Home Health Aide (HHA)/CNA
for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc.
We need to include all details: The description about role, responsibilities lists, other responsibilities, restrictions, qualifications, state allowable training/certification, special requirements, essential functions/physical demands, direction received.
We need to decide where to put each piece.
About the role: first sentence: "The VITAS Home Health Aide (HHA) is a non-exempt employee, who is trained to provide personal care and services to hospice patients to augment care given by family members or other caregivers." That's it.
Responsibilities: Should include both the written assignment tasks and other responsibilities, plus the "may not be assigned" list? The "may not be assigned" is more about limitations; but it's still substantive. We'll include as a bullet list under Responsibilities maybe as a subheading? But we cannot add extra headings besides the allowed ones. We could include as part of Responsibilities list.
We need to preserve all details, so we need to list each responsibility exactly as in text. Let's extract:
Written assignment tasks:
- Performs only those personal care activities contained in a written assignment.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) helps the patient to maintain good personal hygiene.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) plans and prepare meals.
- Feeds or assist with feeding the patient when needed.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) assists the patient ambulation.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) assists with certain treatments as ordered by the physician, and taught and supervised by the nurse for a specific patient including:
- assist with the change of the colostomy bag;
- assist with the use of a walker or wheelchair;
- reinforcement of a dressing;
- assist with prescribed range of motion exercises;
- assist with prescribed ice cap or collar;
- measure intake and output of fluids;
- and assist with medications that are ordinarily self-administered.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) reads and records temperature, pulse and respiration.
Other responsibilities (not in written assignment):
- Home Health Aide (HHA) assists in maintaining a safe and healthy environment.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) promotes the patient’s mental alertness through involvement in activities of interest.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) provides simple emotional and psychological support to the patient, family, and other caregivers.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) reports any changes in the patient’s mental or physical condition or home situation to the VITAS Nurse and members of the interdisciplinary team.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) teaches basic personal care to the primary caregiver.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) practices basic infection control measures.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) observes, reports, and documents patient status and the care and activities provided.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) completes at least 12 hours of in-service training per calendar year.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) handles other tasks as assigned.
- The Home Health Aide (hha) May Not Be assigned by VITAS to any institutional setting.
- Change sterile dressings.
- Irrigate body cavities (such as an enema).
- Irrigate a colostomy or wound.
- Perform a gastric lavage or gavage.
- Catheterize a patient.
- Administer medications.
- Apply heat by any method.
- Care for a tracheotomy tube.
- Suction a patient.
- Provide any personal care that has not been assigned by the VITAS nurse or included in the plan of care.
Note: The last bullet "Provide any personal care that has not been assigned..." is a restriction.
We need to keep the exact phrasing? Probably okay to keep as is.
Qualifications: list:
- High School graduate or equivalent preferred.
- Meets personnel qualifications of a Home Health Aide as specified in 42 C.F.R. Section 484.4 and Section 484.36.
- Documented evidence of 75 hours of training as specified in 42 C.F.R. Sections 484.36 (a)(1).
- Documented evidence that Home Health Aide has successfully completed a Competency Evaluation program as described in 42 C.F.R. Section 484.36(b).
- State Allowable Training/Certification AL, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, MI, PA, TX, VA, WI CNA, HHA, HA CA CHHA CT Homemaker-Home Health Aide IL HHA, NA KS Home Health Aide certificate MO Home Health Aide NJ Homemaker-Home Health Aide OH Home Health Aide
We need to preserve that list exactly. It's a bit messy but we can keep as a single bullet or split? Probably better to keep as a bullet list with each state/certification? But the text is a run-on. We could keep as a single bullet containing the whole string. That preserves info.
Special Requirements (under Skills maybe):
- Home Health Aide (HHA) has the ability to read, write, and carry out directions.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) has the ability to travel per job requirements.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) has a telephone available in home.
Essential Functions/Physical Demands:
- The physical demands described for the Home Health Aide (HHA) are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of the Home Health Aide (HHA), the employee is regularly required to:
- Assist in lifting and transferring patients, as required.
