Part Time Home Health Aide Needed for Two Weekend Overnights

Job Description

Job Description

Come work for a home health agency with A Higher Standard!

We are currently hiring full and part time home health aids and STNAs. This posting is specifically for Third Shift (7p-7a) Saturday and Sunday in Green Hills.

Position Responsibilities Summary:

The Home Health Aide is a member of the home care team who works under the supervision of a registered nurse and performs various personal care services as necessary to meet the client's needs. The home health aide is responsible for observing clients, reporting these observations, and documenting observations and care performed.

The Home Health Aide will be assigned in a manner that promotes quality, continuity, and safety of a client's care.

Directly Supervises:

Indirectly Supervises:

None

None

Key Leadership, Management, and Accountabilities (LMA):

Provide client care as directed by the Director of Nursing or Registered Nurse Supervisor.

Values-based Competencies:

The Home Health Aide must consistently demonstrate and foster the following core values during all interactions with clients and other employees. Core values are the key behaviors that determine our decision-making at BrightStar.

Be open and positive

Serve with passion

Do the right thing

Do what you say

Make it great

Qualifications:

High school diploma or GED

Minimum of one (1) year of healthcare or relevant caregiving experience

Certified in CPR and First Aide, or willing to become certified before starting work

Have reliable transportation

Self-directing with the ability to work with little direct supervision

Empathy for the needs of the client

Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills

Ability to express spoken and/or written ideas in English

The ability to treat clients, staff and the public with courtesy, respect and present a positive public image.

Work as a team member

Ensure confidentiality and security of the client's medical information

Job Limitations:

The home health aide will not function in any manner viewed as the practice of nursing according to the State's Nurse Practice Act. Specifically, the home health aide will not administer medications, take physician's orders or perform procedures requiring the training, knowledge and skill of a licensed nurse.

Working Conditions:

Contact with client in their living environment. May be required to respond in an emergency situation. Travel required. Position includes tasks that have the potential for exposure to blood and other potentially infectious material (OPIM) such as body fluids/tissues.

Personal Protective Equipment:

May include gloves, mask, eye protection, CPR shield and disposable outer covering. All required protective equipment provided by BrightStar

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to stand walk, squat, bend, kneel, reach, twist, push and pull.

Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

Travel Requirements:

• Limited travel within the greater Cincinnati area as needed for various staff and client care service needs.
• Up to 10% or as directed based on the needs of the business and attending job required training and conferences
• All travel time between clients (not to and from home) will be paid