CHHA - Certified Home Health Aide

Pines Village

Care Partner - CHHA - Certified Home Health Aide

Full Time/Part Time - All Shifts

7-3 Per Diem

3-11 - 1 FT 5 day a week 3 part time 3 and 2 week a day positions

11-7 - 1 PT 3 day a week position

All positions require every other weekend

We offer

$18/hr starting rate

Comprehensive benefit package, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

401(K) available after 3 months with match after 1 year and 1000 hours

Generous PTO package

Our Promise to our team

Our team members are the most important asset of Pines Village.

We support creativity, compassion, positive attitude, respect, and teamwork.  We encourage individual growth to reach maximum potential.

Fellowship Senior Living supports a work environment where diversity, integrity, and excellence are embraced, family is valued, and Fellowship Spirt is strengthened.

JOB SUMMARY: Under direction of the Nurse Partner and Team Leader, provides direct care to residents to meet their daily needs and enable them to function at the highest possible level.  While this care is provided under the leadership of the Nurse Partner (RN/LPN), the Care Partner is the residents’ closest advocate in the Household.  The Care Partner promotes the residents’ well-being through meaningful relationship-building and works with the Household team to meet the social needs of the resident. The Care Partner supports and facilitates social activities for residents which provide meaningful ways to spend time as recreation, exercise, and relationship-building. All Care Partner tasks are performed in accordance with current standards, guidelines, and regulations, and in a safe and efficient manner. Personally responsible and held accountable for following Fellowship Senior Living’s mission and values while maintaining and living out our philosophy of person directed care.

            CORE FUNCTIONS

• Attends to all resident personal hygiene and care needs, including but not limited to grooming, dining and nutrition, mobility, elimination, psychosocial and safety needs.
• Performs special delegated procedures including taking vital signs and weight, feeding, measuring intake and output.
• Turns and transfers residents; assists with ambulation
• Ensures residents' personal laundry is maintained in quality condition.
• Supports residents in self-care and assists those unable to provide for their own needs.
• Escorts and transports residents within Pines Village.
• Responds quickly and empathically to all residents’ requests for assistance and care.
• Observes residents closely, identifying changing needs and conditions at first indication, and reports immediately to nursing or neighborhood leadership as appropriate.
• Completes resident care records and gives/receives report each shift.
• Works with Household team members, led by resident and family preference and Daily Pleasures to meet the needs and desires of all Household residents.
• Supports the Household housekeeper in maintaining a clean, safe environment and in caring for the residents’ personal laundry.
• Supports all aspects of the Household environment, including pets, plants, and guests, facilitating all planned and spontaneous needs and activities.
• Continually seeks opportunities to meet residents’ psychosocial needs through both care planned and spontaneous actions.
• Follows universal precautions, proper infection control, sanitation, and safety standards of practice in all work and activities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Person-Directed, Quality-Focused: Care Partners must develop an innate ability to observe and connect with residents in a way that gives them clear insights into each individual’s Daily Pleasures and concerns. Care Partners must demonstrate the intention to strive for high efficiency while always respecting and preserving residents’ personhood
• Leadership: Care Partners must take an active role in shaping Household life. They should see their contribution to the Household as highly significant. 
• Critical Thinking: Care Partners should possess strong abilities to shape their practices and responses to specific situations around individual residents’ needs and preferences. Work with the Nurse Partner/Leader to find plausible solutions/responses that are resident-centered and appropriate. Care Partners should be assertive about sharing their own input, observations and suggestions with others.
• Community and Team Builder: Care Partners should have strong team skills, both in terms of participating in team decisions and completing tasks in a team format. They should be skilled at facilitating residents’ involvement in community meetings. They should have a sense of belonging, as well as ownership, with regard to their own neighborhood. 
• Conflict Resolution: Care Partners should have a good understanding of healthy conflict resolution techniques, and demonstrate a willingness to work out any personal conflicts with others in a way that is in keeping with the neighborhood culture.
• Interpersonal Sensitivity and Communication Skills: Care Partners should have a strong ability to communicate with residents clearly and respectfully, without patronizing or manipulating. Care Partners should be sensitive to the issues and difficulties that frail elders may face, both physically and emotionally. Care Partners should be able to clearly give feedback and ask for information from other team members and family members as necessary. Courteous and cooperative interaction with guests, family members, and team members.
• Dementia Sensitivity: Demonstrates an ability to facilitate the ability of persons living with dementia to enjoy daily life of the neighborhood in meaningful ways. Demonstrates an understanding of – and intention to avoid – care giving practices that detract from a person’s sense of personhood. Is sensitive to the particular challenges a person living with dementia faces in terms of communicating their needs and Daily Pleasures, as well as maintaining a sense of personhood, in the face of degrading cognitive abilities.
• Interpersonal Sensitivity and Communication Skills: Relates well with residents and is able to motivate and empathize. Has strong ability to elicit residents’ input into shaping activities. Able to facilitate resident involvement to greatest degree.

