Home Health Personal Care HHA

Home Health Aide HHA
NHC Home Midlands is looking for a HHA to join our team! The HomeCare Aide performs assigned functions of personal care to the patient in the home under the direction, instruction, and supervision of the Registered Professional Nurse.
Position: Home Health Aide
Must have an active SC CNA certification with home health aide training hours
Documentation of successful completion of a training program consisting of at least 75 total hours, including at least 16 hours of classroom instruction and at least 16 hours of supervised practical training meeting the content requirements of the Federal Register, August 14, 1989
# Successful completion of the written and on-site HomeCare Aide Competency Evaluation prior to performing patient care independently.

Renders personal care to patients under the direction and supervision of the Registered Nurse. Personal care may include:

Bathing, oral hygiene, care of the skin, hair and dressing.
Assistance with elimination (use of bedside commode, bedpan or in getting to and from the bathroom; routine catheter care and colostomy care, not including irrigation).
Assistance with repositioning, transfers and/or ambulation including the use of equipment such as lifts, wheelchairs, walkers, canes, etc.
Routine care of prosthetic and orthotic devices.
Assistance with medications which are ordinarily self-administered and do not require the skills of a licensed nurse to be provided safely and effectively.

• Assistance with prescribed exercises after adequate instruction and supervision has been given by appropriate professional personnel.
• Provides light cleaning of the patient's immediate environment to keep it safe and in order;

Participates in ongoing patient care coordination with all disciplines.
All NHC employees are committed as partners, not only to the health of our patients, but to the well-being of the communities we serve.
If you are interested in working for a leader in senior care and share NHC's values of honesty and integrity, please apply today and find out more about us at nhccare.com/locations/homecare-midlands.