Personal Care Aide/Home Health Aide

Always Compassionate Health • Fairport, NY

6d • $19 - $23

About The Position

The Home Health Aide provides direct care according to an established client plan of care completed by the Nursing Supervisor. The role includes helping clients with personal care and daily activities, supporting a safe and healthy environment, and providing emotional support while encouraging client independence. The aide carries out a variety of tasks under the Nursing Supervisor’s direction and reports important information or changes in a client’s condition to the agency or supervisor as needed.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Must have a certificate from a Home Health Aide training program consistent with State requirements and evidence of ongoing in-service education to maintain the certificate.
• Must have the maturity to establish and maintain a good working relationship with the client, the client’s family, and agency personnel.
• Must have a sincere interest in and sympathetic attitude toward caring for sick and disabled people.
• Must get along well with others and be dependable and trustworthy.
• Must comply with agency policies and procedures and maintain in-service requirements specified by State and agency regulations.
• Must be a good listener, exhibit empathy for sick, disabled, and elderly people, and be sensitive to others’ feelings.
• Must be neatly dressed and maintain good personal hygiene.
• Must maintain good health habits, including regular physical and dental exams.
• Must wear an identification badge while working.
• Must be able to lift, turn, and transfer clients and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to stoop and bend.
• Must have sufficient visual and hearing ability to comprehend written and verbal communication.
• Must be able to speak clearly enough to be understood by the average person.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a healthy, safe environment and provide nutritional and environmental support.
• Assist clients with personal hygiene, toileting, dressing, walking, and feeding.
• Position clients when instructed to do so.
• Assist with treatments and therapy when ordered by a physician and approved by the Nursing Supervisor.
• Remind clients to take medications.
• Assist with payment of bills only when authorized and documented on the assignment sheet.
• Run errands when authorized and document them daily on the Aide Charting Sheet.
• Report important information or changes in a client’s condition to the agency or Nursing Supervisor when necessary.
• Use medical supplies and equipment when appropriate.
• Provide emotional support and develop a trusting relationship with the client.
• Encourage client independence.
• Provide direct care according to the established client plan of care and carry out tasks under the direction of the Nursing Supervisor.

What This Job Offers

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