Full Time Home Health/ Hospice Aide

Company Description

We would like to invite you to join a Team of people who are committed to a core objective of delivering life changing service to our home health clients. Our team is trained and motivated to deliver superior clinical outcomes and high patient and family satisfaction. A career with All County Home Care & Hospice requires a commitment to making work fun and celebrating successes; delivering and holding each other to the highest standards of care and professionalism; continual learning; treating others as people whose interest matter as much as our own; and being innovative while using good judgment. We are pleased that you are considering a career with All County Home Care & Hospice. If you believe that you are a fit for our team please review the job description and upload your resume. We look forward to speaking with you.

Job Description

The Home Health Aide (HHA) is a paraprofessional member of the home care team who works under the supervision of a registered nurse or therapist and performs various personal care services as necessary to meet the patient’s needs.  The home health aide is responsible for observing patients, reporting these observations and documenting observations and care performed. The home health aide will be assigned in a manner that promotes quality, continuity and safety of a patient’s care, and only after successful completion of a competency evaluation program. HHA is also a part of the interdisciplinary team.  

Qualifications

·         1.       Must have successfully completed a training and competency evaluation program that is approved by the respective state as meeting all requirements and listed in good standing in the state nurse registry. (Note: Home health aide or nurse aide will not be considered completed in a program if there has been a continuous 24 months or greater period-of-time where the described aide services have not been provided.  For lapses of this time-period or greater, the individual must complete another training and competency program prior to delivering any services.)

·         2.       At least 18 years of age.

·         3.       Ability to read and follow written instructions and document care given.

·         4.       Self-directing with the ability to work with little direct supervision.

·         5.       Empathy for the needs of the ill, injured, frail and the impaired.

·         6.       Possess and maintains current CPR certification.

·         7.       Demonstrates tact, patience and good personal hygiene.

·         8.       Licensed driver with automobile that is insured in accordance with Organization requirements and is in good working order.

·         The home health aide will not function in any manner viewed as the practice of nursing according to the State's Nurse Practice Act.  Specifically, the home health aide will not administer medications, take physician's orders or perform procedures requiring the training, knowledge and skill of a nurse, such as sterile techniques.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. We offer flexible scheduling, competitive pay, mileage reimbursement and direct deposit.  All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.