Home Health Aide

Job Description

Job Description

URGENT - HOME HEALTH AIDE NEED IN ARNOLD, MD

Days/Hours: Tuesdays (10 AM to 3 PM), Wednesdays (10 AM to 3 PM), and Thursdays (9 AM to 2 PM).

Pay Rate: $16.50 per hour

• MUST HAVE FLEXIBLITY
• MUST DRIVE

I. Position Description

The Home Health Aide provides care to the Client by following the orders f the patient's physician and/or nurse. This position also involves helping the client with normal activities of living. CNA's/GNA's may provide instruction and psychological support to their patients. They may advise families and patients on such things as nutrition, cleanliness, and household tasks.

II. Performance Responsibilities

• Help the client to maintain good personal hygiene
• Toileting including:
  • Bed pan routines
  • Routines associated with the achievement or maintenance of continence
  • Incontinence care
  • Movement to and from the bathroom
• Mobility, including transferring from a bed, chair or other structure and moving about indoors or outdoors
• Moving, turning and positioning the body while in bed or in a wheelchair
• Assist in eating, nutritional planning and preparing meals including prescribed special diets
• Dressing and changing clothes and medication reminder
• Completing grooming, including oral and denture care, shaving and care of skin, nails, and hair
• Preparing a light meal
• Performing light chores
• Shopping for groceries
• Traveling beyond a walking distance
• Reading of specific items
• Attendance at required in-service training

III. Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to read and write consistent with job requirements
• Completion of basic Home Health Aide training program consistent with State requirements
• CPR
• Satisfactory performance on an on-site competency evaluation and skills assessment
• Has the emotional and mental maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining a good work relationship with the client, family members, and Agency personnel
• Has reliable means of transportation

IV. Education/Experience

• High School Diploma or GED
• Completion of one year's employment as a nurse's aide in a hospital or health related setting

V. License/Certification (if applicable)

• Maryland State Board of Nursing CNA or GNA certification

VI. Physical/Health Requirements

• Ability to walk, bend, squat, climb, kneel or twist when assisting clients, handling supplies or equipment
• Ability to lift heavy weight and perform duties that require power grasping, pushing, pulling and fine manipulation
• Background Check
• Current Tuberculosis Screening
• Current Physical Exam