Home Health Aide (PT) Job at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
Home Health Aide
East Boston, MA
Part-time, benefits-eligible (25 hours/week)
5 shifts per week, 4 pm-9 pm including every other weekend/holiday rotations
*$1000 Sign-On Bonus*
A Health Aide provides Neighborhood PACE participants with in-home assistance with ADLs and IADLs. Must be able to work independently and efficiently in a minimally supervised setting, problem solve effectively while recognizing when to seek advice from supervisory staff, and show respect and appreciation for the participant’s home, guests, and community. May be assigned to other supervised settings such as the PACE Center, on occasion and as needed.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
East Boston, MA
Part-time, benefits-eligible (25 hours/week)
5 shifts per week, 4 pm-9 pm including every other weekend/holiday rotations
*$1000 Sign-On Bonus*
A Health Aide provides Neighborhood PACE participants with in-home assistance with ADLs and IADLs. Must be able to work independently and efficiently in a minimally supervised setting, problem solve effectively while recognizing when to seek advice from supervisory staff, and show respect and appreciation for the participant’s home, guests, and community. May be assigned to other supervised settings such as the PACE Center, on occasion and as needed.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Consistently monitors participant ADL/IADL care plans and follows the plan of care as stated. Documents care provided on participant flow sheets.
- Check the health aide's voicemail at the beginning of each shift and every two hours until the end of the shift. Reports any abnormal findings, alterations in participant status, and/or care refusal to the team in a timely fashion by reporting to the appropriate day center call-in line or Nurse On Call when applicable.
- Assists participants with ADLs per assignment, as defined in ADL/IADL care plan and as needed, for example when a participant requests assistance with toileting.
- Accompanies participants to appointments as assigned.
- Carries out simple treatments under the direction of nursing staff, including simple catheter care, and skin assessments during personal care.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Current certification as an H.H.A. /C.N.A. from an approved program. (ex. Red Cross) required
- Must demonstrate competencies before providing participant care
- A minimum of one year of experience working with a frail or elderly population.
- Prior experience as a health aide, personal care assistant, or similar role.
- Vehicle to travel from home to home preferred.
- Excellent customer service and communication skills; bilingual a plus.
- Physical capability to provide ADL and mobility assistance to all PACE participants.
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Life and disability insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Flexible spending and transportation accounts.
- Paid holidays, vacations, sick, and personal time.
- Generous staff development benefit.
- Excellent malpractice coverage.
- Pet insurance.
- Free parking.
- And much more.
EBNHC opens our doors to people from all demographics and cultures. Our workforce is as diverse as the city we call home — in gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, and age, as well as in cultural backgrounds, life experiences, thoughts, and ideas.
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