Home Health Aide - Union City - 40 hours per week

The Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) is a member of the Home Health Team, providing direct patient care under the supervision of a case manager, reporting all changes in the patients condition to the case manager.

• Provision of Care


• Assisting patients with personal hygiene such as skin, mouth, hair care and bathing


• Assisting patients in and out of bed and assisting with ambulation.


• Assisting with prescribed exercises which patients and appropriate health personnel have taught aides.


• Preparing meals, including therapeutic diets, and assisting patients with eating.


• Assisting patients to the bathroom or in using commodes, bedpans or urinals.


• Performing household services, which will facilitate the patients, self care at home and are necessary to prevent or postpone institutionalization.


• Assisting patients with medications, which are ordinarily self-administered. The home health aide shall not administer medications of any kind.


• Performing other activities taught by a health professional for a specific patient. These may include such services as changing colostomy bags, changing of non-sterile dressings, taking of vital signs, and non-sterile bowel and bladder hygiene care.


• Reporting changes in the patients condition and needs to the supervising nurse or therapist.


• Completing records regarding services performed.


• Takes actions in emergent patient situations and immediately report to supervisor.


• Documentation and Communication


• Prepares timely legible and complete documentation of all care provided.


• Documents all communication with other providers.


• Reports stated or observed changes in patient status to case manager.


• Submits schedule logs changes in schedule and daily progress notes within expected time frame per agency policy.


• Participates in care coordination meetings


• Planning, Organizing and Productivity


• Organizes, plan, set priorities and complete assignment within agency guidelines.


• Functions independently with supervision by case manager for each patient every 14 days as needed.


• Completes expense reports, time cards and schedule logs.


• Demonstrates utilization of supplies.


• Professional Behavior


• Behaves in a courteous professional manner with patients, health professional and maintains patient confidentiality.


• Participates in Departmental Quality Assurance activities and Utilization Review activities as requested.


• Perform related duties as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Grade 165