Home Health Aide

About The Care Company

The Care Company is an up-and-coming, licensed HCSSA serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. We bring high-quality services and compassion into the homes of seniors, individuals with a disability, new and expectant families, and others who need a helping hand. We are constantly looking to expand our team.

About the role

The home health aide provides personal care and related services in patients' homes. They function under the direction, instruction, and supervision of the nursing supervisor, director, and / or CNO.

What you'll do

• Assist with ADLS and iADLs as per the patient's plan of care (POC).
• Follow the POC for each patient and document the same.
• Help patients to maintain good personal hygiene.
• Meal preparation as per the plan of care
• Assist patients with ambulation as per the POC.
• Assist with certain treatments as directed by the Skilled nurse.
• Assist therapy personnel as needed with rehabilitative processes per the HHA POC
• May cue for medications ordinarily self-administered as assigned.
• Taking and charting vital signs under the direction of a nurse or healthcare practitioner
• Attempts to promote patient's mental alertness through involvement in activities.
• Gives simple emotional support to patients and other members of the household.
• Prepares a report of visits on the day they are performed and incorporates it into the clinical record weekly or as directed.
• Report any changes in the patient's status or home situation immediately to the supervisor, staff nurse, or aide supervisor, including recognizing & reporting skin changes.
• Conduct assignments as instructed by the supervising nurse or therapist, and document and report when unable to do so.
• Serve as an active participant on the patient's multidisciplinary care team, attending case conferences as required.
• Work with personnel of other community agencies involved in the patient's care as directed.
• As instructed by the nurse, perform routine housekeeping tasks related to a safe and comfortable environment for the patient.
• Attend in-service as required by state and federal regulations.
• Confirm the schedule of visits weekly.
• Actively participate in the company's QA program.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Satisfactorily completed a training & competency evaluation program that complies with the requirements of TX Code 558.701 and CMS regulation (minimum 75 hours) and have a certificate of completion; or,

Minimum of one-year full-time experience in direct client care in an institutional setting (hospital or nursing facility); or,

The pay range for this role is :

12 - 20 USD per hour(DFW)

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