Position: Certified Home Health Aide
Position: Certified Home Health Aide
Reports to: Case Manager/ Supervisor
Job Summary: Provide supportive and personal services for the patients with consideration of dignity and privacy. Provide personal care and hygiene to home health patients.
Qualifications/Educational Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited High School or equivalent preferred.
- Ability read, write and follow directions.
- Must be a certified home health aide with proof of certification.
- A minimum of one year full-time experience in direct patient in an institutional setting (hospital or nursing facility) or one year full-time experience within the last five years in direct client care in an agency setting.
- Work positively and favorably with patients, families, and staff.
- Demonstrate compassion, responsibility, and cheerful attitude.
- Listed on the nurse aide registry with no finding against the aide relating to client abuse or neglect or misappropriation of client property.
Responsibilities/essential functions:The person in this position must be able to perform the following essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations.
- Follow the instructions of the professional nurse/therapist in providing care.*
- Provide assistance with hygiene such as bathing, oral care, and dressing.*
- Perform and record accurate measurements (i.e. vital signs, or intake/output as instructed in the care plans). *
- Observe and report any safety hazards found in the client’s home or any significant observations regarding the client.*
- Attend staff meetings, attend/complete 12 hours of annual in-services, and participates in orientation of new employees. *
- Report patient complaints to the Supervisor. *
- Maintain patient confidentiality/adheres to HIPAA requirements and agency policy and procedures manual. *
- Possess the ability to follow written and oral instructions. *
- Report abnormal findings in patient’s conditions as observed and per care plan to Supervisor. *
- Perform the following task when delegated by the Supervisor
- Non-invasive and non-sterile treatments
- Collection and documentation of vital signs, height, weight, I/O, environmental situations, client behaviors
- Ambulation, positioning, and turning
- Transportation
- Personal hygiene and elimination (irritations, enemas)
- Feeding
- Socialization
- ADLS