Home Health Care Aide

Job Summary

• Cares for elderly, disabled, convalescent or handicapped at individual's home or day-time residence.

General Accountabilities

• Assists with daily activities at individual’s home.
• Performs tasks including but not limited to making beds, doing laundry, preparing meals, washing dishes, ironing, cleaning, bathing, dressing, etc.
• Purchases and prepares meals and groceries for individual.
• Helps patient up and down stairs, in and out of bed, etc.
• Administers oral medication written under doctor prescription.
• Accompanies ambulatory patients outside of home.
• Entertains patient by reading, talking, listening to individual, upon request.
• Visits several households to provide similar daily care.
• Educated family about status/health of individual being cared for.
• *The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time

Job Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma
• Experience: At least 1-2 years of related experience
• Must be 18 years of age
• Must pass Drug Screening
• Background Check

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Active listening
• Service orientation
• Monitoring
• Critical thinking

Job Responsibilities for CNA / PCA - Personal Care Aide:

• Activities of daily living
• Light housekeeping
• Bathing
• Grooming
• Toileting
• Nail care(filing only)
• Range of motion / exercises
• Transfers / use of mechanical lifting devices
• Oral feeding
• Vital sign checks: temperature, pulse, respiration
• Home Management Tasks: laundry, meal preparation, bed making etc.
• Assisting with ambulation
• Medication Reminders

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $12.00 - $14.00 per hour

Medical Specialty:

• Home Health
• Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Work Location: Multiple locations