Home Health Aide - Blue Ridge PT Days

Department

39110 AH at Home HH: Blue Ridge - Home Health Aides Status:

Part time Benefits Eligible:

Yes Hours Per Week:

24 Schedule Details/Additional Information:

24 hours, Part Time

Pay Range

$20.80 - $31.20Major Responsibilities:

* Contributes to effective patient outcomes. Responsible to provide competent patient care assigned. + 1)Demonstrates competent home health aide skills. + 2)Promotes patients to reach functional status goals by providing assistance with ADL’s following the HHA assignment record in rendering patient care and maintaining safety. + 3)Notes changes in patient’s condition requiring further attention, informs the case manager, or the RN/Supervisor and documents accordingly. + 4)Understands the hospice philosophy, comfortable providing specialized care to the terminally ill. + 5)Performs personal care needs, feeding patient, laundry, light cleaning of patient room and washing. + 6)Meeting safety needs of patient using equipment safely and properly. + 7)Taking temperatures, pulse, respiration and blood pressure as directed by the home health aide assignment sheet when assigned. + 8)Provides skin care and changing patient position to prevent breakdown as assigned. + 9)Changing patient bed linens and clothing as requested by the patient and family. * Responsible for conducting general work activities consistently + 1)Exhibits the ability to work independently. + 2)Attends to personal work schedule in a consistent and professional manner. + 3)Demonstrates ability to cooperate and work well with team members. + 4)Secure with issues of death and dying. Provides a calm manner when in a patient’s home. * Demonstrates effective communication skills. + 1)Utilizes appropriate communication skills and effective interpersonal skills with all customers. + 2)Actively participates in achieving patient outcomes through case conferencing and IDG’s. + 3)Prepare...