Title: | Home Health Aide PRN |
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ID: | 1005 |
Location: | N/A |
Department: | Client Services |
Job Description – Home Health Aide PRN
Place of Employment:
Client’s home, work outside of the client’s home and other work sites as required by LoveBird HQ management.
Accountable to LoveBird HQ’s Director, Administrator, Manager.
Job Summary:
The Home Health Aide PRN takes care of client who may be afflicted with an illness and/or disability; clients may also be the elderly who may need care – but in all these cases the clients are in their homes. Will beworkonanon-call basis; fill in for staff on leave and will work on a client as needed.
Responsibilities:
- Help patients with personal hygiene, dressing, bathing and other daily tasks. ∙ Records patient information by making entries in the patient journal and notifying the nursing supervisor of changing or unusual conditions.
- Perform basic health care services for patients including checking vital signs or administering prescription medication.
- Enables patients to stay in their homes by monitoring and recording patient condition, providing support and personal services, and teaching families.
- Help with general light housekeeping.
- Make transportation arrangements as needed.
- Work with a nurse, personal care aide, a CNA, nurse aide, nursing assistant, and other caregivers and in-home care professionals.
- Observe and report on patient condition.
- Keep up with in-service training.
Qualifications:
● High school diploma.
● Reliable transportation.
● Must be able to pass the criminal background check.
● Must be able to provide references.
● Ability to work with little supervision.
● Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
● Have good personal hygiene.
● Able to do lighthouse keeping.
● Emotional Control.