Home Health Aide

Overview

Overview

Are you passionate about making a positive

impact on people's lives? Do you thrive in a collaborative

environment where you can be part of an interdisciplinary team

dedicated to restoring the health and well-being of clients? Look

no further – VNS Health Personal Care is seeking compassionate and

skilled Certified Home Health Aides like you

What You

Will Do

Provide personal

care and support, including ambulation, transfers, ostomy care, and

assistance with medical equipment and self-administered medication.

Monitor vital signs, observe and report

client conditions, and adhere to infection control practices.

Assist with personal hygiene, nutrition,

fluid intake, and light housekeeping.

Ensures

client rights and confidentiality.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Satisfactory completion of

New York State Health Department approved HHA Training Program or

Equivalency.

Sixth (6) grade reading

comprehension level.

Writing and math

skill level to the extent necessary for the successful and safe

performance of required job functions.

Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.

Physical Requirements

Full

range of body motion, including handling and lifting adult

clients.

Standing and walking for

extensive periods, as well as bending and climbing

stairs.

Commonly lifts, carries, and

maneuvers items weighing more than 50 lbs.

Compensation : $19.50 -

$22.00 per hour

About

Us

VNS Health is

one of the nation’s largest nonprofit home and community-based

health care organizations. Innovating in health care for more than

130 years, our commitment to health and well-being is what drives

us — we help people live, age and heal where they feel most

comfortable, in their own homes, connected to their family and

community. On any given day, more than 10,000 VNS Health team

members deliver compassionate care, unparalleled expertise and 24 / 7

solutions and resources to the more than 43,000 “neighbors” who

look to us for care. Powered and informed by data analytics that

are unmatched in the home and community-health industry, VNS Health

offers a full range of health care services, solutions and health

plans designed to simplify the health care experience and meet the

diverse and complex needs of the communities and people we serve in

New York and beyond.