successful completion of a 120-hour Home Health Aide
training or a competency evaluation program or state licensure program that
meets the requirements of CFR 484.36 (b) or (e) and Competency Evaluation
or equivalent as defined in the Medicare Conditions of Participation 42 CFR
418.76(a)(1)-418.76(c)(4); must participate in the educational programs and
practice lab, as well as successfully pass the skill and communication
proficiency test for Home Health Aide
Possess and maintain a current state aide certification, as required.
Maintain CPR certification
Effective English communication skills to work with the patient and family,
including ability to listen without imposing personal values or beliefs
Ability to follow instructions to complete work as assigned
Ability to maintain confidentiality about patients, personnel, and agency
services
Maintain current state driver’s license and a dependable, insured automobile
Demonstrate computer literacy, if assigned
Provide written proof of health status and ability to lift, bend, and squat the
level and amount determined by each job assigned
Present a neat appearance and positive work attitude
Fully Covid-19 vaccinated as defined by CDC
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Demonstrates support for the agency’s mission statement to promote quality,
efficient, comprehensive, and effective patient service.
2. Participates in and supports the agency’s performance improvement activities.
3. Provides aide services to agency patients as identified by the RN Case Manager
in the plan of care per agency policies, procedures, and aide skill level.
4. Prepares and maintains accurate and timely patient notes, documenting
interventions, patient pain score, outcomes, and patient/representative
response per agency policy.
5. Provides total or assisted personal hygiene (i.e., skin, nail, mouth, hair, etc.) per
plan of care and assists with activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental
activities of daily living (IADL) allowing patient independence to tolerance
including:
a. Universal precautions
b. Locomotion/ambulation/fall prevention oversight
c. Bed mobility and positioning; range of motion exercises
d. Transfers
e. Toileting
f. Catheter and ostomy care
g. Continence care
h. Dressing and undressing
i. Personal hygiene
j. Bathing
k. Foot care (nails will be filed only, no clipping; diabetic patients will
only have lotion applied and referred to their doctor for nail care)
l. Skin care
m. Protective supervision
n. Medication reminder assistance
6. Provides assistance in ambulation, exercises, transfers, and medication
compliance by patient or caregiver per therapist or RN plan of care.
7. Assists in maintaining a clean, safe patient environment (IADLs) necessary to the
patient’s healthcare needs, including:
a. Planning and preparing nutritious meals and assisting in feeding
patient, as needed and documenting intake per plan of care
instructions.
b. Light housekeeping of patient’s environment, including dusting,
vacuuming, and linen changing.
c. Laundry of patient’s clothing and bedding.
8. Measures and records oral, rectal, auxiliary temperatures, pulse, respiration, and
blood pressure as requested by a nurse on the aide plan of care.
9. Provides social interactions/behavior modification activities as directed by the
plan of care.
10. Assists patient in personal health self-care and comfort measures.
11. Reports patient condition changes and pain score to the RN Case Manager.
12. Appropriately seeks supervisory assistance as necessary to effectively perform
duties.
13. Maintains confidentiality of patient, personnel, and agency operations.
14. Meets productivity requirements established for Home Health Aide caseload.
15. Participates in in-services and training as assigned.
16. Responsible for proper use and care of equipment.
17. Practices safety and universal precautions, infection control and uses
appropriate protective equipment to protect patients and self.
18. Maintains a positive attitude and neat appearance.
19. Supports the coordination of care process between disciplines.
20. Performs other duties as qualified and requested.
November is National Home Care Month, a time to celebrate the practice of home care and all of the individuals who make it possible, from the patients who inspire us to the caregivers who serve them.
Home care includes a range of medical, social, assistive and other services provided in an individual’s home when a person needs follow‐up care after a hospital visit or requires long term care.
These comprehensive services are provided by nurses, therapists, home health aides and other direct‐care staff under the direction of a physician’s order. The focus of these patient‐centered services includes prevention, recuperation, and/or an alternative to higher‐cost institutional care that would otherwise be provided in a hospital or nursing facility.
