Home Health Aide

Home Health Aide

Position at HQ Home Care-Certified Health Quest Home Care - Home Health Aide: Salary Range: $19.50-$25.65 Responsibilities:

• Assists the patient with personal care activities including bathing, oral hygiene, feeding and dressing.
• Assists the client with exercises, ambulation, and transfer activities. This includes knowledge in use of assistive devices such as canes, walkers, crutches, and lifts.
• Independently assists the patient with meal preparation/cooking and/or feeding.
• Must have working knowledge of special diets, diet restrictions, and techniques to maintain sanitary kitchen conditions to prevent food-borne illnesses.
• Assists the patient with medication prompts to remind the patient to self-administer his/her medications.
• Identifies changes in patient condition that require notification to the patient's registered case manager.
• Takes vital signs to include temperature, pulse, heart rate, respiratory rate.

Required:

• Active NYS, Home Health Aide Certification. Drivers License.

Benefits:

• Tuition Reimbursement
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Self-Autonomy
• Generous PTO provided
• Healthcare, Dental, 401k, etc.

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY Working conditions: Essential: * Significant manual skills / motor coord & finger dexterity * Significant occupational risk * Significant exposure to dirt, odor, noise, human waste, etc. EOE, including disability/vets. We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources.