Home Health Aides

Job Description

Home Health Aides - 25818

Long Island Developmental Disabilities Service Office requests Home Health Aides to provide routine, personal healthcare service to developmentally disabled persons temporarily assigned to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, rehab centers, etc. within Nassau and Suffolk counties as needed.

Requests for service will be submitted to the contractor solely by one of the following personnel assigned to Long Island DDSO:

• DDSO RN Supervisor/Designee
• Treatment Team Leader/Designee of the unit to which the service recipient is assigned.

(Long Island DDSO will provide the contractor with the names of the staff members listed above.)

The following is required of the Aide provided by the awarded contractor:

• Provide companionship, engage in meaningful activities, escorting the individual to hospital procedures and advocate for the individual.
• Assist in Activity of Daily Living functions (eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring (walking) and continence) in accordance with the medical treatment plan provided and the reason for hospitalization.
• Assist with feeding as per prescribed diet order and monitoring diet consistencies.
• Assist in routine health care functions under the supervision of a nurse at the assigned hospital. (These Aides will not write on the hospital chart; however, they will document on an appropriate DDSO Logs.)
• Aide must follow the individual's plan of care to ensure safety.
• Aide must remain alert and awake during requested tour.
• Aide must inform the Nurse Administrator/Designee at the site of service whenever the aide needs to take a break from service during the shift whereby the Nurse Administrator/Designee will assign hospital coverage.
• Aide must inform both the LIDDSO contact and the administrator at the site of service of any reportable incidents that occur during the time of service. (Contractor will be provided guidance on the types of incidents that must be reported to the DDSO and the hospital administration by the DDSO treatment team.)

Each time service is requested Long Island DDSO will provide the contractor with the following:

• The location where service is to be provided.
• The name of the service recipient
• The estimated time period and shifts for which service is to be provided.
• The designated contact(s) to which the contractors communicate inquires will include the nurse and Treatment Team Leader.

We provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military/veteran status, or any other protected basis.