Home Health Aide - Home Care - Brooklyn, Full Time, Day - HHA CERTIFICATION REQUIRED! CAR / TRA[...]

NYU Langone Health System; New York (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Home Health Aide to provide essential personal care services to patients in their homes. This role emphasizes the importance of compassion and communication, ensuring that patients receive the highest quality of care tailored to their individual needs. Join a team that values diversity and inclusion, and be part of an organization that is committed to making a difference in the lives of patients. This is an excellent opportunity for those passionate about healthcare and looking to grow in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years experience as a Home Health Aide or Personal Care Aide.
• Ability to travel to patients' homes under all weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provides personal care and assists patients according to their care plan.
• Reports safety hazards and maintains patient supplies and equipment.
• Observes and communicates changes in the patient's status.

Skills

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Organization Skills

Manual Dexterity

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

State-approved Home Health Aide Program

Job description

NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center, which offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. We are a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.For more information, go tonyulangone.org, and interact with us onLinkedIn,Glassdoor,Indeed,Facebook,Twitter,YouTubeandInstagram.

Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Home Health Aide - Home Care- Full Time, Day - HHA CERTIFICATION REQUIRED! CAR / TRAVELING REQUIRED!.

In this role, the successful candidate A member of the Home Health Agency team providing personal care services to patients of all ages in accordance with the established plan of treatment in their Homes under the direct supervision of a Home care nurse.

Job Responsibilities:

• Encourages maintenance of the patient's medication, supplies and equipment. Reports environmental or equipment safety hazards to home office, patient, and family, with suggestions for improvement.
• Supports and complies with all departmental and hospital policies and procedures.
• Maintains caseload, schedules and travels to clients homes
• Performs patient care techniques, which require manual dexterity, visual inspection, manual palpation, auditory (auscultation); visual discrimination and physical movement of patients and equipment.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Provides personal care andor assists patients of all ages according to their abilities and the plan of care established by the Home Care Nurse via the following activitites: hygienic care, light housekeeping, preparation of meals, feeding, exercises.
• Observes and communicates changes in patient's status or condition as directed by the Home Care Nurse. Sets priorities. Completes patient referrals to NYU WUH HHA, patient care reports, forms, daily vouchers, and schedules.

Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a High School Diploma or Equivalent. Certificate of completion of a state-approved program offered forHomeHealth Aides. Department ofHealth (DOH) approved training program. 1 - 2 years Experience working as aHomeHealth Aide (HHA)/Personal Care Aide in aHome Care orHospital setting. Excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, and organization skills. Ability to negotiate architectural barriers in patient sHomes, and work within the environment of care. . Ability to travel to patientsHomes under all weather conditions.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.
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NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $42,713.41 - $45,489.99 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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