Home Health Aide

Interim HealthCare Inc.; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Interim HealthCare Inc. is seeking a Home Health Aide to provide hands-on personal care to patients in their homes in the Birmingham area. You will report changes in patient conditions and assist with daily living activities as directed by the care plan.

Qualifications include 18+ years old, passing a home health aide knowledge exam, background checks, and strong English communication skills. Valid driver's license and auto liability insurance may be required for driving assignments.

Qualifications

• Evidence of passing a home health aide knowledge exam.
• Pass state required criminal and abuse background checks where required.
• Able to effectively communicate in English with all levels of the workforce, both clinical and non-clinical
• Able to read, write, and verbally report clinical information to patients, caregivers and agency staff.
• Able to perform and prioritize multiple tasks or functions.
• Able to provide proof of valid driver's license, if applicable.
• Able to provide proof of valid auto liability insurance if assignment includes driving own vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Reads and records temperature, pulse, and respirations.
• Assists with activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, nail and skin care, oral hygiene, toileting and adequate nutrition.
• Promotes safe environment and maintains unobstructed pathways while providing care.
• Assists with ambulation, transfers and/or range of motion exercises.
• Assists with incidental/instrumental activities of daily living such as shopping, meal preparation, homemaking and maintaining a clean and safe environment.
• Assists in medication reminding and administration as ordinarily self-administered.
• Utilizes infection prevention and control measures per universal precautions.
• Follows the assignment sheet/service plan and reports changes to supervisor.
• Documents observations and services provided accurately and promptly.
• Organizes visits/shifts and tasks efficiently.

Skills

Communication

English proficiency

Reading & writing

Time management

Patient care

Driving

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Home Health Cases

General Purpose:

Are members of the interdisciplinary team who provide hands-on personal care, report changes in the patient’s/client’s condition, perform simple procedures as an extension of therapy or nursing services, and provide incidental/instrumental activities of daily living as assigned to patients/clients in the home setting as permitted by the policies and procedures of Interim HealthCare and any other federal, state and local law or regulation.

Essential Functions:

• Reads and records temperature, pulse, and respirations.
• Assists, performs and trains patient/client and family in activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, nail and skin care, oral hygiene, toileting and elimination and adequate nutritional intake.
• Promotes safe environment and maintain unobstructed pathways while providing care.
• Assists with ambulation, transfers and/or range of motion exercises.
• Assists with incidental/instrumental activities of daily living such as shopping, meal preparation, socialization activities, homemaking and maintaining a clean and safe physical environment.
• Assists in medication reminding
• Assists in administering medications ordinarily self-administered.
• Utilizes infection prevention and control measures such as universal precautions, hand washing, and personal protective equipment.
• Follows the assignment sheet/service plan performing only tasks that are assigned.
• Recognizes, reports, and records/documents changes in patient/client condition and safety to supervisor.
• Document observations, activities and service provided in an accurate, complete and timely manner.
• Organizes self to carry out visits/shifts and tasks.

Home Health Aide MAY NOT:

• Perform any skilled nursing procedure, which is prohibited by the State Nurse Practice Act, law or regulation.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:

• Eighteen (18) years of age or older.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
• Evidence of passing a home health aide written knowledge exam.
• Pass state required criminal and abuse background checks where required.
• Able to effectively communicate in English with all levels of the workforce, both clinical and non-clinical
• Able to effectively communicate, including the ability to read, write, and verbally report clinical information to patients, patient representatives (if any), patient’s caregivers and family, and agency staff.
• Able to perform and prioritize multiple tasks or functions.
• Able to provide proof of valid driver's license, if applicable.
• Able to provide proof of valid auto liability insurance if assignment(s) include driving own vehicle to transport patient.

Working Conditions & Physical Effort:

• Able to constantly travel within geographic area serviced by office from assignment to assignment.
• Meets the applicable health requirements to provide patient care per applicable law or regulation.
• Work is normally performed in patient’s home.
• Occasional exposure to communicable diseases, bloodborne pathogens and/or other potentially infectious or hazardous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment (e.g. face masks, goggles, latex and or non-latex gloves).
• Able to constantly stand, bend, stoop, squat, kneel and reach freely.
• Able to frequently lift, reposition, and transfer clients/patients.
• Able to frequently carry bundles such as groceries and laundry up or down stairs and lift with or without assistance.
• Able to constantly grasp with thumb in opposition to fingers of palm (i.e. DME supplies, knobs or objects)..
• Medium physical activity that may require frequent lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 50 lbs.