What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Health Aide position at Interim Healthcare?
What is in it for you :
What you can expect:
Reporting to the RN Case Manager. The Home Health Aide will be accountable for following care plans for assigned patients.
How you will make an impact:
Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
Working Conditions & Physical Effort:
We require COVID19 vaccination, or individuals with medical or religious beliefs or practices that prevent them from getting the vaccine may request an exemption from the vaccine requirement. Please note if approved for an exemption, we require weekly testing. (Please get in touch with Human Resources for details regarding the Medical and Religious exemption procedure).
Interim Healthcare, provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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- PTO eligibility after 1 year of service
- A commitment to work life balance with flexible scheduling
- Referral Bonus
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Weekly Direct Deposits
What you can expect:
Reporting to the RN Case Manager. The Home Health Aide will be accountable for following care plans for assigned patients.
How you will make an impact:
- Assists, performs, and trains patient/client and family in activities of daily living such as grooming, nail and skin care, oral hygiene, toileting and elimination and adequate nutritional intake
- Assists with incidental/instrumental activities of daily living such as shopping, meal preparation, socialization activities, homemaking and maintaining a clean and safe physical environment
- Assists in medication reminding/Assists in administering medications ordinarily self-administered
- Follows the assignment sheet/service plan performing only tasks that are assigned, completes tasks in a timely and professional manner
- Recognizes, reports, and records/documents changes in patient/client condition and safety to supervisor
Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:
- Eighteen (18) years of age or older.
- Active Home Health Aide license through the state of Indiana.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
- Two (2) positive references
- Pass state required criminal and abuse background checks where required.
- Able to effectively communicate in English with all levels of the workforce, both clinical and non-clinical
- Able to effectively communicate, including the ability to read, write, and verbally report clinical information to patients, patient representatives (if any), patients caregivers and family, and agency staff.
- Able to provide proof of valid driver's license, if applicable.
- Able to provide proof of valid auto liability insurance if assignment(s) include driving own vehicle to transport patient.
Working Conditions & Physical Effort:
- Able to constantly travel within geographic area serviced by office from assignment to assignment.
- Occasional exposure to communicable diseases, bloodborne pathogens and/or other potentially infectious or hazardous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment (e.g. face masks, goggles, latex and or non-latex gloves).
- Able to constantly stand, bend, stoop, squat, kneel and reach freely.
- Able to frequently lift, reposition, and transfer clients/patients.
- Medium physical activity that may require frequent lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 50 lbs.
We require COVID19 vaccination, or individuals with medical or religious beliefs or practices that prevent them from getting the vaccine may request an exemption from the vaccine requirement. Please note if approved for an exemption, we require weekly testing. (Please get in touch with Human Resources for details regarding the Medical and Religious exemption procedure).
Interim Healthcare, provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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