The home health aide is a non-professional employee, trained to provide personal care and related services in the patient’s home. She/he functions under the direction, instruction and supervision of the Director of Clinical Services and/or Staff Nurse/Case Manager.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1) Applies appropriate and safe techniques in helping the patient to maintain good personal hygiene.
2) Assists in maintaining a healthful, safe environment.
3) Plans and prepares nutritious meals. Markets when instructed to do so by the nurse.
4) Assists the patient with ambulation. Uses safe transfer and ambulation techniques.
5) Reading and recording temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure.
6) Maintains basic infection control procedures.
7) Recognizes emergencies with knowledge of emergency procedures.
8) Assists the therapy personnel as needed with rehabilitative process. Understands normal range of motion and positioning.
9) Encourages the patient to become as independent as possible according to the nursing care plan.
10) Attempts to promote patient’s mental alertness through involvement in activities of interest.
11) Gives simple emotional and psychological support to the patient and other members of the household.
12) Establishes a relationship with patient and family, which transmit trust and confidentiality.
13) Prepares a report of her visit on the day it is performed and incorporates it in the clinical record weekly.
14) Reports any change in body functions and/or mental status in the home situation and the care or service provided to her immediate supervisor, the staff nurse, or to the aide supervisor.
15) Carries out his/ her assignment as instructed by the nurse or the paramedical team and reports to the nurse when he/she is unable to do so.
16) Works with personnel of other community agencies involved in the patient’s care as directed by the staff nurse.
17) Performs routine housekeeping tasks
18) Respect for patient’s rights, privacy and property

Job Type: Part-time

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