HH Aide

Kaiser Permanente; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) in Redwood City, CA, to join the Home Health Team. You will provide direct patient care under the supervision of a case manager and report any changes in patient condition to the case manager.

Responsibilities include assisting with personal hygiene, mobility, meals, medications administration constraints, and documentation. Work Schedule: Mon–Sun, Day shift; Onsite at Redwood City Hospital - Hospice. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Driver's License (California) and Home Health Aide Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care under supervision of a case manager.
• Assist with personal hygiene, bathing, grooming, and mobility.
• Support prescribed exercises and therapeutic diets with patients.
• Assist with meals, eating, and hydration.
• Assist patients with bathroom needs and continence care.
• Perform household tasks to support patient self-care at home.
• Assist with medications as allowed (home health aide cannot administer medications).
• Document care provided and patient status; report changes to case manager.
• Participate in care coordination meetings and agency quality activities.

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.

• 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.

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

Experience

Basic Qualifications

• 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.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

Primary Location

California, Redwood City, Redwood City CSA Offices

Scheduled Weekly Hours

1

Shift

Day

Workdays

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun

Working Hours Start

08:01 AM

Working Hours End

05:01 PM

Job Schedule

Call-in/On-Call

Job Type

Standard

Worker Location

Onsite

Employee Status

Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation

A01|SEIU|United Healthcare Workers West

Job Level

Entry Level

Department

Redwood City Hospital - Hospice - Internal - Other - 0201

Pay Range

$36.22 - $38.11 / hour

Travel

Yes, 75 % of the Time

Work Setting

Onsite

Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.