Certified Home Health AideFULL-TIME & PART-TIME Day & Evening shifts available:
Competitive rates depending on experience
Salary Range: 35,360.00 - 45,760.00
Position Title: Certified Home Health Aide
FLSA Status: NONEXEMPT Department: Acacia Home Care Supervisor
Title: Acacia Home Care Director
I. POSITION OBJECTIVE The Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) performs duties within the assigned Plan of Care for patients and their families/caregivers.
The CHHA assists the patient in participating in activities of daily living as appropriate and works as part of the interdisciplinary team.
Masonic Village at Burlington fully embraces a culture of hospitality.
To that end, we include the following hospitality promises in all our job descriptions.
Hospitality Promises
We greet residents, employees, and guests warmly, by name, and with a smile.
We treat everyone with courteous respect.
We strive to anticipate resident, employee, and guest needs and act accordingly.
We listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner.
We hold ourselves and one another accountable.
We embrace and value our differences.
We make residents, employees, and guests feel important.
We ask, "Is there anything else I can do for you?"
We maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times.
We pay attention to details.
II. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Provides personal care and homemaking services (light housekeeping) essential to the patient's health care and comfort at home, including shopping, errands, laundry, meal planning and preparation (including therapeutic diets), serving of meals, assisting the patient with activities of daily living and assisting with prescribed exercises and the use of special equipment, as necessary as assigned by the RN Case Manager.
Performs duties as assigned, including vital signs, showers, baths, oral hygiene, nail care, skin care, pressure relief, dressing, feeding transferring (including lifts), and assisting with ambulation, with assistive devices, as needed.
Responds to the physical, mental, social, spiritual, cultural, and emotional needs of terminally ill patients and their families within the scope of their practice.
Demonstrates the ability to use techniques to assist the patient in meeting activities of daily living.
Positions the patient in bed using proper body alignment. Identifies and communicates changes in pain, symptoms, or status.
Demonstrates the ability to chart according to professional standards. Provides a safe environment and assures fall, seizure, bleeding, and aspiration precautions are followed as assigned.
Assists patient/family with devices that aid speech, vision and hearing, or prosthesis as needed.
Assists patient with elimination, indwelling catheter care, and ostomy care as assigned.
Assists patient with reminders and self-administration of medication as assigned.
Inspects and reinforces wound dressings as assigned.
Provides routine maintenance of medical equipment as assigned.
III. OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
IV. KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS Must be 18 years of age or older.
Must be fully COVID and flu vaccinated per CDC guidelines and Masonic Village policy.
Must be comfortable working with COVID-positive patients.
Must be comfortable working with pets.
V. LICENSES/ CERTIFICATIONS Current Certification as a Certified Home Health Aide. Valid Driver's License.
VI. PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste of smell.
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds or more with the appropriate life equipment.
Ability to read and write in English.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Must be able to safely lift and/or roll clients.
Must be able to utilize a Hoyer lift and other FDA mechanical lifts.
Job Info- Job Identification 19682
- Posting Date 11/20/2024, 07:57 PM
- Job Schedule Full time
- Locations 902 Jacksonville Road, Burlington, NJ, 08016, US
