Home Health Aide

Bethany Village • Horseheads, NY

13d

About The Position

The Home Health Aide supports residents’ personal care, social, and environmental needs in a home-like setting as part of the Courtyards or Homecare team. The role includes assisting with activities of daily living, meals, household tasks, medication support, monitoring residents, and maintaining communication with residents, families, and supervisors.

Requirements

• Home Health Aide certification required.
• Ability to read, speak, and write English required.
• A genuine interest in working with geriatric residents required.
• Valid driver’s license and dependable vehicle required.
• Must be able to communicate with co-workers, residents, and residents’ families.
• Must be dependable, prompt, tactful, and patient, and remain client-focused and professional.
• Must demonstrate safe use and knowledge of medical equipment, including wheelchairs, walkers, canes, belts, splints, and braces.
• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds throughout the shift.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks, prioritize, and concentrate on more than one task at a time.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Prior experience working with residents with dementia preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal care according to the care plan, including bathing, oral and denture care, skin and foot care, ambulation, toileting, transfers, dressing, grooming, and positioning.
• Assist with household tasks essential to clients’ health, including planning and preparing nutritious meals, feeding when appropriate, light housekeeping, changing linens, making beds, and doing laundry.
• Count, dispense, and assist residents with medications, and complete required documentation. Medication assistance is limited to reminders and support for self-directing clients; aides may not administer medication.
• Immediately report changes in residents’ conditions, incidents, or accidents to the Charge person or supervisor.
• Measure and record oral, rectal, or auxiliary temperatures, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure when ordered.
• Monitor residents and recognize and report changes in their condition to the supervisor.
• Assist with orientation and training of new employees.
• Maintain cordial relationships with clients and their families.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Travel or transport residents as needed.

What This Job Offers

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