Generally, home care services are appropriate whenever a person prefers to stay at home, or is homebound, but needs ongoing care.
Patients receiving home care include: newborns and mothers eligible for maternal infant care services; young children and adults in need of at‐home therapy or advanced technology‐based care and support; elderly patients who benefit from the services of a skilled nurse to help treat chronic medical conditions; patients receiving wound care following surgery; or individuals with disabilities who may be homebound and require assistive services to meet activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, and other forms of self‐care.
Flu Shot Clinic at MDNA on Thursday, October 7 • 1:00–3:00 pm
Please see flyer for other flu shot clinic dates.
Please wear a face mask and practice physical distancing.
Cost: $40, High-dose cost: $130
Medicare and Mainecare accepted. Please contact Mary Parnam for more information (207-288-5081 ext 7805)
First, we’d like to thank our Title Sponsors First National Bank & First Wealth Management!
and THANK YOU! to our 18 Hole Sponsors!
Henry R. Abel & Co. Yacht Yard—in Memory of Lisa Stewart
Ocean Properties
Steve Rush—Friend of MDNA
and an Anonymous Donor who gave their 18-Hole Sponsorship in HONOR of the MDNA STAFF!
OUR 9-Hole Sponsors are:
Acadia Seamless Gutter
BCM Construction
Beech Hill Property Management
Carroll Drug Store
Colonel’s Restaurant & Bakery
Cross Insurance
Frost Farms
MDI Tree Service
Mount Desert Campground—in Memory of Owen Craighead & Donna Beals
Paradis Ace Hardware
Town Hill Market
Tree of Life Day Spa & Salon
Come one, Come all
to the
72nd Annual Meeting
Mini Health Fair
&
Chowder Supper
(Fish Chowder, Biscuits/Blueberry muffins, roasted Brussel
Sprout and cranberry “slaw”, Garden Salad, Dessert Bites)
Thursday, July 15th
at The Neighborhood House
Northeast Harbor
4:30 pm – 6:30pm
Buffet Supper served from 5:15 – 6pm
Short Presentations at 6pm
Health Fair Stations
– Healthy Smoothies for Morning, Noon and Night
– Supplements – What are they and what are they for?
– Household Safety Tips and devices
– Movement, Exercise, Stretching, balance – what’s right for you?
– Samples of some MDNA Loan Closet Medical Equipment-
(take home a full list of what is available for loan from MDNA)
Capacity is limited
We request that anyone who plans to attend be vaccinated
Please RSVP By July 10th to Sara Starbuck at MDNA
207-276-5184 or saras@mountdesertnursing.org
MDNA is Hiring!
Current positions:
-Per Diem RN
-Physical Therapist/PTA PRN (Per diem or part time)
-Home Health Aide/CNA
We are searching for a Full Time AND a Part Time or Per Diem HHA.
-Advancement Associate (part time–20 hours)
See below for the job descriptions.
Click here for an application for employment.
Please email any applications and resumes to Amy McVety at jobs@mountdesertnursing.org
Come grow with us!
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PHYSICAL THERAPIST or PTA PRN
The Physical Therapist (PT) may be an employee or an independent contractor who
evaluates and provides physical therapy treatments to [MOUNT DESERT NURSING
ASSOCIATION] patients as ordered by the physician.
REPORTS TO: Director of Clinical Services or Clinical Supervisor, as assigned
SUPERVISES: Physical Therapy Assistants and Home Health Aides for direct
patient care as assigned by supervision
QUALIFICATIONS:
Must be a graduate of a school of physical therapy program approved by
CAPTE or its successor organizations or an educational program outside the
United States determined to be substantially equivalent to entry-level
education in the United States by a credential evaluation organization
approved by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), or meets
Home Health Care Conditions of Participation 42 CFR 418.114(b)(7)(ii)(B)
(1)-418.114(b)(7)(vii)(B)
Maintain current state physical therapy licensure
Maintain current liability and malpractice insurance
Maintain current CPR certification
Possess effective communication skills and ability to work with individuals
from a variety of backgrounds and educational experiences
Possess good time management and work ethic skills
Possess a current driver’s license and a dependable insured automobile
Self-directed with ability to make independent patient service judgments
Demonstrate computer literacy
Provide written proof of health status and ability to lift, bend, and squat the
level and amount determined by each job assigned
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Demonstrates support for the agency’s mission statement to promote quality,
efficient, comprehensive, compassionate, and effective patient service.
2. Participates in and supports the agency performance improvement plan.
3. Participates in orientation, competency testing, and in-services as required.
4. Performs comprehensive initial and on-going physical therapy assessments per
standards of practice for each assigned agency patient and develops the plan of
care in collaboration with patient, RN Case Manager, and physician.
5. Regularly evaluates and documents the effectiveness of each assigned patient’s
plan of care, patient responses, revision needs, discharge plans, and progress to
patient goals.
6. Uses a framework of assessment, implementation, coordination, and evaluation
providing outcome-based services for an assigned caseload from admission
through discharge.
7. Complies with all home health care regulations and standards and agency
policies and procedures.
8. Appropriately seeks supervisory assistance as necessary to effectively perform
duties.
9. Assesses and reports patient pain score to RN Case Manager.
10. Maintains confidentiality of patient, personnel, and agency operations.
11. Uses agency documentation materials and/or computer-based software to
record patient treatment activity in a timely manner including patient response
to interventions.
12. Notifies attending physician of patient changes.
13. With patient establishes therapy goals to enhance the rehabilitative ability of the
patient, which may include but not be limited to: hot packs, gait training,
diathermy treatments, therapeutic exercises, passive and active range of motion
exercises, whirlpool baths and other related treatments to meet the agency
patient’s needs.
14. Promotes patient, personnel, and office safety and utilizes universal precautions.
15. Meets productivity requirements established for home health care physical
therapist.
16. Supervises assigned PTAs every 30 days and assigned agency aides every 14
days to two months as required by the payer source by establishing and/or
updating a plan of care in collaboration with the patient and evaluating
compliance and progress to measurable goals.
17. During patient/representative interactions identifies cultural, spiritual, verbal,
and non-verbal patterns indicating a need for individualized service or
counseling and suggests referral as needed.
18. Assesses caregiver’s ability to manage patient physical therapy needs.
19. Based on patient needs, seeks physician orders for equipment to promote
patient comfort and safety, and when ordered and received by patient, initiates
equipment use training.
20. Evaluates the safety of the home environment and recommends to patient/
representative potential solutions for identified concerns.
21. Uses equipment properly and seeks training if necessary.
22. Provides education, advice, and consultation with patient/representative and
the personnel as needed.
23. Participates in PIP quarterly record review as assigned.
24. Completes yearly clinical component evaluation for assigned PTA.
25. Presents a professional appearance and promotes a positive work environment.
26. Serves on PAC if assigned.
27. Performs other duties as requested.
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HOME HEALTH AIDE/CNA
Full time and benefit eligible!
The Home Health Aide is an employee of [MOUNT DESERT NURSING ASSOCIATION]
who provides direct personal patient care in a patient’s home according to a
patient’s specific plan of care prepared by the RN Case Manager. The duties assigned
fall within the aide’s skill and competency levels to promote patient comfort and
dignity.
REPORTS TO: The Director of Clinical Services or Clinical Supervisor
SUPERVISES: No one
QUALIFICATIONS:
Prefer a high school diploma or General Education Degree (GED), or shall
have one year work experience in a related field
Consideration given to those applicants without diploma or GED certificate, but
if employed by agency, it is preferred that arrangements be made to complete
diploma or GED.
At least 18 years of age.
