Home Health Aide - PRN

Responsibilities

• Carry out assigned tasks on clients and follow Home Health Aide Care Plans.
• Perform delegated tasks after instruction by RN or PT.
• Bathe clients, assist with showers and partial baths as appropriate.
• Assist clients with proper exercises and assist PT in the rehabilitation for client when applicable.
• Help client maintain personal hygiene and assist with all aspects of activities of daily living.
• Answer client questions about self-care techniques and give instructions that will assist family, client, and family/support in providing care.
• Absorb and execute PT instructions for client.
• Absorb and execute RN instructions for client.
• Absorb and execute physician's orders for client.
• Assist client in getting ready for doctor appointments.
• Take and record vital signs as assigned, including blood pressure, temperature, respiration.

Qualifications

• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) strongly preferred.
• Must be registered and listed in good standing on the Nurse Aide Registry in the state of employment.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a home health or hospice setting.
• Minimum of 1 year of full-time experience in direct client care in an institutional setting (hospital or nursing facility).
• Must have the ability to recognize the needs of people, to maintain good relationships with people, and have the capacity to make meaningful observations and communicate them to the supervisor.