Caregivers, HHA, CNA
6 days ago
Lauderdale Lakes
Job Description JOB SUMMARY The Home Health Aide provides various personal care and related paraprofessional services in accordance with an established plan of care. Provides for the personal needs and comfort of patients in their homes. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Customer Focus: • Regularly monitors customer satisfaction, striving to provide an extraordinary client experience, • Performs personal care activities contained in a written assignment by the supervisor, which includes but is not limited to, assisting the patient with activities of daily living such as: o Personal hygiene (toileting, bathing, care of mouth, skin and hair) o Ambulation o Eating o Dressing o Shaving o Meal Preparation • Performs other assigned activities which are taught by a nurse, for a specific patient, which includes but are not limited to: o Assisting with the change of ostomy appliances o Reinforcement of dressings (non-sterile) o Assisting with lifting and transfers o Assisting with the use of devices for aid in daily living (cane, walker, wheelchair or lift device) o Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises o Assisting with self-administered simple urine tests for sugar acetone or albumin (may not interpret results) o Measuring and preparing special diets o Measuring intake and output o Taking vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations and blood pressure) o Application of an external (condom-type) catheter o Assisting with application of arm sling, arm splint or leg splint Likability/Passion: • Builds and maintains trusting relationships with clients, • Warm, sensitive, compassionate, and puts clients at ease, • The Home Health Aide performs light housekeeping tasks that will facilitate the patient’s self-care at home. These tasks include, but are not limited to: o Vacuuming or dusting o Sweeping or mopping floors o Doing dishes o Laundry o Cleaning bathrooms Resourcefulness/Initiative: • Innovates techniques to gain client interaction and improve satisfaction, • Always looks for a way to improve how they perform their job and make the lives of their clients better, • Passionately finds ways to overcome barriers Judgment/Decision-Making: • Demonstrates consistent logic, rationality and objectivity in decision-making, • Achieves balance between quick decisiveness and slower, more thorough approaches, • Always puts the client’s welfare first Listening: • “Tunes in” and listens to the opinions, feelings and needs of clients, • Has the ability to be attuned to the client’s needs, even if they are unable to communicate, • Understands the impact of one’s behavior on others Integrity: • Remains consistent in terms of what one says and does in terms of behavior toward others, • Maintains confidentiality about the patient and patient’s family unless divulging information is essential for the safety, well-being, and protection of the client, • Does not ethically cut corners Accountability: • Fosters high levels of accountability by adhering to Right at Home policies and procedures, • Performs work under the supervision of the Staffing Coordinator/Operations Manager, • The Personal Care Assistant is responsible for written documentation of service provided, using the Client Care Record, • Immediately reports any changes in the client Verbal Communication: • Able to communicate crucial details regarding the client’s care, in clear and simple terms, • Keeps Right at Home and all applicable parties informed, • The Home Health Aide should not contact the physician directly, but rather refer all questions or reports to the nursing supervisor or appropriate party Adaptability: • Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and client needs, • Approaches stubborn or uncooperative clients with patience and flexibility, • Not rigid in emotional or personal capacities First Impression: • Creates positive first impressions through appropriate body language, eye contact, posture, voice qualities, and attire, • Does not let personal issues get in the way of professional responsibilities, • Professional and kind in demeanor and approach The Home Health Aide will NOT perform any of the following: • Perform heavy duty household cleaning such as washing walls, waxing floors, washing windows, etc., • Household repairs or maintenance, • Yard care or maintenance The Home Health Aide will NOT perform any of the following medical cares: • Sterile dressing change, • Irrigation of body cavities such as enemas, colostomy or wound, • Gastric lavage or gavage, • Catheterization, • Administration of oral medications, eye drops or medicated skin ointments, • Administration parenteral or IV medications, • Application of heat by any method, • Naso-gastric or gastrostomy tube feedings or care, • Tracheostomy tube care, • Suctioning of the nose, mouth or tracheostomy, • Nail care on a patient with diabetes or compromised circulation, • Any personal health service that has not been included on the paraprofessional task sheet NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS • Performs other duties as directed by the supervisor consistent with this job description and related to client’s independent living where the client cannot perform such duties due to the client’s health or age limitations. EDUCATION / SKILLS / ABILITIES / AVAILABILITY • High school graduate of G.E.D. certificate preferred, • Six months experience as a Home Health Aide in health care (in homes or facilities) and successful completion of a State approved Nurse Aide or Home Health Aide course • The Home Health Aide shall have successfully completed a Competency Evaluation that meets the State licensing law for home health agencies • Must have a sympathetic attitude toward the care of the sick, and ability to deal effectively with the demands of the job • Current CPR Certificate is recommended, • Meets the requirements for employees providing direct patient care, • Read, write, speak and understand English as needed for the job, • Has a valid driver’s license and use of an insured automobile for work or access to adequate transportation