Possess proof of successful completion of a 120-hour Home Health Aide
training or a competency evaluation program or state licensure program that
meets the requirements of CFR 484.36 (b) or (e) and Competency Evaluation
or equivalent as defined in the Medicare Conditions of Participation 42 CFR
418.76(a)(1)-418.76(c)(4); must participate in the educational programs and
practice lab, as well as successfully pass the skill and communication
proficiency test for Home Health Aide
Possess and maintain a current state aide certification, as required.
Maintain CPR certification
Effective English communication skills to work with the patient and family,
including ability to listen without imposing personal values or beliefs
Ability to follow instructions to complete work as assigned
Ability to maintain confidentiality about patients, personnel, and agency
services
Maintain current state driver’s license and a dependable, insured automobile
Demonstrate computer literacy, if assigned
Provide written proof of health status and ability to lift, bend, and squat the
level and amount determined by each job assigned
Present a neat appearance and positive work attitude
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Demonstrates support for the agency’s mission statement to promote quality,
efficient, comprehensive, and effective patient service.
2. Participates in and supports the agency’s performance improvement activities.
3. Provides aide services to agency patients as identified by the RN Case Manager
in the plan of care per agency policies, procedures, and aide skill level.
4. Prepares and maintains accurate and timely patient notes, documenting
interventions, patient pain score, outcomes, and patient/representative
response per agency policy.
5. Provides total or assisted personal hygiene (i.e., skin, nail, mouth, hair, etc.) per
plan of care and assists with activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental
activities of daily living (IADL) allowing patient independence to tolerance
including:
a. Universal precautions
b. Locomotion/ambulation/fall prevention oversight
c. Bed mobility and positioning; range of motion exercises
d. Transfers
e. Toileting
f. Catheter and ostomy care
g. Continence care
h. Dressing and undressing
i. Personal hygiene
j. Bathing
k. Foot care (nails will be filed only, no clipping; diabetic patients will
only have lotion applied and referred to their doctor for nail care)
l. Skin care
m. Protective supervision
n. Medication reminder assistance
6. Provides assistance in ambulation, exercises, transfers, and medication
compliance by patient or caregiver per therapist or RN plan of care.
7. Assists in maintaining a clean, safe patient environment (IADLs) necessary to the
patient’s healthcare needs, including:
a. Planning and preparing nutritious meals and assisting in feeding
patient, as needed and documenting intake per plan of care
instructions.
b. Light housekeeping of patient’s environment, including dusting,
vacuuming, and linen changing.
c. Laundry of patient’s clothing and bedding.
8. Measures and records oral, rectal, auxiliary temperatures, pulse, respiration, and
blood pressure as requested by a nurse on the aide plan of care.
9. Provides social interactions/behavior modification activities as directed by the
plan of care.
10. Assists patient in personal health self-care and comfort measures.
11. Reports patient condition changes and pain score to the RN Case Manager.
12. Appropriately seeks supervisory assistance as necessary to effectively perform
duties.
13. Maintains confidentiality of patient, personnel, and agency operations.
14. Meets productivity requirements established for Home Health Aide caseload.
15. Participates in in-services and training as assigned.
16. Responsible for proper use and care of equipment.
17. Practices safety and universal precautions, infection control and uses
appropriate protective equipment to protect patients and self.
18. Maintains a positive attitude and neat appearance.
19. Supports the coordination of care process between disciplines.
20. Performs other duties as qualified and requested.
Newly appointed Executive Director Amy McVety, born and bred on MDI, returns “home” to lead organization, while outgoing E.D. Heather Lewis steps down after several years of transformational growth.
NORTHEAST HARBOR — The Board of Directors of the Mount Desert Nursing Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy McVety, MS, RN, as the organization’s new executive director. The Association also bids an appreciative farewell to Executive Director Heather Lewis, who, after five years as leader of this vital local health care organization, is departing with a strong sense of accomplishment to begin a next chapter.
The Mount Desert Nursing Association, established in 1949, is MDI’s only home health care agency. Patients include year-round and seasonal residents who under the direction of their physician require skilled care (care by RNs and physical and occupational therapists) as well as visits from home health aides, all of whom team up to oversee patients recovering from surgery or help care for folks with chronic and/or long-term illnesses.
