This home health aide role focuses on providing personal care, household assistance, and support with daily living activities to improve patients' quality of life, allowing them to remain in their homes. The position requires adherence to confidentiality standards and professional boundaries at all times.
Responsibilities
Provide services ordered by the physician in the plan of care within the scope of practice per state law
Perform, assist, evaluate, and document medical care, such as basic first aid, reading and recording vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration), range of motion exercises, ambulation, transfer, and positioning with wheelchairs and other non-life support medical equipment and devices
Prepare meals according to dietary and nutritional needs
Care for patient
Help patient maintain good personal hygiene, including assistance with bathing, toileting, grooming, shaving, skin and nail care, oral hygiene, dressing, and eating
Assist with household management, including home safety and sanitation, infection control, general light housekeeping, laundry, and shopping specific to the patient
Thoroughly complete and coordinate all required documentation, such as maintaining and completing necessary patient/family and Company documentation records upon conclusion of each visit
Observe and report significant changes in patient
Requirements
High school graduate or GED
Current CPR certification
Valid Driver
Receive at least 12 hours of in-service training during each 12-month period (may occur while furnishing care to a patient)
Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessments, documentation, and compliance with aide care and policies and procedures
Continuing Education as required by state
Georgia: Successful completion of Nurse Aide training and competency evaluation program pursuant to the requirements of 42 CFR part 483, Subpart D; or Health Care or Personal Care credentialing program recognized and approved by the state; or Successful completion of 40-hour training program provided by a private home care provider which addresses at least the areas specified in the PHCP rules
Illinois: Appropriate clearing of Illinois Department of Public Health – Health Care Worker Registry; or Successful completion of Long-Term Care Assistants and Aides Training Programs Code; or Documentation of current registration from another state; or Successful completion of a Nursing Arts Program which included at least 40 hours of supervised clinical experience from an accredited nursing program as evidenced by diploma, certificate or other written verification from the school and proof of successful completion of the written portion of the Department established nursing assistant competency test; or Successful completion of a US military Training Program that includes the content of the Basic Nursing Assistant Training Program as evidenced by a diploma, certification DD-214, or other written verification and successful completion of the written portion of the Department-established nursing assistant competency evaluation Proof of completion of a nursing program in a foreign country
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Must be able to speak, write, read, and understand English
Must be able to sufficiently reposition patients and move equipment without assistance
Must be able to appropriately respond physically and mentally to emergency situations in the home or during transport
Important Details
Special case rate available for after school case
Other Conditions
Must be able to function in a wide variety of environments which may involve exposure to allergens and other various conditions
Possible exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and infectious diseases
Employees must comply with all health-related requirements in all relevant jurisdictions, including required vaccinations and testing, subject to exemptions for medical or religious reasons as appropriate
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