Certified Home Health Aide

Home Health Aide

Shifts:

Patient needs 2 visits a week for an hour each for bathing for 2 weeks.

Job description:

We are looking for a compassionate Home Health Aide to provide assistance in daily living and personal care services in patient homes in accordance with an established care plan.

Responsibilities

• Provide health care services in patients residences

• Perform domestic and household tasks

• Transport and accompany patients to doctors office or to hospital

• Administer simple prescribed medications

• Assist with client's personal care activities

• Monitor patients (vital signs, temperature, respiration, etc.) and report on their condition

• Maintain patients care records and document provided services

• Assist patients with mobility and physical therapies/exercises

• Instruct and counsel patients and families on diet and exercise

• Collect routine specimens

• Provide companionship and basic emotional or psychological support

Skills

• Proven working experience as home health aide

• Ability to monitor vital signs and to collect specimens

• Familiarity with basic nutrition and personal hygiene standards

• Proficiency in English

• Nursing and health care administration skills

• Caring and compassionate personality

• Current CPR certificate

• First Aide Training

• Driver's License