HOME HEALTH AIDE/PERSONAL CARE AIDE
About The Position
Home Health Aides and Personal Care Aides are unlicensed, non-professional workers supervised by health personnel. The aide works as part of the home health services team under the guidance and supervision of an RN, who assesses residents’ needs and coordinates care with other team members. Duties may be adjusted by the supervising nurse according to residents’ needs and the aide’s ability to perform assigned tasks. The aide is expected to continue developing relevant skills and abilities. The role provides personal care and RN- or therapist-assigned assistance, supports residents’ mental alertness and emotional well-being, and helps maintain a healthful, safe environment. The aide reports changes in residents’ physical or mental condition and accurately records completed duties in residents’ personal care logs. Work must follow ethical standards, the facility’s corporate compliance plan, applicable laws, and confidentiality requirements for protected health information.
Requirements
- Must be certified as a Home Health Aide or Personal Care Aide to be considered.
- Successfully complete an approved training course for assigned activities or provide documented evidence of completion of an equivalency exam approved by NYSDOH.
- Be at least 18 years of age and demonstrate maturity and emotional and mental stability.
- Be able to speak, read, and write English and speak the predominant language of residents.
- Be able to understand and carry out directions and instructions, record messages, and keep simple records.
- Have a sympathetic attitude toward providing services for residents.
- Have good physical health, as documented in the personnel file.
- Participate in 12 hours of in-service education per year as required by New York State regulations.
Responsibilities
- Assist residents with showering, hair care and shampooing, denture and mouth care, making unoccupied beds, dressing, and applying or removing TED stockings.
- Provide special care assigned by an RN or registered therapist, including taking temperature, pulse, and respirations; helping with demonstrated exercises; and assisting with demonstrated use of wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, and hearing aids.
- Assist only with medications and record assistance on MORs.
- Instill simple, routine eyedrops.
- Observe and record diabetic residents’ self-administration of blood sugar testing and insulin.
- Cue and remind residents about meals, activities, toileting, and other needs as appropriate.
- Perform assigned light housekeeping to maintain a healthful, safe environment, including resident laundry and bed linen changes, refrigerator cleaning and food inspections, trash or waste pickup, and cleaning resident equipment.
- Promote residents’ mental alertness through conversation, reading, games, and other activities.
- Report changes in a resident’s mental or physical condition to the nurse responsible for the resident’s care.
- Provide simple emotional and psychological support to residents as needed.
- Accurately record completion of assigned duties in residents’ personal care logs.
- Follow ethical and moral standards, the facility’s corporate compliance plan, applicable laws, and confidentiality requirements when accessing or safeguarding protected health information.
- Perform other duties assigned by the LPN, RN, or Vice President of Assisted Living Services.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
