HH Aide

Kaiser Permanente; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in California seeks a Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) to join the Home Health Team. The CHHA provides direct patient care under the supervision of a case manager and reports any changes in the patient’s condition promptly.

Responsibilities include assisting with hygiene, mobility, meals, medical-related tasks, and documentation, while ensuring compassionate, confidential care and adherence to program policies.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Home Health Aide Certificate (California) required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Successful completion of a training program approved by the Department of Health Services.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care under supervision of a case manager.
• Assist patients with personal hygiene, bathing, grooming and skin care.
• Assist with bed mobility, ambulation and prescribed exercises.
• Prepare meals and assist with eating, including therapeutic diets.
• Assist patients to the bathroom or with commodes and related tasks.
• Perform household tasks to support self-care at home.
• Assist with medications as allowed (do not administer).
• Document services and report changes; complete progress notes.
• Participate in care coordination meetings and schedule logs as required.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and professional behavior.

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Job Summary:

The Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) is a member of the Home Health Team, providing direct patient care under the supervision of a case manager, reporting all changes in the patients condition to the case manager.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provision of Care
• Assisting patients with personal hygiene such as skin, mouth, hair care and bathing
• Assisting patients in and out of bed and assisting with ambulation.
• Assisting with prescribed exercises which patients and appropriate health personnel have taught aides.
• Preparing meals, including therapeutic diets, and assisting patients with eating.
• Assisting patients to the bathroom or in using commodes, bedpans or urinals.
• Performing household services, which will facilitate the patients, self care at home and are necessary to prevent or postpone institutionalization.
• Assisting patients with medications, which are ordinarily self-administered. The home health aide shall not administer medications of any kind.
• Performing other activities taught by a health professional for a specific patient. These may include such services as changing colostomy bags, changing of non-sterile dressings, taking of vital signs, and non-sterile bowel and bladder hygiene care.
• Reporting changes in the patients condition and needs to the supervising nurse or therapist.
• Completing records regarding services performed.
• Takes actions in emergent patient situations and immediately report to supervisor.
• Documentation and Communication
• Prepares timely legible and complete documentation of all care provided.
• Documents all communication with other providers.
• Reports stated or observed changes in patient status to case manager.
• Submits schedule logs changes in schedule and daily progress notes within expected time frame per agency policy.
• Participates in care coordination meetings
• Planning, Organizing and Productivity
• Organizes, plan, set priorities and complete assignment within agency guidelines.
• Functions independently with supervision by case manager for each patient every 14 days as needed.
• Completes expense reports, time cards and schedule logs.
• Demonstrates utilization of supplies.
• Professional Behavior
• Behaves in a courteous professional manner with patients, health professional and maintains patient confidentiality.
• Participates in Departmental Quality Assurance activities and Utilization Review activities as requested.
• Perform related duties as required.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Grade 165

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• N/A

Education

• High School Diploma/GED;

License, Certification, Registration

• Driver's License (California)
• Home Health Aide Certificate (California)
• Basic Life Support

Additional Requirements:

• Successful completion of a training program approved by the Department of Health Services pursuant to applicable federal and state regulation.
• Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Computer literate preferred. Experience in automated clinical information systems preferred.