Home Health Aide PRN- Glen Burnie
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. The role assists with activities of daily living under the supervision of licensed clinical staff and follows individualized care plans to promote patient safety, independence, and quality of life. The position involves monitoring and documenting patient status, helping with personal care and meals, maintaining a safe environment, and following care center procedures and written care instructions. Candidates must meet state nurse assistant certification or registration requirements, have recent CNA experience, hold current CPR certification, and have a driver’s license and reliable transportation.
Requirements
- Current state certification or registration as a nurse assistant, as required by state certification or registration requirements.
- CNA experience within the last two years; if experience was more than two years ago, complete another training and competency program before providing services.
- Successfully pass the care center’s competency program.
- Current CPR certification.
- Driver’s license and access to reliable transportation.
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 specific 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.
- Equity stock purchase.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
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