Home Health Aide Per Diem
UnitedHealth Group•Griffin, GA
•$13 - $20•Onsite
About The Position
Amedisys, part of the Optum family of businesses, provides home health, hospice, and community-based services. The per diem Home Health Aide provides hands-on personal care and assistance to patients in their residences, supporting comfort, dignity, and daily functioning. Working under the supervision of licensed clinical staff, the aide assists with activities of daily living in accordance with individualized care plans and promotes patient safety, independence, and quality of life.
Requirements
- Current state certification or registration as a nurse assistant, as required by state certification or registration requirements.
- Current CPR certification.
- CNA experience within the last two years. If more than two years have passed, complete another training and competency program before providing services.
- Successfully pass the care center competency program.
Responsibilities
- Obtain patients’ temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiration.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and healthy environment.
- Assist patients with getting in and out of bed, bathing, hygiene, and toileting.
- Prepare and provide meals and/or assist patients with meals.
- Perform light homemaking and other environmental services.
- Observe, report, and document changes in patient status.
- Understand basic elements of body functioning and report changes in patients’ body functions as indicated.
- Recognize emergency situations and implement appropriate emergency procedures according to care center policy.
- Follow care center procedures for infection prevention and control, hazardous waste handling, and safety measures.
- Follow written instructions for personal care in accordance with the plan of care.
- Assist patients with prescribed exercises as instructed by a nurse or therapist.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Equity stock purchase, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
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