Home Healthcare Aide

VitaCare Living Proctor; Proctor (MN); On-site; USD 24,796 - 28,929; Full time

Job summary

VitaCare Living Proctor is looking for an experienced Home Health Aide to join our team in Proctor, Minnesota. The ideal candidate will have 1-3 years of experience and possess strong organizational and communication skills. Responsibilities include assisting patients with personal care, medication supervision, and light housekeeping. The position offers competitive hourly pay ranging from $18 to $21, depending on experience. Candidates are required to have a valid driver's license, current auto insurance, and valid CPR certification.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience working as an HHA or caregiver.
• Valid state driver’s license, current auto insurance, and reliable transportation.
• Current CPR certification and first aid training.

Responsibilities

• Travel with patients to health care service providers and errand locations.
• Supervise medications and assist with meal planning.
• Help with personal care and coordinating appointments.
• Assist with physical therapy and personal exercise.
• Complete light housekeeping tasks.

Skills

Organization skills

Communication skills

Compassionate personality

Reliability

Resourcefulness

Education

Home health aide training program

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA)

Job description

Overview

Our busy home health agency is rapidly growing, and we’re seeking an experienced home health aide to assist us in providing superior in-home health care to clients. Our ideal candidate will have excellent organization and communication skills, and 1-3 years of experience working as an HHA or caregiver. You’ll assist our patients with companionship, basic medical care, light housekeeping duties, personal care, and hygiene tasks so that they are empowered to live happily at home.

Responsibilities

• Travel with patients to health care service providers, doctors’ offices, grocery stores, or for other errands, as needed
• Supervise medications and assist patient in organizing, refilling, and taking medications, as well as meal planning and preparation
• Help patients accomplish personal care tasks like scheduling appointments, calling doctors’ offices, and coordinating Medicare and other insurance details
• Help patients complete exercise, and physical therapy and ambulate the patient as indicated in the care plan
• Take care of light housekeeping tasks including but not limited to vacuuming, bed making, laundry, etc.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Compassionate, kind, and empathetic personality is essential, with superb organization and communications skills
• Carry a valid state driver’s license, current auto insurance, and have reliable transportation
• Pass a full employment background check, drug test, and physical, and possess current CPR certification and first aid training
• 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
• Conclusion of home health aide training programs from community colleges are acceptable; Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) is a bonus
• Extreme Ownership - takes control of outcomes, removes obstacles to success, no excuses.
• Resourcefulness - finds ways to achieve results despite a lack of resources, able to self-educate.
• Big Why - the driving force behind your career is the passionate care for vulnerable adults.
• Growth - has habits that lead to small improvements in self and team every day.
• Humility - puts ego aside, accepts criticism, to find the best solution in all situations.
• Reliability - Show up – able to be trusted when needed.
• Gratitude - intentionally looks for, thinks about, and talks about the good in any situation.

Compensation

$18 - $21 hourly