Home Health Aide

Bighornlaw; Duluth (MN); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home health agency in Duluth seeks an empathetic and experienced home health aide to assist with patient care plans while promoting independent living. Successful candidates will enjoy a rewarding role offering essential care, companionship, and ensuring a clean living environment for vulnerable adults. This position offers an hourly compensation ranging from $16 to $18, with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience as a home health aide or caregiver.
• Must possess current CPR certification and first aid training.
• Some college preferred; must pass a full employment background check and drug test.

Responsibilities

• Administer medications maintaining an error rate of no more than one mistake.
• Support residents with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) according to care plans.
• Execute basic medical tasks and provide companionship.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Accountability

Problem Solving

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Completion of home health aide training programs

Job description

Posted 2 months ago

Description

Are you an empathetic and compassionate caregiver, who takes pride in helping people lead more independent lives? Our busy home health agency is seeking an experienced home health aide to assist our case managers in implementing patient-specific care plans. You’ll give our patients companionship and help with basic medical care, light housekeeping duties, personal care, and hygiene tasks so that they are empowered to live happily at home. You must have 1-3 years of experience as an HHA or caregiver and possess excellent communication skills. If you enjoy a position that is varied and rewarding every day, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Administer Medications: Dispense medications as directed by the Registered Nurse (RN), maintaining an annual error rate of no more than one mistake.
• Resident Response: Attend to resident call lights within 10 minutes to ensure responsive and attentive care.
• Light Housekeeping: Perform regular light housekeeping in resident rooms at least once weekly to promote a clean and comfortable living space.
• Service Charting: Accurately document all services provided without missing tasks, ensuring compliance with company standards.
• Assistance with ADLs: Support residents in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) according to each individual’s Client Service Plan, with a zero-tolerance policy for missed tasks.
• Mitigate issues with medications by helping to open bottles, organizing self-administered dosing, and arranging for refills, and help the patient with meal preparation and planning
• Execute basic medical tasks such as replacing bandages and dressings, taking vital signs, measuring glucose and ketone levels, and ensuring the proper use of medical devices
• Drive patients as needed, for grocery shopping, running errands, or doctors’ visits, when necessary
• Sustain quality companionship and provide psychological and emotional support for patients and their family members
• Implement care plans as directed by the case manager, and keep updated and accurate care records

Qualifications

• Extreme Ownership: Demonstrates accountability, and ownership of outcomes, and proactively removes obstacles.
• Finds effective solutions even with limited resources and independently seeks knowledge.
• Passion for Purpose (Big Why): Possesses a strong, genuine dedication to serving and caring for vulnerable adults.
• Commitment to Growth: Actively pursues self-improvement and team betterment each day.
• Embraces a solutions-focused attitude, welcoming feedback and putting egos aside for the best outcome.
• Shows up on time, prepared, and ready to deliver dependable support.
• Maintains a positive outlook, seeking and appreciating the good in all situations.
• Capable of lifting up to 100 lbs, you may also be required to stoop, bend, reach, and transfer patients up to 250 lbs as needed
• Pass a full employment background check, drug test, and physical, and possess current CPR certification and first aid training
• Completion of home health aide training programs from community colleges are acceptable - Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) is a plus
• Some college preferred, but a high school diploma or GED is required
• Excellent communication and organizational skills are valuable, as is a compassionate, empathetic, and kind personality

Compensation

$16 - $18 hourly

About VitaCare Living West Duluth I & West Duluth II & GND

We are always looking for team members who connect with our mission of adding life to the years of our residents. If you value the same principles that guide us and are driven by warm, welcoming environments and team culture, VitaCare Living may be a great fit for you!