Bonita HHA

Pinnacle Home Care • Bonita Springs, FL

5d

About The Position

Pinnacle Home Care is hiring Home Health Aides to provide compassionate, patient-centered care in patients’ homes. The role focuses on following each patient’s care plan, supporting personal care and rehabilitation, encouraging independence, and helping maintain a safe and comfortable home environment. Aides also document visits, coordinate schedules, report changes in patient condition, and follow agency policies and quality, complaint-management, discharge, and patient-rights processes.

Requirements

• Must have a CNA or HHA license.
• Must have completed at least 75 hours of training, including an introduction to personal care services.
• Must be free from health problems that may be injurious to patients, self, or coworkers, and provide appropriate evidence to substantiate this.
• Ability to comprehend the basics of personal care, housekeeping, and meal preparation.
• Must understand and respect patient needs, including ethics and confidentiality of care.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and access to a reliable, insured vehicle.
• Ability to visit homes that may not be wheelchair accessible.
• Sufficient hearing, eyesight, and dexterity to perform physical assessments and demonstrate care techniques.
• Ability to walk, stand, stoop, and occasionally lift or turn patients.

Responsibilities

• Follow the care plan to provide safe and competent care.
• Assist patients with personal hygiene and help maintain a clean, safe, and healthy environment.
• Help patients with ambulation as prescribed by a physician and approved or supervised by a clinician or therapist.
• Support therapy personnel as needed during rehabilitation.
• Encourage patients to achieve maximum independence according to the nursing care plan.
• Promote mental alertness by engaging patients in activities of interest.
• Provide emotional and psychological support to patients and household members while fostering trust and confidentiality.
• Report changes in the patient’s condition or home environment to the RN or clinical manager.
• Perform light housekeeping tasks, as directed by the clinician, to create a safe and comfortable environment.
• Complete visit reports promptly and accurately in the electronic medical record system.
• Confirm daily visit schedules to coordinate with other staff.
• Understand the agency’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement program and participate as required.
• Follow the agency’s process for managing and addressing customer complaints.
• Uphold patient rights in accordance with agency service agreements and admission policies.
• Understand agency policies regarding appropriate patient discharge and reasons for discharge.

Benefits

• Free continuing education units (CEUs) to support licensure and career advancement.
• Employee referral program with rewards.
• Flexible scheduling.
• Personalized, one-on-one patient care.
• Growth and stability with an established home health agency.
• Supportive, collaborative team culture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed