Home Health Aide (Hamilton County)

Select Home Health Services, LLC is NOW HIRING Home Health Aides!

• Patient Territories: East Indianapolis | S. Hamilton County or N. Hamilton/Howard Counties and Kokomo
• Competitive Salary
• Indiana Certified Home Health Aide, required
• Flexible Schedule
• Mileage reimbursement

The Company

Select Home Health Services, Inc. is a central Indiana, clinician based, locally owned and operated, skilled home health care agency providing skilled nursing and rehabilitation services.

Job Summary

Our Certified Home Health Aides provide supportive and personal services for the patients with consideration of dignity and privacy. Provide personal care and hygiene to home health patients.

Job Responsibilities

 The person in this position must be able to perform the following essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations.

• Follow the instructions of the professional nurse/therapist in providing care.
• Provide assistance with hygiene such as bathing, oral care, and dressing.
• Perform and record accurate measurements (i.e. vital signs, or intake/output as instructed in the care plans).
• Observe and report any safety hazards found in the client’s home or any significant
• observations regarding the client.
• Attend staff meetings, attend/complete minimum state and federal standards of annual in-services, and participates in orientation of new employees.
• Report patient complaints to the RN.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and adheres to HIPPA requirements and agency Policy and Procedure manual.
• Possess the ability to follow written and oral instructions.
• Report abnormal findings in patient’s conditions as observed and per RN care plan.

Perform the following task when delegated by the RN

• Non-invasive and non-sterile treatments
• Collection and documentation of vital signs, height, weight, I/O, environmental situations, and client behaviors
• Ambulation, positioning, and turning
• Transportation
• Personal hygiene and elimination (irritations, enemas)
• Feeding
• Socialization
• ADLS
• Health teaching reinforcement that has been planned and reinforced by the RN.

Education, Licensure(s) and Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited High School or equivalent preferred.
• Ability to read, write and follow directions.
• Must have a valid Indiana Certified Home Health Aide license.
• A minimum of one year full-time experience in direct patient care in an institutional setting (hospital or nursing facility) or one year full-time experience within the last five years in direct client care in an agency setting.
• Work positively and favorably with patients, families, and staff.
• Demonstrate compassion, responsibility, and cheerful attitude.
• Listed on the nurse aide registry with no finding against the aide relating to client abuse, neglect or misappropriation of client property.

Select Home Health Services, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity agency. Our policy is to hire and promote for all jobs without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, physical or mental disability, veteran status or age. Decisions on employment and promotion are based solely upon an individual’s qualifications, with reference to the skills and abilities of the position for which the individual is being considered.