Home Health & Hospice Aide
Company: Interim Healthcare - Oakland
Location: Livonia
Posted on: August 6, 2022
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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
Keywords: Interim Healthcare - Oakland, Livonia , Home Health & Hospice Aide, Healthcare , Livonia, Michigan
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