Certified Home Heath Aid- CHHA- Hospice
Preferred Care Health Centers · Mercer County, NJ · 3 wk ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
Job Responsibilities
- Affords assistance with prescribed exercise and ROM activities.
- Provides assistance in toileting, positioning, and transfer activities, including frequent turning and positioning of a bed-bound resident/patient.
- Assists or assists in ADL activities such as personal hygiene, grooming, mouth care, skin care, and nail care.
- Affords or reminds the patient to take medication in compliance with regulatory and accrediting bodies.
- Affords or assists with light housekeeping of individual's personal unit or room, including changing of bed linen and patient laundry.
- Affords or assists with feeding and meals.
- Obtains temperature, pulse, and respiration as supervised by the Hospice Nurse.
- Reports any changes in resident's/patient's condition to the Hospice Nurse and, if in a facility, to the facility nurse and documents the information, including the date and time of the report and the person receiving the information.
Requirements
- HHA License in the state of NJ.
- Understands the hospice philosophy.
- Minimum of one year experience working in hospice.
- Dependable transportation.