HHA - Home Health Aide

Orlando Senior Health Network; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Orlando Senior Health Network seeks a Home Health Aide to provide routine healthcare to elderly and disabled clients in their homes or care facilities in Orlando, FL. You will support daily living activities, monitor health status, and report changes to the supervising nurse or therapist.

Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, mobility, hygiene, preparing meals, and light housekeeping. Documentation of patient care is required weekly.

Qualifications

• Experience caring for elderly or disabled preferred.
• Ability to perform personal care tasks.
• Ability to monitor health status and report changes.
• Record and report patient care weekly.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care including hygiene, grooming, and dressing.
• Care for mobility aids and assist with transfers.
• Take vital signs as directed.
• Submit patient notes and paperwork weekly.
• Provide homemaking and light housekeeping.
• Prepare meals as directed.

Skills

Personal care

Vital signs

Documentation

Mobility assistance

Job description

Description

JOB SUMMARY:

Provide routine individualized healthcare to the elderly, convalescents, or person with disabilities at the patient's home or in a care facility. Monitor or report changes in health status. May also provide personal care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming of patient.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: All duties of the Home Health Aide are under the direction of a Registered Nurse or Therapist as follows:

(Other duties may be assigned.)

• Assist with personal care, which shall include assisting the client with personal hygiene, bathing, dressing, grooming, ambulation, eating, shaving and physical transfer.
• Assist with the change of a colostomy bag and reinforcement of dressing, if instructed in procedure by an RN.
• Assist with the use of an aid for daily living, i.e., walker, cane, wheelchair.
• Assist with prescribed range of motion exercises which have been taught by a health care professional of the agency.
• Take vital signs (TPR) as directed.
• Perform catheter care as directed.
• Measure intake and output of fluid.
• Keep records of personal health care and activities.
• Submit patient's notes & paperwork on a weekly basis

Supervision of self administered medication in the home or healthcare by:

• Remind patient of the time to take the medication as prescribed.
• Prepare necessary items such as juice, water or spoons to assist client in the self administration of the medication.
• Provide homemaking and light housekeeping of the patient's care area as directed.
• Prepare meal services as directed.