Home Health Aide (Beaver Dam)

Chartwell Midwest•Middleton, WI

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The Home Health Aide is a supportive partner with the Registered Nurse Case Manager (RNCM) and performs work as delegated by clinicians who are members of the patient care team. They perform basic procedures for patients who are in a stable condition and actively support the patient in moving toward self-care capability. They maintain equipment and supplies under the direction of the overseeing clinician. Work schedules are determined to meet patient care needs and work may be required on weekends and holidays. This job description applies to both scheduled and per-diem roles. The minimum scheduled role is 0.5 FTE and the minimum work expectation for a per-diem role is one (1) shift/month.

Requirements

State of Wisconsin Driver’s License required.
State of Wisconsin Professional licensure for Certified Nursing Assistant required.
High School Diploma or equivalent required.
A minimum of one (1) year of recent experience as a Nursing Assistant is required.
CPR/BLS certification required.
Valid Auto Insurance required.
Reliable vehicle transportation required.

Nice To Haves

Experience and strong knowledge base in Home Health is preferred.

Responsibilities

Communicate and document pertinent observations and information in the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
Identify and report observations about changes in the patient’s condition, or unexpected events in a timely manner to the RN Case Manager.
Clarify and follow work assignments as directed by clinical team.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.
Provide direct physical care and basic care procedures and treatments for patients.
Patient mobility, transfers, and repositioning.
Assist with activities-of-daily-living (ADLs).
Collect and label urine or stool specimens and transport them to the lab with correct labels as assigned.
Apply wound dressings and perform simple wound care.
Perform specialized skin care as ordered, including suture line care when delegated.
Perform nasogastric (NG), gastrostomy (G tube) or jejunostomy (J tube) site care and flushing.
Perform drainage tube care.
Perform urinary catheter irrigation.
Perform male and female intermittent straight catheterization.
Perform specialized equipment care.
Assist patient with a therapy-prescribed home exercise program.
Successfully complete initial and ongoing organizational and department education, training, and competency requirements.
Understand, demonstrate, and follow organizational infection control guidelines (CDIC).
Focus on improving processes and champion efficiency in daily work activities.
Promote a culture of safety by taking accountability for individual actions, including but not limited to, promptly reporting errors or near misses via the organization’s occurrence reporting system and participating in developing improved safety processes, as appropriate.
Perform other duties as assigned.