STNA/CNA Caregiver

We are a newly established skilled home health agency dedicated to providing exceptional, patient-centered care in the comfort of our clients' homes. Our mission is to improve health outcomes and enhance quality of life through compassionate, reliable, and personalized healthcare services. We are committed to delivering the highest standards of clinical excellence while treating every patient with dignity, respect, and compassion. We are seeking a compassionate and dependable Home Health Aide (HHA) to join our growing team!

Duties

• The main purpose of the Home Health Aide is to provide personal care. Each visit will be approximately 20 minutes to one hour.
• Provides personal care and related services in the home, under the direction, instruction and supervision of the staff nurse and the Nurse Supervisor.
• Personal care includes:
• Bath (may be bed, partial, tub or shower, as determined by RN)
• Hair Care (comb, brush, shampoo, dry, roll/style)
• Nail Care: clean, file, polish (Aides do not cut nails)
• Skin care with lotion and/or powder
• Foley catheter care (Change, empty and/or clean bag. Aides do not irrigate the Foley)
• Colostomy bag (rinse, empty bag)
• Help with dressing, grooming
• Assistance with ambulation
• Assist with transfer (in and out of bed, wheelchair, and bedside commode)
• Remind patient to take their medications (Aides do not administer medications)
• Take and record patient vital signs (temperature, pulse, blood pressure) and report them to the nurse
• Range of motion exercise, as ordered by the nurse
• Tasks to be performed by an HHA must be assigned by, and performed under, the supervision of an RN, who will be responsible for the patient care provided by the HHA.
• Under no circumstances may an HHA be assigned to receive, or reduce, any intravenous procedures, or any other sterile or invasive procedures, other than rectal temperatures.
• Time permitting, the Aide may also help with light housekeeping tasks, in the patient's...