Home Health Aide - Hospice
About The Position
Sentara Health is seeking to hire a qualified individual to join our team as a Home Health Aide. This is a full-time, day shift position located at Sentara Hospice Services in Chesapeake, VA. The role involves utilizing safety precautions when caring for patients with specialized needs, monitoring and recording elimination patterns, and providing care to prevent pressure ulcers. The Home Health Aide will complete all departmental documentation, recognize and report deviations in vital signs, and provide care that supports psychosocial and physical functioning. Responsibilities include assisting patients with feeding, activities of daily living (ADLs), transfers, and mobility. Nutritional support, including meal preparation considering special diets and allergies, is also part of the role. The position requires ensuring a neat and tidy work area and appropriate disposal of waste materials.
Requirements
- CNA (Required)
- First Aid Basics (Required)
- BLS (Required within 90 days)
- Basic and routine patient care
- Personal hygiene, grooming, toileting, meal preparation, and feeding
- Intake/output
- Ambulation
- Assisting patients with transfer from/to bed, toilet and other areas of the home
Responsibilities
- Utilizes safety precautions when caring for patients with specialized needs (oxygen, IV, tubes, drains, wounds and dressings).
- Monitors and records elimination (monitors urine and bowel elimination) patterns and reports any concerns to the appropriate clinician.
- Provides care to prevent pressure ulcers (minimize pressure to body parts by turning, positioning and skin care).
- Completes all departmental documentation, (i.e. logs, flow sheets, and patient medical records.
- Recognizes deviations and changes in vital signs and reports to the appropriate clinician.
- Provides specific care that supports psychosocial functioning.
- Demonstrates active listening skills and pays close attention to patient's verbal/nonverbal messages.
- Provides emotional support to include reassurance, acceptance and encouragement during times of stress.
- Provides specific care to support the physical functioning of the patient.
- Assists patients in feeding.
- Assists in the delivery of activities of daily living (ADLs).
- Utilizes infection control precautions when providing care.
- Assists patient with transfer as required using assistive devices as needed and assists with ambulatory activities.
- Facilitates safe transfer and mobility of patients and follows high risk precautions for identified patients.
- Demonstrates proper body mechanics for transferring patients.
- Nutritional support to include meal preparation taking into consideration special diets and/or food allergies.
- Assists in the collection of information about the patient and the environment for use in promoting and maintaining patient safety.
- Collects and launders soiled linens as needed or requested and stores clean linens appropriately.
- Ensure that the work area is neat and tidy and disposes of waste materials in an appropriate manner.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- Emergency Backup Care
- Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
- Life Insurance
- 401k/403B with Employer Match
- Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
- Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Resources Plan
- Annual discretionary bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
