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Home Health Aide - PRN

Job Description

Responsible for providing personal patient care and related services for terminally ill patients in home or home-like settings.

Assists the patient with personal care which may include bathing, oral hygiene, hair care, routine skin care, catheter care, feeding, dressing, grooming, transfers from bed to chair, bedside commode, or wheelchair and helping with ambulation.

Assists the patient/family with incidental household tasks essential to the patient’s health needs such as light housekeeping, making and changing beds, dusting and vacuuming patient’s room, dish washing, tidying kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, delivering needed supplies, and caregiver respite.

Assists the family in maintaining a healthy and safe environment.

Assists the patient/family unit with plans and preparation of nutritious meals and assists with occasional household chores when necessary.

Encourages the patient to become as independent as possible and resume activities of daily living according to the patient's abilities and conditions.

Routinely collaborates with /reports to the IDT any change in the patient's mental or physical condition, or home situation. Coordinates with the primary nurse or designee to accomplish the required supervisory visits.

Offers simple emotional and psychological support to the patient/family unit. Encourages patient mental alertness through his/her activities of interest.

Required Experience:

The Home Health Aide must have a sympathetic attitude toward the care of the sick, the ability to read, write, and carry out directions, and the maturity and ability to deal effectively with the demands of the job. Preference is given to candidates with a CNA or HHA certificate from an approved program by the State of Florida or Alabama, as applicable, depending on assignment, with a curriculum that requires a minimum of 75 hours of training and a competency evaluation. Completion of six (6) months experience as a Nurse's Aide in a hospital or medical surgical unit or six (6) months experience with a Home Health Agency or Hospice is preferred.