Certified Home Health Aide, San Francisco
Best Home Health Providers
San Francisco, CA, US
Full-time
Job Description
Job Description
Salary :
- Area of coverage : San Francisco, or Alameda County
- Salary : Pay is per visit NOT per hour
- Status : Per diem or On call- choose your own times- days- hours, no limits, no quotas, no minimum
- New Grads Welcome to apply!!
JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
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.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities of the home health aide include, but are not limited to, the following :
- Providing hands-on personal care including :
- 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
- Assisting in feeding the patient, if
- 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
- 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 patient in the self-administration of
remote work
30+ days ago