Certified Home Health Aide

Hebrew Rehabilitation Center•Dedham, MA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides personal care services to Home Health/Hospice patients as prescribed by a physician and in compliance with the Massachusetts nurse practice act, federal regulations, and other regulations governing Home Health/Hospice aide services. The aide meets patients’ personal care needs while promoting comfort, dignity, independence, and a safe, healthful environment. The position also supports terminally ill patients and their families, including providing respite care and helping improve patients’ quality of life during the final stage of life. The role reports to the Clinical Manager and is performed on-site.

Requirements

Maintain HHA or CNA credentials and renew the license on time.
Complete 12 hours of discipline-appropriate education in each 12-calendar-month period.
Earn at least 80% on each required education quiz; repeat the course and quiz if a quiz is not passed.
Perform duties within the aide’s training limitations and applicable state and federal regulations.
Follow Hospice policies and procedures and document services accurately and promptly.

Responsibilities

Provide emotional and physical support to terminally ill individuals and their families or significant others.
Help improve the quality of life of terminally ill individuals and provide respite care to family members and significant others caring for patients at home.
Promote patient and family independence and help maintain a safe, healthful environment.
Participate in the Interdisciplinary Group as appropriate.
Assist with personal care, including bathing, mouth and denture care, skin and foot care, grooming, dressing and undressing, transferring, ambulation, and turning and positioning patients for comfort.
Assist with household tasks essential to the patient’s health, including meal planning and preparation, feeding when appropriate, light housekeeping in the patient’s immediate environment, changing linens and making beds, and laundering patient clothing and bedding.
Provide companionship and life-enrichment activities, such as taking patients outdoors, reading, conversing, providing hand massages or other comforting activities, and assisting patients with social calls to family members.
Advocate for patients with facility staff.
Measure and record oral, rectal, or axillary temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure when ordered and within aide training limitations.
Meet patient safety needs, including safe use of equipment such as foot stools, side rails, step stools, wheelchairs, oxygen, and mechanical lifts.
Perform ordered range-of-motion exercises and other simple procedures as an extension of therapy services, within training limitations.
Assist patients with self-administration of medication by reminding them to take medications.
Perform or assist with activities in accordance with the personal services plan, such as changing ostomy appliances, reinforcing or changing simple non-sterile dressings, measuring intake and output, and external catheter care, when taught and supervised by an RN and permitted by applicable regulations.
Immediately report changes in patient condition or incidents to the RN Case Manager or Clinical Manager of Hospice Services.
Accurately document services on the day they are provided, date and sign documentation with credentials, and submit it promptly in accordance with Hospice policies and procedures.
Participate in appropriate staff development and discipline-specific education, including 12 hours of required education in each 12-calendar-month period, and achieve a score of at least 80% on each quiz. Retake courses and quizzes when required; patient visits involving a topic cannot be performed until the related quiz is passed.
Maintain skills and adhere to Hospice policies and procedures on an ongoing basis.
Maintain HHA or CNA credentials through appropriate education and timely license renewal.
Perform other duties as assigned by a superior.