Home Health Aide | 32 hours per week | Home Health FM

Personal Care Champion

Provides basic patient care under the direction of a licensed nurse. Serves as patient's 'Personal Care Champion' by assisting them with activities of daily living. Provides care & support in the home setting or hospice house with special attention to patient personal care needs in end of life care. Perform visits and / or shift work.

What You Will Do :

• Administer treatments, such as application of prosthetics / braces, Anti-embolism hose, simple dressings, non-prescription topical creams / lotions, massages, as directed by a physician or nurse.
• Bathe, groom, shave, dress, ambulate, transfer, and perform Range of motion (ROM), exercises, empty urinary or fecal drainage bags.
• Clean rooms / home, change linens, empties trash, restocks supplies, and prepares meals or snacks and assist with feeding patients.
• Collect specimens such as urine, feces, and or sputum.
• Observe patients' conditions, measuring and recording food and liquid intake and output and vital signs, and report changes to professional staff.
• Turn and reposition bedridden patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores and educate family in repositioning.
• Answer patient call lights, phone calls and direct visitors in the hospice house.
• Completes documentation in Electronic Medical Record (EMR).

Qualifications :

Home Health / Hospice Physical Demands : Will be exposed to weather elements-ice, snow, sleet, rain, wind, heat, cold, pets, pests, bugs, farm animals, and rodents. Position Demands : Is on call on rotating weekends, irregular shifts and may have capability to work in the hospice house. Will drive personal and or company vehicle. Driver's license required. Hospice House Physical Demands : Will be exposed to dog visits, temperature controlled. Position Demands : Works multiple variable shifts, works weekends and may have capability to do home visits. No Driver's license required. Not expected to driver personal and or company vehicle.

We are excited to offer an aggressive compensation and benefits package for qualifying positions, which includes :

Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.