Live-In Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) | Paterson, NJ

Right at Home Ridgewood is currently looking for outstanding Certified Homemaker-Home Health Aide (CHHA) who will work in support of the client’s safety, dignity, well-being and ability to remain living at home.

The CHHA travels to the client's home to provide direct care in accordance with a written Plan of Care that includes personal care, grooming, ambulation, special procedures, homemaking, meal preparation, housekeeping and assistance with other activities of daily living.

QUALIFICATIONS :

• Have a high school diploma or GED, or a satisfactory combination of education and life experience needed to perform the duties and essential functions of the job.
• Completed a New Jersey Board of Nursing approved training program and have a valid New Jersey Board of Nursing, Homemaker-Home Health Aide certification.
• Have the willingness to travel throughout the service area. This includes being able to drive and have a valid driver’s license and auto insurance, or have the ability to independently travel on public transportation.
• Demonstrate good communication skills and mature attitude.
• Be honest, dependable and be able to perform the physical demands of the position.

RESPONSIBILITIES and DUTIES OF THE JOB :

Travel to client’s home, read and interpret the client's care plan and provide direct care as specified by the written plan of care.

The care includes personal care to clients such as, bathing, mouth, nail, hair and skin care, shaving, exercises as directed, and activities related to dressing and toileting including bedpan.

Assist client with ambulating, transfer activities, and the use of assistive devices like mechanical lifts, walkers, wheelchair, commode chair, braces, and prosthesis.

Perform special delegated procedures including taking vital signs and weight, feeding, measuring intake and output, and assisting client with self-administered medications.

These activities require reliable attendance at scheduled assignment and the performance of a variety of physical demands, including, but not limited to, those outlined in Working Conditions and Essential Functions below.

Travel to client’s home, perform light housekeeping, meal preparation and other support services as part of the plan of care.

This includes duties such as menu planning and shopping lists, run errands, prepare meals including special diets, present food, and clean dishes, appliances, and work area afterwards, go shopping, dusting, laundry, vacuuming, general cleaning of bathroom, kitchen, and living area when part of the written plan of care.

These activities require reliable attendance at scheduled assignment and the performance of such activities include using a wide variety of household equipment and home appliances and the physical demands, including but not limited to those as outlined in Working Conditions and Essential Functions of this Job Description.

• Observe the client's condition, behavior, appearance, and hygiene needs, living arrangements, and home environment while in the home and report and document changes or problems to the appropriate staff member.
• Write or otherwise electronically document visit reports to accurately record the care provided in the home, electronically record time and attendance and complete other forms to document the work of this position, including incident reports and written time and attendance reports as instructed.

Ensure the completeness and accuracy of these reports. Submit these reports on time.

• Maintain a dependable attendance, be regularly available for assignments, and be timely for scheduled visits. Call the office for assignments often or when late for an assignment.
• Attend at least twelve (12) hours of in-service training annually.

OTHER DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Adhere to Agency policies and procedures.
• Maintain a valid NJ Board of Nursing Home Health Aide certification.
• Always protect and maintain client and company confidentiality.
• Maintain a professional image, good appearance, and personal hygiene.
• Accept assignments and be punctual.
• Attend Agency meetings and training as directed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

WORKING CONDITIONS and ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

Work is in a variety of home environments. Frequently travel by car or public transportation throughout the service area is necessary.

Tasks may involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissue (OSHA Category I) and household chemicals, dust, and disinfectants.

This position routinely requires driving a car or independently using public transportation, lifting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing and pulling, stretching, standing, stooping, walking, walking up and down stairs, seeing, hearing, speaking, writing, reading, carrying, weight bearing activities, and the use of a wide assortment of large and small home appliances.