State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) / Home Health Aide (HHA)

VITAS Healthcare; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

VITAS Healthcare is seeking a compassionate Home Health Aide (HHA) to provide personal care to hospice patients. In this role, you will assist with daily activities, maintain hygiene, and offer emotional support. Candidates should have a high school diploma and 75 hours of training. This position may require lifting and transferring patients.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Completed 75 hours of training as required.
• Competency evaluation program completed.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients with personal hygiene and meals.
• Observes and documents patient status and care provided.
• Provides emotional and psychological support.

Skills

Personal Hygiene

Meal Preparation

Mobility Assistance

Patient Observation

Emotional Support

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

75 hours of training

Job description

The VITAS Home Health Aide (HHA) is a non-exempt employee trained to provide personal care and services to hospice patients, augmenting care given by family members or other caregivers.

ASSIGNED JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Performs activities contained in a written assignment. Home Health Aide (HHA) assignments may include:

• Helps the patient maintain good personal hygiene.
• Plans and prepares meals; assists with feeding when needed.
• Assists the patient with ambulation.
• Assists with treatments ordered by the physician, supervised by the nurse, including: changing colostomy bags, using walkers or wheelchairs, dressing reinforcement, range of motion exercises, ice cap or collar, measuring fluids, and assisting with medications.
• Reads and records temperature, pulse, and respiration.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains a safe and healthy environment.
• Promotes mental alertness through engagement in activities.
• Provides emotional and psychological support to patients, families, and caregivers.
• Reports changes in patient condition or home situation to the VITAS Nurse and team.
• Teaches basic personal care to primary caregivers.
• Practices infection control measures.
• Observes, reports, and documents patient status and care provided.
• Completes at least 12 hours of in-service training annually.
• Handles other tasks as assigned.

RESTRICTIONS

• Cannot be assigned to institutional settings.
• Cannot change sterile dressings, irrigate body cavities, perform gastric lavage or gavage, catheterize, administer medications, apply heat, care for tracheotomy tubes, suction patients, or provide unassigned personal care.

QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Meets personnel qualifications per 42 C.F.R. Sections 484.4 and 484.36.
• Has completed 75 hours of training as per 42 C.F.R. Sections 484.36 (a)(1).
• Successfully completed a competency evaluation program as per 42 C.F.R. Section 484.36(b).

TRAINING/CERTIFICATION

Allowed in states: AL, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, MI, PA, TX, VA, WI

Certifications include CNA, HHA, HA, CHHA, Homemaker-Home Health Aide, HHA, NA, and Home Health Aide certificate.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to read, write, and follow directions.
• Ability to travel as required.
• Must have a telephone at home.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Must assist in lifting and transferring patients, lift objects over 20 pounds, stand or walk over an hour daily, and have good vision (close, distance, focus). May need to sit, stoop, kneel, or crouch.

RECEIVED DIRECTION

• Reports directly to the VITAS Nurse.
• Receives clinical direction from the VITAS Nurse.