Aide - Home Health - PRN

ATEX Healthcare Home Health • San Antonio, TX

7d

About The Position

The home health aide is a paraprofessional member of the home care team who works under the supervision of a registered nurse or therapist and performs personal care services to meet patients’ needs. The aide observes patients, reports those observations, and documents observations and care performed. Assignments are made to promote quality, continuity, and safety of patient care.

Requirements

• Meet training requirements in accordance with state and federal laws.
• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Ability to read, write, follow written instructions, and document care given.
• Ability to self-direct and work with little direct supervision.
• Empathy for the needs of ill, injured, frail, and impaired people.
• Demonstrate tact, patience, and good personal hygiene.
• Possess and maintain current CPR certification.
• Be a licensed driver and have an insured automobile in good working order, in accordance with state and/or organizational requirements.
• Be capable of performing the job functions with or without accommodations.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care, including baths, back rubs, oral hygiene, shampoos, changing bed linens, dressing and undressing assistance, skin care to prevent breakdown, toileting assistance, and keeping the patient’s living area clean.
• Plan and prepare nutritious meals and assist with feeding when necessary.
• Take and record oral, rectal, and axillary temperatures, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure when ordered and when the required skills competency has been completed and demonstrated.
• Assist with ambulation and exercise according to the plan of care.
• Perform range-of-motion and other simple procedures as an extension of therapy services when ordered and when the required skills competency has been completed and demonstrated.
• Assist the patient with self-administration of medication.
• Do the patient’s laundry as appropriate.
• Meet patients’ safety needs and use equipment safely and properly, such as foot stools and side rails.
• Report the patient’s condition and significant changes to the assigned nurse.
• Follow the company’s documentation and care procedures and standards of personal and professional conduct.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed