Home Health Aide (HHA)/CNA for Case in DuBois
About The Position
The Home Health Aide/CNA provides hands-on personal care to patients or clients in their homes as a member of an interdisciplinary team. The role reports changes in patient condition, performs simple procedures as an extension of therapy or nursing services, and provides assigned incidental and instrumental activities of daily living in accordance with Interim HealthCare policies and applicable laws and regulations. The position is listed as full time, with the schedule stated as “30hrs/day, Monday-Friday.” The aide follows the assigned service plan and performs only assigned tasks, respects patient rights, protects necessary personal health information, and documents observations and services accurately and promptly. The role does not permit performing skilled nursing procedures prohibited by the State Nurse Practice Act or other applicable law or regulation.
Requirements
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Have six months of healthcare experience or complete the Office’s preceptor program.
- Meet an accepted aide education and competency pathway: be a nursing student in the last year of a program; have school documentation of successful demonstration of personal care aide skills; be a graduate RN or LPN/LVN with proof of graduation; or successfully complete an applicable state/federal aide training and competency evaluation, nurse aide training and competency evaluation, or qualifying state licensure program.
- Have no lapse of 24 consecutive months in compensated work as a home health aide or nurse aide; after such a lapse, successfully complete another qualifying program before providing services.
- Provide two positive references.
- Provide evidence of passing a home health aide written knowledge exam.
- Pass state-required criminal and abuse background checks where required.
- Effectively communicate in English with clinical and non-clinical staff.
- Be able to read, write, and verbally report clinical information to patients, representatives, caregivers, family, and agency staff.
- Be able to perform and prioritize multiple tasks or functions.
- Provide proof of a valid driver’s license if applicable.
- Provide proof of valid auto liability insurance if assignments include driving a personal vehicle to transport a patient.
- Meet applicable health requirements for providing patient care.
- Be able to travel constantly within the geographic area serviced by the office.
- Be able to constantly stand, bend, stoop, squat, kneel, and reach freely; frequently lift, reposition, and transfer patients; frequently carry items such as groceries and laundry up or down stairs; and constantly grasp objects.
- Be able to read type of 8 points or larger.
- Be able to perform medium physical activity that may require frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds.
Responsibilities
- Read and record patients’ temperatures, pulses, and respirations.
- Assist with, perform, and train patients and families in activities of daily living, including bathing, grooming, nail and skin care, oral hygiene, toileting, elimination, and adequate nutritional intake.
- Promote a safe environment and maintain unobstructed pathways while providing care.
- Assist with ambulation, transfers, and range-of-motion exercises.
- Assist with incidental and instrumental activities of daily living, including shopping, meal preparation, socialization, homemaking, and maintaining a clean and safe environment.
- Assist with medication reminders and with administering medications ordinarily self-administered.
- Use infection prevention and control measures, including universal precautions, handwashing, and personal protective equipment.
- Follow the assignment sheet or service plan and perform only assigned tasks.
- Recognize, report, and document changes in patient condition and safety to a supervisor.
- Document observations, activities, and services accurately, completely, and promptly.
- Organize and carry out visits, shifts, and assigned tasks.
- Complete mandatory Interim HealthCare in-services and provide requested documents to keep the employee file current.
- Participate in the Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement program and the Office’s Emergency Preparedness Program as requested.
- Complete other assignments as requested and assigned.
- Honor patient rights and access only the personal health information necessary to fulfill job duties.
- Do not perform skilled nursing procedures prohibited by the State Nurse Practice Act, law, or regulation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
