Health Aide, Treatment Mall-GRHS, Savannah

Georgia Department of Revenue • Savannah, GA

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About The Position

The Health Aide provides basic patient care and helps patients or clients develop daily living skills. The role includes completing documentation in patient and unit records, taking and recording vital signs as needed in the Electronic Medical Record, ensuring client safety and security, and observing and documenting patient data, behavior, and activity. The Health Aide prepares clients for treatments or examinations and may assist with bathing and activities of daily living.

The position provides training tailored to individuals’ needs, accompanies or transports individuals to appointments and activities, and helps maintain a safe, secure, clean, and attractive environment. It also supports admissions and orientation, recreation and socialization, mobility and exercise, medication-line identification, specimen collection, environmental rounds, group facilitation, crisis de-escalation, interdisciplinary treatment teams, and hospital-wide committees.

Requirements

• Meet one of the following minimum qualification pathways: high school diploma or GED and more than 36 months of experience in a related role; an associate degree and more than 24 months of experience in a related role; or more than 12 months of experience at the lower-level Health Aide 2 position or an equivalent role.
• Meet applicable employment evaluations, vaccination, licensure, and certification requirements. Potential requirements include drug screening, TB evaluation, and annual influenza vaccination.
• Complete national and state background checks as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience and/or education providing direct care services to individuals with mental health, substance abuse, or developmental-delay needs in a hospital, nursing home, or group home setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic patient care and help patients or clients develop daily living skills.
• Complete required documentation in individual, patient, and unit records.
• Take vital signs as needed and document them in the Electronic Medical Record.
• Observe and document patient data, behavior, and activity.
• Maintain awareness of individuals’ behavior and physical whereabouts to support their safety and security.
• Prepare clients for treatments or examinations and assist with bathing or activities of daily living as needed.
• Provide training in areas suited to individuals’ needs.
• Transport or accompany individuals to appointments, activities in various locations, and off-campus visits.
• Help maintain a safe, secure, clean, and attractive environment for individuals, visitors, and staff.
• Assist staff with admitting and orienting new individuals to units.
• Conduct recreation and socialization activities.
• Help clients walk, exercise, and move in and out of bed.
• Assist with identifying individuals in the medication line.
• Assist with lab draws and collection of bodily fluid specimens.
• Conduct environmental rounds.
• Participate in interdisciplinary treatment teams and crisis de-escalation.
• Serve on hospital-wide committees and facilitate groups.

Benefits

• Robust benefits package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED