Certified Home Health Aide CHHA

VITAS Healthcare; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 30,307 - 37,195; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) in San Francisco to provide personal care services to hospice patients. The ideal candidate will assist with daily activities, meal preparation, and emotional support while working under the guidance of a nurse. Candidates should have relevant training and be empathetic and attentive to patient needs. Pays between $22 and $27 per hour.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalent preferred.
• Meets qualifications of Home Health Aide as specified in 42 C.F.R. Section 484.4.
• Documented 75 hours of training as specified in 42 C.F.R. Sections 484.36.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with personal hygiene and meal preparation.
• Provide emotional and psychological support to patients and families.
• Record temperature, pulse, and respiration.

Skills

Personal care

Meal preparation

Basic health monitoring

Emotional support

Education

High School graduate or equivalent

75 hours of training as per regulatory requirements

Job description

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The VITAS Home Health Aide (HHA) is a non-exempt employee, who is trained to provide personal care and services to hospice patients to augment care given by family members or other caregivers. Salary Range: $22 - $27 / Hour

Assigned Job Responsibilities

• Performs only those personal care activities contained in a written assignment.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) helps the patient maintain good personal hygiene.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) plans and prepares meals; feeds or assists with feeding the patient when needed.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) assists the patient with ambulation.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) assists with certain treatments as ordered by the physician and taught and supervised by the nurse, including: assist with the change of the colostomy bag; assist with the use of a walker or wheelchair; reinforcement of a dressing; assist with prescribed range of motion exercises; assist with prescribed ice cap or collar; measure intake and output of fluids; and assist with medications that are ordinarily self-administered.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) reads and records temperature, pulse and respiration.

Other Responsibilities for the Home Health Aide (HHA) Not Included in a Written Assignment

• Home Health Aide (HHA) assists in maintaining a safe and healthy environment.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) promotes the patient’s mental alertness through involvement in activities of interest.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) provides simple emotional and psychological support to the patient, family, and other caregivers.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) reports any changes in the patient’s mental or physical condition or home situation to the VITAS Nurse and members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) teaches basic personal care to the primary caregiver.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) practices basic infection control measures.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) observes, reports, and documents patient status and the care and activities provided.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) completes at least 12 hours of in-service training per calendar year.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) handles other tasks as assigned.

Home Health Aide (HHA) May Not

• Be assigned by VITAS to any institutional setting.
• Change sterile dressings.
• Irrigate body cavities (such as an enema).
• Irrigate a colostomy or wound.
• Perform a gastric lavage or gavage.
• Catheterize a patient.
• Administer medications.
• Apply heat by any method.
• Care for a tracheotomy tube.
• Suction a patient.
• Provide any personal care that has not been assigned by the VITAS nurse or included in the plan of care.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalent preferred.
• Meets personnel qualifications of a Home Health Aide as specified in 42 C.F.R. Section 484.4 and Section 484.36.
• Documented evidence of 75 hours of training as specified in 42 C.F.R. Sections 484.36 (a)(1).
• Documented evidence that Home Health Aide has successfully completed a Competency Evaluation program as described in 42 C.F.R. Section 484.36(b).

State Allowable Training/Certification

• AL, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, MI, PA, TX, VA, WI – CNA, HHA, HA
• CA – CHHA
• CT – Homemaker-Home Health Aide
• IL – HHA, NA
• KS – Home Health Aide certificate
• MO – Home Health Aide
• NJ – Homemaker-Home Health Aide
• OH – Home Health Aide

Special Requirements

• Home Health Aide (HHA) has the ability to read, write, and carry out directions.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) has the ability to travel per job requirements.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) has a telephone available in home.

Essential Functions & Physical Demands

While performing the duties of the Home Health Aide (HHA), the employee is regularly required to:

• Assist in lifting and transferring patients, as required.
• Lift objects in excess of 20 pounds.
• Stand or walk in excess of one hour per day.
• Talk and hear.

Specific Vision Abilities

• Close vision
• Distance vision
• Ability to adjust focus

Direction Received

• Home Health Aide (HHA) reports directly to the VITAS Nurse.
• Home Health Aide (HHA) receives clinical direction from the VITAS Nurse.