Home Health Aide- School/Pediatrics- Nassau County

Always Compassionate Home Care; Hicksville (NY); On-site; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private pay cases available

Competitive hourly pay

Supportive team environment

Job summary

Always Compassionate Home Care is seeking a certified Home Health Aide to accompany students in school settings and provide pediatric in-home care in the New York region. The role requires an HHA certificate, with pediatrics experience preferred.

Responsibilities include personal care, hygiene, medication reminders, and ensuring a safe, supportive environment consistent with each client’s plan of care. 18+ and dependable individuals are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Must be eighteen (18) years of age or older.
• Must have a Home Health Aide certificate with ongoing in-service education to maintain it.
• Mature, reliable, and able to establish good work relationships with clients and families.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a healthy, safe environment and provide nutritional and environmental support.
• Assist with personal hygiene, toileting, dressing, walking, and feeding.
• Position the client as instructed; assist with treatments and therapy as ordered.
• Remind the client to take medications and assist with bill payments when authorized.
• Run errands and document progress on the Aide Charting Sheet daily.
• Report changes to the agency or nursing supervisor as needed.
• Use medical supplies and equipment appropriately and provide emotional support.

Skills

Empathy

Dependable

Communication

Education

HHA certificate (state required)

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. This is a role for certified Home Health Aides ONLY - Pediatrics experience preferred; to accompany students in school.

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 and up!! Private Pay Cases Available! WKDBAPCS

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Always Compassionate Health provides the highest quality of community home-based services, combined with exceptional compassion and innovation to enhance each patient’s quality of life. By bringing together several of the top home health agencies in the state, we have become one of New York’s leading providers with strategically placed offices that serve thousands of clients every day.