- Lift objects in excess of 20 pounds
- Stand or walk in excess of one hour per day
- Talk and hear
- Specific vision abilities required by the Home Health Aide (HHA) include:
- Close vision
- Distance vision
- Ability to adjust focus
- The Home Health Aide (HHA) will be required to sit and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
Direction Received:
- Home Health Aide (HHA) reports directly to the VITAS Nurse.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) receives clinical direction from the VITAS Nurse.
We could put Direction Received under Requirements or maybe under Skills? But we have no specific heading for supervision. Could include under Requirements as "Supervision". But we must not invent headings. We could add a paragraph under Requirements about direction received. Or we could add a separate section? Not allowed unless it's one of the allowed headings. Could add under Requirements as a paragraph.
Thus Requirements section could include physical demands and direction received.
Skills section could include special requirements (ability to read/write/travel/telephone). Also maybe include "Ability to read, write, carry out directions" etc.
We need to decide what goes where.
Let's structure:
About the role
The VITAS Home Health Aide (HHA) is a non-exempt employee, who is trained to provide personal care and services to hospice patients to augment care given by family members or other caregivers.
Responsibilities
- Performs only those personal care activities contained in a written assignment.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) helps the patient to maintain good personal hygiene.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) plans and prepare meals.
- Feeds or assist with feeding the patient when needed.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) assists the patient ambulation.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) assists with certain treatments as ordered by the physician, and taught and supervised by the nurse for a specific patient including:
- assist with the change of the colostomy bag;
- assist with the use of a walker or wheelchair;
- reinforcement of a dressing;
- assist with prescribed range of motion exercises;
- assist with prescribed ice cap or collar;
- measure intake and output of fluids;
- and assist with medications that are ordinarily self-administered.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) reads and records temperature, pulse and respiration.
- OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE HOME HEALTH AIDE (HHA) NOT INCLUDED IN A WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT MAY INCLUDE:
- Home Health Aide (HHA) assists in maintaining a safe and healthy environment.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) promotes the patient’s mental alertness through involvement in activities of interest.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) provides simple emotional and psychological
for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc. We need to include all details: The description about role, responsibilities lists, other responsibilities, restrictions, qualifications, state allowable training/certification, special requirements, essential functions/physical demands, direction received. We need to decide where to put each piece. About the role: first sentence: "The VITAS Home Health Aide (HHA) is a non-exempt employee, who is trained to provide personal care and services to hospice patients to augment care given by family members or other caregivers." That's it. Responsibilities: Should include both the written assignment tasks and other responsibilities, plus the "may not be assigned" list? The "may not be assigned" is more about limitations; but it's still substantive. We'll include as a bullet list under Responsibilities maybe as a subheading? But we cannot add extra headings besides the allowed ones. We could include as part of Responsibilities list. We need to preserve all details, so we need to list each responsibility exactly as in text. Let's extract: Written assignment tasks: - Performs only those personal care activities contained in a written assignment. - Home Health Aide (HHA) helps the patient to maintain good personal hygiene. - Home Health Aide (HHA) plans and prepare meals. - Feeds or assist with feeding the patient when needed. - Home Health Aide (HHA) assists the patient ambulation. - Home Health Aide (HHA) assists with certain treatments as ordered by the physician, and taught and supervised by the nurse for a specific patient including: - assist with the change of the colostomy bag; - assist with the use of a walker or wheelchair; - reinforcement of a dressing; - assist with prescribed range of motion exercises; - assist with prescribed ice cap or collar; - measure intake and output of fluids; - and assist with medications that are ordinarily self-administered. - Home Health Aide (HHA) reads and records temperature, pulse and respiration. Other responsibilities (not in written assignment): - Home Health Aide (HHA) assists in maintaining a safe and healthy environment. - Home Health Aide (HHA) promotes the patient’s mental alertness through involvement in activities of interest. - Home Health Aide (HHA) provides simple emotional and psychological support to the patient, family, and other caregivers. - Home Health Aide (HHA) reports any changes in the patient’s mental or physical condition or home situation to the VITAS Nurse and members of the interdisciplinary