Senior Caregiver - HHA

Company: Advantage Home Health Care
Location: Anderson
Posted on: January 20, 2023

Job Description:

Direct Supervisor: Nursing Supervisor (NS)

Home Health Aides are recognized as key part of our home health care program. Certified Home Health Aides perform "hands-on" assistance with a patient's physical dependency needs as well as non-skilled medical procedures ordered by the physician and delegated in writing by the Nursing Supervisor.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assist patient with bathing
• Mouth and denture care
• Assist patient to and in bathroom
• Assist patient with ambulation
• Hair care
• Assist in and out of bed
• Assist with dressing and undressing
• Housekeeping and meal preparation The Following Duties May Be Allowed IF DIRECTED by the Nursing Supervisor in Conjunction with a Physician:
  
  • Assist patient with wheelchair, cane, walker or crutch
  • Range of motion exercise (ROM)
  • Skin care
  • Assist with oxygen
  • Change of ostomy device
  • Vital Signs
  • Application of non-sterile dressing on intact skin
  • Preparation of special meals
  • Catheter care
  • Measure intake & output (1 & 0)
    The following MAY NOT be Performed by the Home Health Aide
    
    • Tube feedings
    • Cold or heat application
    • Administration of an enema.
    • Care of a tracheostomy tube
    • Catheter or colostomy irrigation
    • Administration of any medication
    • Providing medical advice
    • Cutting finger or toenails Qualifications:
      
      • Is at least 18 years of age.
      • Is a high school graduate, has a GED, or demonstrates ability to read and write adequately to complete required forms and reports of visits and follow verbal and written instructions.
      • Current Nurse Aide certification.
      • Adequate physical & mental health to perform the job and free from communicable disease.
      • Interest in and empathy for the ill.
      • Interpersonal skills necessary to work well with clients, families, and co-workers.

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