“Heather’s years as our executive director have been incredibly productive in advancing our mission,” said Mazzie Gogolak, president of the association’s Board of Directors. “Our organization would not be where it is today, either in terms of its improved fiscal footing or in volume of service to our island neighbors, without Heather’s hard work and expertise. We will really miss her.”
Gogolak is referring to Lewis’s game-changing achievement of transitioning the once private-pay, fee-for-service group into a fully Medicare-accredited and Medicare-compliant home-health-care provider, virtually transforming the organization’s business model. “This was an incredible team effort by Heather and her predecessor, Elise O’Neil, our nurse director at the time. They really made it all happen,” commented Gogolak.
“I’m very proud of what our hard-working team managed to do,” Lewis said. “When I arrived in 2016, the Board was in the throes of making the ambitious decision to ramp up the organization so as to qualify for Medicare accreditation. I’m happy that I was able to help their positive decision. Elise and I then began an extended period of putting the required policies and procedures in place, making personnel-expansion decisions, laying the administrative groundwork, and proving we were on solid ground financially. It was almost two (costly) years before we were granted approval and received our official Medicare number.”
The new status has dramatically impacted the nature of the Association’s work, since physicians, hospitals, and other health care agencies can now refer Medicare-eligible and third party payment patients.
As a result, in 2020 the organization broke all service records, with over 4,100 patient visits made by the association’s staff of nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and home health aides – proof of the strong ongoing demand for these services on MDI.
Concurrent with Lewis’s departure, the Association’s Board hails the arrival of Amy McVety, MS, RN, who, in a homecoming of sorts, takes up Lewis’s mantle and assumes the title of executive director.
Reared in Southwest Harbor and a graduate of Mount Desert Island High School, McVety first became a nurse, and later received her masters in pediatric primary care. She has held medical-practice, management and healthcare leadership posts in several states, and comes to The Mount Desert Nursing Association most recently from a position in Pennsylvania.
“It’s been wonderful living and working all over the country, including California, but I always eventually wanted to move home,” McVety shared. “Yet I wanted to do so in the context of a job that would be fulfilling and that would utilize my skills. I feel as though I’ve found that at MDNA.”
Longtime MDI residents may remember her parents, integral members of the community. Her late father George McVety, who was the first pharmacist at MDI Hospital, later served as the president of the hospital’s Board of Directors, and was for years owner of the Carroll Drug Store in Southwest Harbor. Before retirement, her mother was a beloved teacher at several schools within MDI Regional School System.
McVety is quick to point out that, importantly, and despite Medicare accreditation, private donations are still a major and much-needed source of the association’s financial support.
“Fundraising remains a big task for us. It’s always been MDNA’s philosophy that no one is refused service based on ability to pay,” she emphasizes. “We utilize a sliding scale beginning at $0, and in-home care and care management are still the focus. And, it’s always with the goal of helping people remain in their own homes for as long as possible.”
Looking ahead, McVety stresses that “MDNA is well positioned to develop based on our current strong foundation. My immediate ambition is to carry on the amazing work that Heather Lewis has done, and to carefully build on it.”
McVety encourages everyone within the Mount Desert Island community, to think of MDNA as a resource – a “wonderfully local” resource – when seeking medical care for themselves or a loved one.
“We know and understand the region’s culture and its people, and we want to get to know and be of assistance to all our neighbors when they need us. And please, don’t ever assume that you wouldn’t qualify for our home health care or other services – just pick up the phone and ask! We are always happy to assist you in finding the services you need.”
At the Mount Desert Nursing Association, the health and well-being of our patients, staff and community is our top priority. We are taking every precaution when meeting with our patients and have supplied our staff with all needed equipment. We are following CDC guidance and are keeping updated multiple times per day.
MDNA is willing to help you adjust to your needs and will address visits via tele-health if necessary.
Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
207-276-5184
care@mountdesertnursing.org