Home Health Aide

Home Health Aide

Providence at Home with Compassus

The Home Health Aide is a trained paraprofessional who performs basic nursing or therapy functions, such as personal care, prescribed therapeutic exercises and household services essential to providing health care at home following a specific written plan of care. The Registered Nurse Clinical Case Manager supervises the Home Health Aide and the Home Health Aide plan of care in the home. If there is not an RN on the case, then a Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, or Speech Language Pathologist supervises the HHA and the POC for that case.

This is a collective bargaining position.

Schedule: Day shift, Monday - Friday, full time.

Pay Range: $18.63 - $27.11

Position Specific Responsibilities:

• Provides competent personal care as outlined on the Home Health Aide Plan of Care established by the patient, family caregiver and case manager.
• Recognizes that the plan of care identifies the tasks the HHA is allowed to perform and that any additional patient needs require development of a new plan of care by the case manager.
• Provides care in a safe comprehensive fashion treating each patient with dignity and respect while maintaining confidentiality.
• Performs basic nursing care as directed and instructed by the supervising nurse including taking and recording vital signs and temperature performing simple dressing changes and assisting with routine bowel care.
• Provides personal care including but not limited to bath assist oral and denture care skin hair and nail care shaving and nail trimming.
• Assists patient to use the bathroom or in using a bedpan or commode.
• Provides care of surgical or prosthetic appliances or devices as instructed including catheters colostomies leg braces and dentures.
• Assists with prescribed exercises as taught by the Physical Therapist Occupational Therapist or Registered Nurse and as described in the plan of care.
• Assists with positioning patients in bed and provides assistance with bed transfers ambulation and mobility.
• Assists patients with medications that are ordinarily self administered by the patient as directed by the Registered Nurse.
• Performs light housekeeping that facilitates the patient's self care at home and is necessary to support health and recovery.
• Observes and reports changes in condition body functions and needs to the professional responsible for the patient's care.
• Completes appropriate records and documentation of patient status and care or services furnished.
• Works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to develop implement and update the plan of care.
• Responds to urgent needs by prioritizing and triaging visits.
• Communicates schedule and work plan daily to supervisor Scheduler and other team members as appropriate.

Education and/or Experience:

• Required - Education to meet certification, license or registration requirements.
• AK: No Education Requirement
• AK: Preferred - 1 year Experience providing personal care, or working in homecare setting.
• CA: Preferred - 1 year Experience as a Home Health Aide.
• OR: Required - 2 years Experience (exception would be a nursing student with current CNA). Experience using electronic medical record software.
• WA: Preferred - 1 year Previous experience required as a nurse's aide, hospice aide, orderly, or related experience in an acute, rehabilitative, or long term care facility, or home health/hospice organization.

Certifications, Licenses, and Registrations:

• BLS Requirement: National Provider BLS required within 30 days of hire. American Heart Association. Vendor managed.

State Specific Requirements Other:

• In states where licensure is not required, applicants must complete a state approved nurse aide training program and have been continuously employed in that capacity for the previous 24 months.

Washington:

• To provide home health aide services in Washington, an individual must be Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) licensed by the Department of Health or have successfully completed a 75-hour home health aide training program approved by the Department of Health. Annual competency evaluation and ongoing supervision by a registered nurse is required. Driving may be necessary for this role. Caregivers must comply with state driving laws and requirements. Proof of driver license and auto insurance may be requested. See policy for additional information.

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