Home Health & Hospice Aide

Company: Interim Healthcare - Oakland
Location: Livonia
Posted on: August 6, 2022

Job Description:

General Purpose: The Home Health & Hospice Aides are members of the interdisciplinary team who provide hands-on personal care, report changes in the patient's/client's condition, perform simple procedures as an extension of therapy or nursing services, and provide incidental/instrumental activities of daily living as assigned to patients/clients in the home setting as permitted by the policies and procedures of Interim HealthCare and any other federal, state and local law or regulation. Essential Functions: - Reads and records temperature, pulse, and respirations. - Assists, performs and trains patient/client and family in activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, nail and skin care, oral hygiene, toileting and elimination and adequate nutritional intake. - Promotes safe environment and maintain unobstructed pathways while providing care. - Assists with ambulation, transfers and/or range of motion exercises. - Assists with incidental/instrumental activities of daily living such as shopping, meal preparation, socialization activities, homemaking and maintaining a clean and safe physical environment. - Assists in medication reminding - Assists in administering medications ordinarily self-administered. - Utilizes infection prevention and control measures such as universal precautions, hand washing, and personal protective equipment. - Follows the assignment sheet/service plan performing only tasks that are assigned. - Recognizes, reports, and records/documents changes in patient/client condition and safety to supervisor. - Document observations, activities and service provided in an accurate, complete and timely manner. - Organizes self to carry out visits/shifts and tasks. - Completes mandatory Interim HealthCare in-services and provides requested documents to keep employee file current. - Participates in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program, as requested. - Participates in the Office's Emergency Preparedness Program, as requested. - Completes other assignments as requested and assigned. - Honors patient rights. - Accesses personal health information ("PHI") necessary to fulfill the above duties and responsibilities. Access to use and ability to disclose PHI is further defined by each organization/department. Home Health Aide MAY NOT : - Perform any skilled nursing procedure, which is prohibited by the State Nurse Practice Act, law or regulation. Minimum Education & Experience Requirements: - Eighteen (18) years of age or older. - Six (6) months of experience in healthcare or completion of the Office's preceptor program. - A school of nursing student in the last year of a program or has documentation from the school of successful demonstration of personal care aide skills or graduate RN or LPN/LVN with proof of graduation ; OR Successfully completed: - A specific aide training and competency evaluation program as required by State and the federal regulations (42 CFR -484.80); or - Anaide competency evaluation program as required by State and the federal regulations (42 CFR -484.80); or - A nurse aide training and competency evaluation program approved by State and meets the requirements of the federal regulations ( -483.151 through -483.154) and is currently listed in good standing on the state nurse aide registry; or - The requirements of a state licensure program that meets training and competency evaluation provisions per State and the federal regulations (42 CFR -484.80) AND - - Has not had a lapse in work for compensation for the period of 24 consecutive months as a home health aide or nurse aide. - If there has been a 24-month lapse in furnishing services for compensation, the individual must successfully complete another program, as specified above in this section, before providing services. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required: - Two (2) positive references - Evidence of passing a home health aide written knowledge exam. - Pass state required criminal and abuse background checks where required. - Able to effectively communicate in English with all levels of the workforce, both clinical and non-clinical - Able to effectively communicate, including the ability to read, write, and verbally report clinical information to patients, patient representatives (if any), patient's caregivers and family, and agency staff. - Able to perform and prioritize multiple tasks or functions. - Able to provide proof of valid driver's license, if applicable. - Able to provide proof of valid auto liability insurance if assignment(s) include driving own vehicle to transport patient. Working Conditions & Physical Effort: - Able to constantly travel within geographic area serviced by office from assignment to assignment. - Meets the applicable health requirements to provide patient care per applicable law or regulation. - Work is normally performed in patient's home. - Occasional exposure to communicable diseases, bloodborne pathogens and/or other potentially infectious or hazardous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment (e.G. face masks, goggles, latex and or non-latex gloves). - Able to constantly stand, bend, stoop, squat, kneel and reach freely. - Able to frequently lift, reposition, and transfer clients/patients. - Able to frequently carry bundles such as groceries and laundry up or down stairs and lift with or without assistance. - Able to constantly grasp with thumb in opposition to fingers of palm (i.E. DME supplies, knobs or objects). - Able to read 8 point or larger type. - Medium physical activity that may require frequent lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 50 lbs.PandoLogic. Keywords: Home Health Aide (HHA), Location: Novi, MI 48376, PL: 541189864

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