Help at Home: Home-Health Aide

Position Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to provide clients with routine personal care, health care, housekeeping, errands, and assistance necessary to maintain the client’s ability to live in their home for as long as possible, in accordance with current regulations, policies, and government and facility guidelines.

Job Requirements

• 12th grade education or equivalent (preferred).
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification preferred, or willingness to become certified.

Shift

Shifts vary pending client needs and will include weekend and holiday rotations.

Essential Functions

• Perform assigned day‑to‑day functions and assist in other areas as needed.
• Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc.
• Monitor client’s physical and mental condition and report changes to the Director promptly.
• Remind clients to take medication at the appropriate times.
• Provide personal care including hair care, oral hygiene, bathing, grooming, and dressing.
• Assist clients with physical therapy exercises.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and healthy environment through light housekeeping (changing bed linens, dusting, vacuuming, cleaning kitchen and bathroom, laundry).
• Accompany clients to doctors’ offices and other outings, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.
• Provide companionship and stimulation (reading, walks, etc.).
• Keep clients dry by changing gowns, clothing, or linens when wet or soiled.
• Assist with bowel and bladder functions, including bathroom trips, bedpan/urinal, portable commode, and keep incontinent residents clean and dry.
• Check and report bowel movements and stool characteristics as instructed.
• Provide eye and ear care (warm/cold compresses, cleaning eyeglasses/hearing aids) as instructed.
• Assist in preparing residents for physical examinations and medical tests (lab work, x‑ray, therapy, dental appointments).
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
• Cooperate with inter‑departmental and facility personnel to ensure nursing services meet client needs.
• Make residents comfortable (provide water, adjust seating, assist to bed, etc.).
• Assist with loading/unloading residents from vehicles as necessary.
• Assist residents with bath functions (bed bath, tub or shower) as directed.
• Give backrubs as instructed.
• May assist with grocery shopping.
• Measure and record temperature, pulse, and respirations (TPR) as instructed.
• Check with clients routinely to ensure personal care needs are met according to their wishes.
• Report resident injuries of unknown source, including skin tears.
• Assist with application of slings, elastic bandages, binders, etc., as directed.
• Record and report data as instructed.
• Plan, purchase, prepare, and serve meals to clients and/or guests as required.
• Record clients’ food and fluid intake and report changes in eating habits.
• Ensure all care is provided in privacy and honor resident’s refusal of treatment, reporting such requests to the Director.

Essential Physical Demands

• Meet general health requirements set by facility policies, state, and federal guidelines.
• Transfer, push, pull, and lift up to 30 lb to a height of at least 5 ft and a distance of 100 ft.
• Frequent lifting of up to 50 lb, frequent pushing, standing, walking, squatting, forward bending, reaching forward, grasping light and firm objects.
• Occasional overhead reaching.

Pay and Benefits

Starting pay: $13.60 per hour (wage dependent on experience).

Full benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; vacation, sick, and holiday pay; discounted on‑site meals; flexible spending plans; pension plan; and on‑site childcare/pre‑school with reduced employee rates.