Home Healthcare Aide

Job Description

Job Description

If you are an experienced home health aide who enjoys varied activities that help people lead more independent lives, we’d love to talk to you! We are seeking a kind and compassionate home health aide who has excellent communication and companionship skills to provide basic medical care, light housekeeping duties, personal care, and hygiene tasks so our patients are empowered to live happily at home. You must have 1-3 years of experience in home health implementing care plans, and make your patients’ health and safety your first priority. If this sounds like the perfect job for you, please apply today! Compensation:

$17 - $21 hourly

• Ensure quality companionship and provide psychological and emotional support for patients and family members
• Complete basic medical tasks such as taking vital signs, measuring glucose and ketone levels, replacing bandages and dressings, and ensuring the proper use of medical devices
• Oversee medication tasks such as opening bottles, organizing self-administered dosing and arranging refills; and assist with meal preparation and planning
• Provide personal care tasks such as calling doctors’ offices, scheduling appointments, and coordinating Medicare and other insurance details
• Collaborate with the case manager to implement care plans for patients, and maintain updated and accurate care records

• Administer Medications: Dispense medications as directed by the Registered Nurse (RN), maintaining an annual error rate of no more than one mistake.
• Resident Response: Attend to resident call lights within 10 minutes to ensure responsive and attentive care.
• Light Housekeeping: Perform regular light housekeeping in resident rooms at least once weekly to promote a clean and comfortable living space.
• Service Charting: Accurately document all services provided without missing tasks, ensuring compliance with company standards.
• Assistance with ADLs: Support residents in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) according to each individual’s Client Service Plan, with a zero-tolerance policy for missed tasks.

• High school diploma or GED is required - some college preferred
• First aid training and current CPR certification is needed and you must be able to pass a drug test, full employment background check, and physical
• 1-3 years of experience as an HHA/ home health aide, personal caregiver, nursing assistant, or personal care aid for a home health agency, at patient homes or care facilities settings is needed
• Excellent communication and organizational skills are valuable, as is a compassionate, empathetic, and kind personality
• Completion of home health aide training programs from community colleges are acceptable - Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) is a plus

• Extreme Ownership:  Demonstrates accountability, ownership of outcomes, and proactively removes obstacles.
• Resourcefulness:  Finds effective solutions even with limited resources and independently seeks knowledge.
• Passion for Purpose (Big Why):  Possesses a strong, genuine dedication to serving and caring for vulnerable adults.
• Commitment to Growth:  Actively pursues self-improvement and team betterment each day.
• Humility:  Embraces a solutions-focused attitude, welcoming feedback, and putting egos aside for the best outcome.
• Reliability: Shows up on time, prepared, and ready to deliver dependable support.
• Gratitude:  Maintains a positive outlook, seeking and appreciating the good in all situations.

At VitaCare Living, we believe in living with a purpose outside of ourselves. VitaCare Living is a collection of communities full of people with purpose. Our residents wake up each day with another opportunity to grow and improve the world around them. Our staff works each day with people they care deeply for and have careers full of opportunity.

VitaCare Living is an established Assisted Living and Memory Care provider with a mission to add LIFE to the Years of our Residents and Staff. With 17 locations across two states, we care for over 300 residents in smaller, home-like settings that prioritize community, dignity, and purpose.