Home Health Aide
About the role
Become a part of our caring community As a Home Health Aide, reporting to the Associate Director, Branch Administration at CenterWell Home Health, you'll help patients regain strength, mobility and independence—all from the comfort of their homes. By delivering personalized care that focuses on rehabilitation and functional improvement, you'll empower individuals to overcome physical limitations, perform everyday activities with confidence and enjoy a better quality of life.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care to patient under the direction of the RN and according to the Aide Plan of Care (POC).
- Absorb and administer medications to patients as directed.
- Take accurate temperature, pulse and blood pressure measurements and report any abnormalities.
- Help maintain good personal hygiene by assisting with bathing, grooming, skin care, shaving, oral care, nail/foot care and other activities.
- Assist with feeding patients and communicate basic principles of nutrition, observe and record food and fluid intake.
- Safely position patients for meals and assist with feeding or support self-feeding.
- Assist with patient toileting including using bed pans/urinals, changing and positioning catheter bags and bag change procedures on well-regulated ostomies.
- Provide necessary skills to safely assist the patient with patient mobility, exercises, positioning/turning, transfers and ambulation per Plan of Care and CenterWell Home Health policy.
- Report changes and document pertinent information and care rendered to patient to ensure continuity of care.
- Document interactions with patients, caregivers, doctors and other staff members appropriately, legibly, thoroughly and in the amount of time allowed.
- Practice acceptable infection control principles.
- Help with other household tasks, including light laundry, bed changing and bed making, light meal preparation, light housekeeping and shopping (if no other assistance is available and an MD order is present).
Requirements
- Use your skills to make an impact Complete Certified Nursing Assistant or Certified Home Health Aide Program within the last 24 months
- Must meet applicable state certification requirements
- A valid driver's license, auto insurance, and reliable transportation are required
- Must be in good standing on the HHA Registry (if applicable) and have completed HHA/CNA course to work for a Medicare certified agency
- Minimum one year experience in the last 24 months as a Home Health Aide or Certified Nursing Assistant in a hospital, nursing home, home health/hospice agency
Qualifications
- Required Qualifications
- Additional Information
- Scheduled Weekly Hours
- Pay Range
- Description Of Benefits
Skills
- Communication skills
- Physical care skills
- Medication administration
- Personal hygiene assistance
- Feeding assistance
- Toileting assistance
- Transfer and ambulation assistance
- Infection control practices
- Household task assistance
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Paid time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Life insurance
- Many other opportunities
About Us
About CenterWell Home Health: CenterWell Home Health specializes in personalized, comprehensive home care for patients managing a chronic condition or recovering from injury, illness, surgery or hospitalization. Our care teams include nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, home health aides, and medical social workers – all working together to help patients rehabilitate, recover and regain their independence so they can live healthier and happier lives.
About CenterWell, a Humana company
About CenterWell, a Humana company: CenterWell is a leading healthcare services business focused on creating integrated and differentiated experiences that put our patients at the center of everything we do. The result is high-quality healthcare that is accessible, comprehensive and, most of all, personalized. As the largest provider of senior-focused primary care, a leading provider of home healthcare and a leading integrated home delivery, specialty, hospice and retail pharmacy, CenterWell is focused on whole health and addressing the physical, emotional and social wellness of our patients.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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