Certified Home Health Aide — In-Home Care & Support

Optum; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

401k plan

Incentives & recognition

Job summary

Amedisys, part of the Optum family, invites you to join a team delivering compassionate home health, hospice and community-based services. As a Home Health Aide, you will support patients in their residences with daily living activities under supervision of licensed clinicians.

You will help with personal care, mobility, meals, and safety, document changes, and follow individual care plans. A candidate will have CNA certification, CPR, and recent CNA experience.

Qualifications

• Current state certification (or registration) as a nurse assistant per state requirements.
• Current CPR certification.
• CNA experience within the last two years or complete a training program if longer.

Responsibilities

• Obtains temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respiration.
• Maintains a clean, safe, and healthy environment.
• Assists patient with bed mobility, bathing, hygiene and toileting.
• Prepares meals and assists with nourishment.
• Performs light homemaking and environmental services.
• Observes, reports, and documents changes in patient status.
• Follows care plan and infection prevention protocols.
• Assists with prescribed exercises and adheres to nurse/therapist guidance.

Skills

Nurse Assistant Certification

CPR Certification

CNA Experience

Job description

Amedisys, part of the Optum family, invites you to join a team delivering compassionate home health, hospice and community-based services. As a Home Health Aide, you will support patients in their residences with daily living activities under supervision of licensed clinicians.

You will help with personal care, mobility, meals, and safety, document changes, and follow individual care plans. A candidate will have CNA certification, CPR, and recent CNA experience.