FELLOWSHIP SPIRIT:

• Consistently and actively embraces and embodies the 14 Commitments, Our Promise to Our Team, Our Mission, Foundation of Service, and Core Values.
• Supports the program with daily implementation of functions [i.e. Daily Huddles, use of Value Cards] and demonstration of the Foundational Documents.
• Ensures that each team member obtains Fellowship Spirit certification, as well as attends additional training and educational programs. Displays behavior that produces exceptional service and positive experiences with all those we care for and serve.
• Demonstrates supportive and caring assistance to all those we care for and serve in a dignified, respectful manner, demonstrating an understanding of person directed lifestyle.
• Displays behavior that supports Fellowship’s mission, vision, values, and policies; consistently performs position responsibilities in a professional and ethical manner.
• Displays ability and willingness to contribute to the team by communicating effectively and consistently; follows rules and procedures; participates in decision making and problem solving; and offers new ideas and suggestions to maximize team performance for the benefit of all those we care for and serve, as well as fellow team members.

MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Current and valid CHHA certification
• High school graduate or GED preferred, but not required

• Strong interpersonal skills necessary to communicate and respond effectively to the instructions and requests from a diverse group of residents, visitors and staff and provide information with courtesy and tact

• Clear written and oral communication skills in English in person and over the telephone
• Must possess a strong work ethic. Must be dependable and have a clear understanding of the need for punctuality and limited absences, ensuring all members of the neighborhood are fully supported in their daily activities
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them with autonomy and accountability

• Other duties as assigned. There are times based upon unusual work volume (increase or decrease), emergencies, or severe weather conditions, when it will become necessary for you to accept and perform a work assignment or assist with tasks which are outside of your regular duties or cross-trained assignment in which you possess the basic knowledge and skill to perform the assignment safely 
• Must demonstrate willingness and availability to work in the event of call-outs or other emergency situations (i.e. weather or other natural disaster) where overtime may be required

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintains confidentiality and follows proper chain of command when passing along information, changes, or concerns of residents.
• Maintain a safe, comfortable, and functional work environment by assessing/reporting potential hazards, encouraging continuous quality improvement.
• Actively participate in being part of a learning and teaching organization.  Willingness to continue to learn and seek improvement.  Attend in-service training programs.
• Attend patient care conferences and interdisciplinary team meetings, providing consultation, education, and support.
• Stay informed of and adapt to changes in the senior living industry, as well as company policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Accurate, detailed, and dependable, with a commitment to the highest quality standards.
• Other duties as assigned: There are times based upon unusual work volume (increase or decrease), emergencies, or severe weather conditions, when it will become necessary for you to accept and perform a work assignment or assist with tasks which are outside of your regular duties or cross-trained assignment in which you possess the basic knowledge and skill to perform the assignment safely.
• Availability for weekend and holiday work and willingness to work overtime to handle emergencies are required.
• Keep informed of company policies and procedures, answers related internal and external questions.
• This job description is only a summary and is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities. Nothing herein shall preclude Fellowship Senior Living from changing these duties, from time to time, and assigning comparable duties or other duties commensurate with the experience and background of the incumbent.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

The Care Partner must be able to function independently, have flexibility, and demonstrate personal integrity when working with residents, families, the Household team, and support agencies.  The Care Partner may be in close contact with individuals who have infectious diseases and may be subject to the handling of harmful chemicals, infectious waste, unhygienic conditions, and potentially hazardous compounds, solutions, supplies, and equipment.  The Care Partner must observe rigid, standardized guidelines to guard against disease, accidents, and other dangers by wearing personal protective equipment when needed.  Requires physical activity and moderate movement throughout the workday to perform daily duties.  Requires the ability to stand, walk, push, pull, carry, move, bend, kneel, squat, reach, stretch, and lift a maximum of 35 lbs. The Care Partner is often subject to stressful, uncomfortable, and emotional situations/individuals.

COVID-19 considerations:

The Pines requires all employees to be full vaccinated against Covid-19 and be able to show proof at the time of hire. Per New Jersey Executive Order 283, all employees working in a long term care setting must be "Up to date" on all vaccinations including any booster shot for which you are eligible per NJ department of health guidelines.  Pines Village, in compliance with the NJ Department of Health, require all team members be vaccinated against the flu or have a valid medical exemption from your personal physician.