What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Home Health Aide For Home Health Visits position at Obran Cooperative?
The home health aide 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.
Physicians Choice Home Health is an Obran Cooperative Company. Obran Health is building the largest worker-owned home-based healthcare company in the US. We know the frustrations that come when working at a traditional healthcare employer - we’ve been there. That is why we created Obran Health. Obran Cooperative businesses give voice, power, and a share of the profits to each of our employee members. We are recruiting for healthcare professionals that want the chance to really own their work and have a say in the organization where they work.
Responsibilities of the home health aide include, but are not limited to, providing hands-on personal care including the following:
- Baths
- Back rubs
- Oral hygiene
- Shampoos
- Changing bed linen
- Assisting patients with dressing and undressing
- Skin care to prevent breakdown
- Assisting the patient with toileting activities
- Keeping patient’s living area clean and orderly, as appropriate
- Planning and preparing nutritious meals
- Assisting in feeding the patient, if necessary
- Taking and recording oral, rectal and axillary temperatures, pulse, respiration and blood pressure when ordered (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency)
- Assisting in ambulation and exercise according to the plan of care
- Performing range of motion and other simple procedures as an extensional therapy service as ordered (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency)
- Performing simple procedures as an extension of nursing services as ordered (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency)
- Assisting patients in the self-administration of medication
- Doing the patient's laundry, as appropriate
- Meeting safety needs of patients and using equipment safely and properly (foot stools, side rails, etc.)
- Reporting on the patient's condition and significant changes to the assigned nurse
- Adhering to the Physician’s Choice Home Health documentation and care procedures and standards of personal and professional conduct
The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job related tasks other than those stated in this description.
- Meets the training requirements and successfully completed:
- A training and competency evaluation program that meets §484.80 (b) and (c); or
- A competency evaluation that meets the requirements of §484.80 (c); or
- A nurse aide training and competency evaluation approved by the state as meeting the requirements of §483.151 through §483.154 and is currently in good standing on the state nurse aide registry; or
- The requirements of a state licensure program that meets the provisions of §484.80 (b) and (c).
- Shows proof of registration on the Home Care Aide Registry through the Department of Social Services, Home Care Services Bureau, preferred.
- At least 18 years of age.
- Ability to read and follow written instructions and document care given.
- Self-directing with the ability to work with little direct supervision.
- Empathy for the needs of the ill, injured, frail and the impaired.
- Possess and maintain current CPR certification.
- Discretion in dealing with sensitive and confidential information
- Ability to travel to different patients' homes.
- Prior experience working in a home health setting is preferred, but not required.
Full time employees are eligible for:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Flexible schedule
- Short- and long-term disability
All employees are invited to become members of Obran Cooperative. An ever growing set of member benefits is offered to all Obran Cooperative members, including:
- Personal enrichment resources
- Financial budgeting resources
- Optional participation in the Obran Cooperative board and committees to help define future Obran Cooperative member benefits for all Obran Cooperative members
- Participation in profit-sharing
Obran Cooperative’s mission is to put the engines of business to work for humanity.
Our Vision
Obran will be the world's largest worker-cooperative conglomerate. We exist to grow profitable, useful, and impactful businesses that serve our members, customers, and communities. We acknowledge structures of inequity and embrace the struggles to overcome them, one workplace at a time.
Our Values
- Democracy: We empower and educate members to participate fully in workplace decisions.
- Innovation: We question the status quo and find new ways of working that are better for ourselves, our customers, our communities, and the environment.
- Solidarity: We act in ways that promote equity and inclusion; we are pro-black, pro-women, pro-LGBTQ , and against hate and discrimination in all its forms.
- Humanity: We believe that workers are humans first; we foster dignity, respect, and joy in our interactions with each other.
- Balance: We think critically and holistically about our decisions, and seek balance in the short- and long-term outcomes of all stakeholders we touch. Our stakeholders include our members, our families, our communities, our investors, our customers, our suppliers, and the environment.
This organization operates in accordance with the Rochdale cooperative principles:
- Voluntary and open membership
- Democratic member control
- Members’ economic participation
- Autonomy and independence
- Education, training, & information
- Cooperation among cooperatives
- Concern for community
Equal Opportunities and Accommodations
Obran is deeply committed to creating workplaces and a community of members where equity is prioritized and valued. We believe that traditional corporations’ bad behavior disproportionately hurts the most marginalized people in society — including people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women and LGBTQ people. We believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.
Obran is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please contact Obran Careers at careers eeo@obran.coop at least one week in advance of your interview.
