Certified Home Health Aide - Home Care (Full Time Days/Evenings)

Location: Rochester Regional Health – Home Care, 800 West Miller Street, Newark, NY 14513. Full‑time, 40 hours per week, days/evening shifts.

Summary

As a Certified Home Health Aide (HHA), you will provide care to clients in their home, following their plan of care. You make a positive difference each and every day by demonstrating care and compassion to our patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Help provide a comprehensive plan to meet clients’ needs, daily as well as long term.
• Maintain records of client’s daily activities, including general condition of client.
• Aid in client’s daily routine, including personal care, light housekeeping, errands, and meal preparations.
• Accurately and timely complete aide activity sheets, submitting them as specified by department policies.
• Attend a minimum of 12 hours of annual in‑service education.
• Communicate any concerns/changes in client condition to appropriate staff in a timely manner and document on the Aide Activity sheet.
• Keep family and staff informed of clients’ activities and concerns.
• Complete annual skill competency program per NYS regulation.
• Perform other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Ability to meet one of the following eligibility requirements for competency:

• HHA Certified (per NYS DOH regulations, the Certified Home Health Aide must have provided compensated services within the previous 24 consecutive months).
• Currently certified CNA along with completion of written test and one‑day HHA skills competency class within 4 days of hire.
• Documented home health aide or nurse aide training and competency evaluation from an out‑of‑state training program.
• Nursing student who has documented evidence of successful completion of coursework requiring mastery of home health aide tasks within the past 24 months – Fundamentals of Nursing – and must show completion of written test and one‑day HHA skills competency class within 4 days of hire.
• Veteran trained in the United States Military as medical technician or medic, must show completion of written test and one‑day HHA skills competency class within 4 days of hire.

Valid NYS Driver’s License required.

Licenses / Certifications

• HHA – Home Health Aide certification – NYS Office of Professions.
• Valid New York State Driver’s License – NYSDMV.

Physical Requirements

Frequent driving combined with mobile clinical care across settings such as emergency response, mobile clinics, and home health environments. Staff must repeatedly enter and exit vehicles, occasionally lift and carry equipment weighing up to 100 lb. or more, and perform care within patients’ homes or other confined, unpredictable, or uncontrolled environments. Strong fine and gross motor control, firm grasping, and heightened visual and auditory awareness are required. Emotional and cognitive demands are substantial due to rapid decision‑making, direct exposure to critical or sensitive situations, and independent management of patient care. Environmental exposures may include traffic hazards, infectious agents, extreme temperatures, variable home conditions, and hazardous materials. Valid licensure, physical readiness, and flexibility for extended or on‑call schedules are typically required. Accommodations will be considered for any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee or their physician.

Pay Range

$18.65 – $20.00 per hour (full‑time). The listed base pay range is a good‑faith representation of current potential base pay for a successful full‑time applicant and may be modified in the future. Pay is determined by factors including experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts.