Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA)

Job Summary

Provide supportive and personal services for the patients with consideration of dignity and privacy. Provide personal care and hygiene to home health patients.

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

1. Completion of a Homemaker-Home Health Aide course approved by the New Jersey Board of Nursing.

2. Successful completion of a competency evaluation by a New Jersey-licensed home health care services agency.

3. Hold a current and valid certification by the New Jersey Board of Nursing as a Homemaker-Home Health Aide. The certificate will have a State of New Jersey Seal and date of expiration; certificates expire every two years. Should you have any questions concerning a C.H.H.H.A.’s certification, you should call the New Jersey Board of Nursing at 973-504-6546.

4. Completion of the federal and state criminal history background checks.

5. Employment by a home care services agency.

6. Supervision by a licensed Registered Professional Nurse.

7. Listed on the nurse aide registry with no finding against the aide relating to client abuse or neglect or misappropriation of client property.

8. Current and valid certification by the New Jersey Board of Nursing as a Homemaker-Home Health Aide.

9. Completed the 76 hours of aide training as required by the Division of Consumer Affairs.

Responsibilities/essential functions

The person in this position must be able to perform the following essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations.

1. Follow the instructions of the professional nurse/therapist in providing care.*

2. Provide assistance with hygiene such as bathing, oral care, and dressing.*

3. Perform and record accurate measurements (i.e. vital signs, or intake/output as instructed in the care plans). *

4. Observe and report any safety hazards found in the client’s home or any significant observations regarding the client.*

5. Attend staff meetings, attend/complete 12 hours of annual in-servic...