Home Health Aide
About The Position
This position requires the full understanding and active participation in fulfilling the mission of Saddleback Medical Center. It is expected that the employee demonstrate behavior consistent with our core values\: Integrity, Accountability, Best Practices, Compassion and Synergy. The employee shall support Saddleback Medical Center’s strategic plan and participate in and advocate performance improvement/patient safety activities. To provide intermittent visits to the terminally ill patient, and palliative patient providing direct personal care and related duties to maximize quality of life under the direction of an RN and Clinical Supervisor.
Requirements
- Able to provide direct patient care such as transferring and positioning adult patients
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in direct patient care as a Certified Home Health Aide
Responsibilities
- Provide direct personal care and related duties to terminally ill patients in a safe, appropriate and effective manner under the direction of an RN and in compliance with Hospice policies and procedures.
- Communicate with patients, care givers and staff to assure timely and accurate relay of information to appropriate individual regarding date/time of planned visit.
- Document patient care activities in a concise, appropriate and timely manner to assure completeness of the medical record per Medicare standards.
- Be at work and be on time
- Follow company policies, procedures and directives
- Interact in a positive and constructive manner
- Prioritize and multitask
Benefits
- Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare—that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there’s more... Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
