Home Health Aide

Always Compassionate Home Care; Center Moriches (NY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Always Compassionate Home Care is seeking a compassionate Home Health Aide in New York to provide direct in-home care and support. You will help with personal care, mobility, nutrition, and daily tasks, while maintaining safety and dignity for the client.

Applicants must have an HHA certificate and be at least 18 years old, with a genuine interest in caring for the sick and disabled. The role emphasizes reliability, empathy, and strong interpersonal skills to support our clients in a home

Qualifications

• Must be eighteen (18) years of age or older.
• Must have a Home Health Aide training certificate with ongoing in-service education.
• Must have the maturity for establishing and maintaining good work relationships.
• Have a sincere interest in caring for the sick and disabled.

Responsibilities

• Maintain healthy, safe environment and provide nutritional and environmental support.
• Assist with personal hygiene, toileting, dressing, walking and feeding the client.
• Position the client when instructed to do so.
• Assist with treatments and therapy as ordered by physician and nursing supervisor.
• Remind client to take medications.
• Process payments as authorized and documented on assignment sheet.
• Run errands when authorized and documented on the assignment sheet.
• Report changes in client condition to agency or nursing supervisor.
• Use medical supplies and equipment as appropriate.
• Provide emotional support and build a trusting relationship with the client.

Skills

Empathy

Reliability

Communication skills

Patient care

Education

Home Health Aide certificate

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILTIES:

• Maintain a healthy, safe environment. Providing nutritional and environmental support.
• Assist with personal hygiene, toileting, dressing, walking and feeding the client.
• Position the client when instructed to do so.
• Assist with certain treatments and therapy as ordered by the physician and approved by the nursing supervisor.
• Remind the client to take medications.
• Assist with payment of bills ONLY when authorized to do so and it is documented on the assignment sheet.
• Run errands when authorized to do so. Documentation on the Aide Charting Sheet daily.
• Report any important information or changes in the client's condition to the agency and/or the nursing supervisor when necessary.
• Use of medical supplies and equipment when appropriate.
• Emotional support and the development of a trusting relationship between the aide and the client.
• Encouragement of client independence.

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION:

• Must be eighteen (18) years of age or older.
• Must have a certificate from a Home Health Aide training program consistent with State requirements with evidence of ongoing in-service education to maintain the certificate.
• Must have the maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining a good work relationship with the client, the client's family and agency personnel.
• Have a sincere interest in and a sympathetic attitude towards caring for the sick and disabled.

A HOME HEALTH AIDE MUST:

• Get along well with others.
• Be dependable and trustworthy.
• Maintain compliance with all agency policies and procedures.
• Maintain in-service requirements as specified in State and agency regulations. Enjoy working with others.
• Be a good listener, exhibit empathy for the sick, disabled and elderly, and be sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Be neatly dressed and have good personal hygiene habits.
• Maintain good health habits with regular physical and dental exams.
• Wear an identification badge while working.

FUNCTIONAL ABILITIES:

• Able to lift, turn and transfer clients
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to stoop and bend.
• Visual/ hearing ability sufficient to comprehend written and verbal communication.
• Able to verbalize so that the average person can understand.
• Provide direct care according to the established client plan of care.
• Carry out a wide variety of tasks under the direction of the nursing supervisor.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Regular exposure to client elements and occasional stress.

$19.65+ based on location #WKDPAPCS

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!