Home Care Aide

Zion's Way Home Health and Hospice • Blanding, UT

4d

About The Position

A Home Care Aide per f orms tas k s t ha t e n a ble t h e cli en t t o r e ma i n in t h e ho m e by s u ppl e me n tin g t h e client' s a bilities f or ho me ma n a ge m e nt.

Requirements

• Is at l eas t e i gh t e e n y ears of a g e.
• Has at l eas t o n e y e ar o f e x peri e nc e as a caregiver, h o mema k er or home care aide.
• Has h a d w ork or li f e e x p erien c e as a caregiver, h o mema k er or home care aide.
• Succes s fully c o mpl e te s t h e h o me health aide c o m p et e ncy eva l u a tio n .
• Has t h e a bility t o r e a d a nd follo w writt e n in s tr u ction s a nd do c u m e nt s ervice s prov i d e d.
• Has e m p a t hy f or t h e n e ed s o f t h e ill, i njur e d, frail a n d i m p aire d .
• Must b e a licen s e d driver wi t h a n a ut o mobil e t h at is i nsur e d i n ac c or d an c e wi t h s t a t e a n d org a nizat i o n re q uir e m e nts a n d is i n g o od w orkin g order OR mu s t mai n ta i n a sa f e a n d effici e nt met h o d o f tr a ns p ort a tion a i med at arrivin g to w ork a s sc h e d ul e d.

Responsibilities

• Assists or performs personal care tasks including ADLs and IADLs to enable client to re- main safe in the home environment, maintain capacity to function, delay disease and pre- vent regression.
• Provide s h om e mak i n g service s for t h e ill, in j ured , impair e d, dis a bl e d or a g e d .
• Observ e s t he cl i en t for c h a n ges i n g e neral p h y sical a nd me n tal c o n diti o ns. R e ports a n y ch a n g es no t e d t o t h e c linical manager or s u pervi s or.
• Ke e ps t h e h ome c l e a n a n d or d erly.
• Plans meals a n d purc h a s es f o o d a n d h ou s e h o l d s u ppl i es, as a p propri a te.
• Prepa r es a n d ser v es nutrit i ous meals ac c ordi n g t o t he cl i ent’ s a nd c ar e giver' s n e e ds a n d the client' s servic e s d elivery pl a n.
• W ashes dis h es a n d cl e an s t he ki t c h en af t er meals.
• Assists t he cl i en t a nd car e giver i n t he practi c e of s af e ty, hyg i e n e, a n d g o od n u trition where p o ssibl e .
• Does cli e nt’s l a u n dry.
• A d h eres to t h e d o c ume n tat i o n a nd c are pro c e dure s a nd st a n d ards o f p erso n al a n d pro f essi o nal c o n du c t.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed