AH-Home Health Aide

Join Sunrise Senior Living

When you join Sunrise Senior Living, you will be able to use your unique skills to empower residents to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Not only will you build meaningful relationships with residents, their families, and team members alike, you will also gain joy in serving others and deep fulfillment in your work. Explore how you can follow your passions and shed light on meaningful ways to serve, grow, and shine together.

Sunrise Senior Living was again certified as a Great Place to Work by Activated Insights. This is the 8th time Sunrise has received this top culture and workplace designation, highlighting the special place Sunrise is to be a part of.

Home New York

Job ID : 2025-228859

Job Overview

The Home Health Aide is trained to provide the hands-on Personal Care, providing physical and emotional support and other related services in the customer's home under the direct supervision of a registered nurse. Facilitates effective communications with customer's family while maintaining an effective work relationship with the customer and their family members. The Aide is responsible for performing all job requirements in a manner that exemplifies the Dignity "At Home" Assisting Living Core Values.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Essential Duties

As a part of the Dignity team, supporting our Mission, Principles of Service and Core Values is a fundamental part of this job. Our foundational belief is the sacred value of human life. The unique responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to the essential functions listed as follows :

• Plan meals in cooperation with client and family.
• Prepare shopping list and perform necessary shopping.
• Prepare and serve meals / foods.
• Clean cooking area, equipment, and utensils.
• Store uneaten foods properly.
• Provide medication promptly.
• Bring medication container and any necessary supplies and equipment to clients and open medication containers.
• Position the client for self-administration of medication.
• Store medication properly.
• Change client's clothing.
• Change linens.
• Perform personal care including bathing, applying lotion, filing nails, grooming, and toileting.
• Inspect skin for signs of pressure / irritation.
• Assemble and clean necessary equipment and supplies.
• Assist clients with prescribed medical equipment, supplies and devices including crutches, walkers, hearing aids, glasses, dentures, wheelchairs, canes, hospital beds, cushions, pads, slings, elastic support stockings, transfer / sliding boards, Hoyer lifts, electric lift chairs, heating pads, hot and cold compresses, nebulizers, humidifiers, oxygen equipment, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), and prosthetics.
• Change dressings.
• Perform specimen collection including urine, stool, and sputum.
• Record client weight.
• Take vitals including blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respirations.
• Assist in performing client maintenance exercise program as directed.
• Care for mature and stable ostomies.
• Provide catheter care.
• Perform light housekeeping and laundry for maintenance of clean environment.
• Monitor household supplies and resources and store reusable supplies.
• Accompany clients to appointments and events.
• Provide companionship and emotional support.

Other Duties

Core Competencies

Experience and Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed throughout this job description are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required.

About Sunrise

We offer benefits and other compensation that include :

Pre-Employment Requirements

Dignity Home Care considers the health and safety of its residents, family members, and team members to be one of its highest priorities. Employment with Sunrise is conditioned on completing and passing a drug test (which does not include marijuana), participating in testing requirements (e.g. Tuberculosis Test, Physical Evaluation). Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination is only required to the extent mandated by applicable federal, state, and local laws and authorities.

Compensation Disclaimer

Selected candidates will be offered competitive compensation based on geographic location of community / office, skills, experience, qualifications, and certifications / licenses (where applicable).