team. - Home Health Aide (HHA) teaches basic personal care to the primary caregiver. - Home Health Aide (HHA) practices basic infection control measures. - Home Health Aide (HHA) observes, reports, and documents patient status and the care and activities provided. - Home Health Aide (HHA) completes at least 12 hours of in-service training per calendar year. - Home Health Aide (HHA) handles other tasks as assigned. - The Home Health Aide (hha) May Not Be assigned by VITAS to any institutional setting. - Change sterile dressings. - Irrigate body cavities (such as an enema). - Irrigate a colostomy or wound. - Perform a gastric lavage or gavage. - Catheterize a patient. - Administer medications. - Apply heat by any method. - Care for a tracheotomy tube. - Suction a patient. - Provide any personal care that has not been assigned by the VITAS nurse or included in the plan of care. Note: The last bullet "Provide any personal care that has not been assigned..." is a restriction. We need to keep the exact phrasing? Probably okay to keep as is. Qualifications: list: - High School graduate or equivalent preferred. - Meets personnel qualifications of a Home Health Aide as specified in 42 C.F.R. Section 484.4 and Section 484.36. - Documented evidence of 75 hours of training as specified in 42 C.F.R. Sections 484.36 (a)(1). - Documented evidence that Home Health Aide has successfully completed a Competency Evaluation program as described in 42 C.F.R. Section 484.36(b). - State Allowable Training/Certification AL, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, MI, PA, TX, VA, WI CNA, HHA, HA CA CHHA CT Homemaker-Home Health Aide IL HHA, NA KS Home Health Aide certificate MO Home Health Aide NJ Homemaker-Home Health Aide OH Home Health Aide We need to preserve that list exactly. It's a bit messy but we can keep as a single bullet or split? Probably better to keep as a bullet list with each state/certification? But the text is a run-on. We could keep as a single bullet containing the whole string. That preserves info. Special Requirements (under Skills maybe): - Home Health Aide (HHA) has the ability to read, write, and carry out directions. - Home Health Aide (HHA) has the ability to travel per job requirements. - Home Health Aide (HHA) has a telephone available in home. Essential Functions/Physical Demands: - The physical demands described for the Home Health Aide (HHA) are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - While performing the duties of the Home Health Aide (HHA), the employee is regularly required to: - Assist in lifting and transferring patients, as required. - Lift objects in excess of 20 pounds - Stand or walk in excess of one hour per day - Talk and hear - Specific vision abilities required by the Home Health Aide (HHA) include: - Close vision - Distance vision - Ability to adjust focus - The Home Health Aide (HHA) will be required to sit and stoop, kneel, and crouch. Direction Received: - Home Health Aide (HHA) reports directly to the VITAS Nurse. - Home Health Aide (HHA) receives clinical direction from the VITAS Nurse. We could put Direction Received under Requirements or maybe under Skills? But we have no specific heading for supervision. Could include under Requirements as "Supervision". But we must not invent headings. We could add a paragraph under Requirements about direction received. Or we could add a separate section? Not allowed unless it's one of the allowed headings. Could add under Requirements as a paragraph. Thus Requirements section could include physical demands and direction received. Skills section could include special requirements (ability to read/write/travel/telephone). Also maybe include "Ability to read, write, carry out directions" etc. We need to decide what goes where. Let's structure:
About the role
The VITAS Home Health Aide (HHA) is a non-exempt employee, who is trained to provide personal care and services to hospice patients to augment care given by family members or other caregivers.
Responsibilities
- Performs only those personal care activities contained in a written assignment.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) helps the patient to maintain good personal hygiene.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) plans and prepare meals.
- Feeds or assist with feeding the patient when needed.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) assists the patient ambulation.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) assists with certain treatments as ordered by the physician, and taught and supervised by the nurse for a specific patient including:
- assist with the change of the colostomy bag;
- assist with the use of a walker or wheelchair;
- reinforcement of a dressing;
- assist with prescribed range of motion exercises;
- assist with prescribed ice cap or collar;
- measure intake and output of fluids;
- and assist with medications that are ordinarily self-administered.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) reads and records temperature, pulse and respiration.
- OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE HOME HEALTH AIDE (HHA) NOT INCLUDED IN A WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT MAY INCLUDE:
- Home Health Aide (HHA) assists in maintaining a safe and healthy environment.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) promotes the patient’s mental alertness through involvement in activities of interest.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) provides simple emotional and psychological