Home Health Aide Certified - Chagrin Falls

Job Description

Job Description

General Purpose :

The Home Health Aide (HHA) is responsible for providing personal care to residents / community clients following established Judson Home Care policies and procedures and clinical standards, specific residents / community clients care plan, making observations, and reporting appropriately as directed by the supervisor or designee.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities ALL accomplished promptly :

Resident / community client personal care, homemaker, escort, and / or companion duties :

• Provides care according to the individual resident / community client care plan, makes observations regarding the individual’s condition, and reports / documents the duties performed and the observations made during all shifts of duty.
• Supervises residents / community clients at all times when on duty.
• Provides personal care to the client, including bathing, oral hygiene, hair care, shaving, skincare, hand and foot care, and dressing.
• Assists residents / community clients with mobility, including walking, transferring, and turning positioning using proper body mechanics.
• Assists residents / community clients with prescribed exercises, which the residents / community clients and the assistant have been taught and supervised by appropriate personnel.
• Assists residents / community clients with toileting needs, including assistance with bedpan, bedside commode, toilet use, and care of incontinence.
• Plans, shops, prepares, or assists with nutritious meals and prescribed diets including clean up of kitchen area.
• Feeds residents / community clients in need of assistance (STNAs are only permitted to perform this task in licensed areas).
• Assists in the self-administration of medications that are prescribed by the residents’ / community clients’ physician and set up by a nurse or other appropriate party.
• Provides homemaking services, such as bed making, light housework, laundering, and errand running with residents’ / community clients’ / family’s agreement or accompanying residents / community clients to medical appointments providing transportation with supervisor’s approval and written residents / community clients Responsible Party consent.
• Performs, assists, and / or encourages participation in activities both in and outside of the home / apartment / room with appropriate activities necessary to maintain a healthy, safe environment.
• Provides companionship to meet the socialization needs of the residents / community clients.

Reporting, documentation, and communication responsibilities :

Education responsibilities :

Attends and keeps records of 12 hours of mandatory and other appropriate in-services annually. Attends and keeps records of current and approved BLS / CPR courses noting that newly hired non-state tested nursing assistants (STNAs) who have not attended BLS / CPR are required to attend BLS / CPR Training within the first quarter of hire.

Miscellaneous :

Maintains a record of acceptable attendance and punctuality according to policy and procedures. Observes all company rules and safety procedures. Other duties as assigned.

Behavioral Skills :

This position requires incumbents to adhere to Judson’s organizational behavioral competencies.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS :

Minimum Qualifications, Education, and Certifications :

Physical Requirements :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job :

Working Conditions :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job and may vary from residence to residence. Some of the variations include pets, smoking, family members, traveling to various locations, and others as dictated by the individual environment.

Each home or residence (working environment) has a “Home Safety Evaluation” conducted at the admission of each case by the Resident Care Manager to confirm that the home environment is safe and to make recommendations as necessary to make it safe.