Home Health Aide

Job Overview

As a Home Health Aide, you’ll provide attentive, respectful care to clients in their homes and communities. You’ll support daily routines, observe changes in a client’s condition, and communicate clearly with clients, families, and care teams. Your impact: Consistent personal care and timely observations help clients maintain comfort, dignity, and independence.

Responsibilities

• Assist with activities of daily living (ADLs), personal care, patient transfers, and mobility; use a Hoyer lift when appropriate and follow safe lifting practices.
• Prepare meals, cook, clean, and handle laundry according to client needs.
• Observe and report changes, take vital signs when assigned, and complete accurate medical documentation and records using electronic medical record (EMR) or electronic health record (EHR) systems.
• Support medication administration and catheter care only as permitted by applicable regulations and assigned care plans.
• Provide compassionate support for senior care, geriatrics, dementia, Alzheimer’s, memory care, hospice, and end-of-life needs, including care for individuals with disabilities or developmental disabilities.

Experience

• Experience in home health, home care, home and community care, or a home health agency is valuable; assisted living, nursing home, long-term care, live-in, and geriatric patient experience are also relevant.
• Demonstrated caregiving and patient care skills, including patient observation, client communication, medical terminology, and familiarity with home healthcare regulations.
• Knowledge of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), patient confidentiality, and medical records.
• First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or basic life support (BLS) knowledge is preferred; current credentials may be required for assigned duties.
• Ability to follow care plans, document accurately, and perform physical tasks such as lifting and transfers safely.

Pay: $17.00 - $17.50 per hour

Expected hours: 25.0 per week

Work Location: In person