Home Health Aide

• Assisting patients in and out of bed and assisting with ambulation


• Assisting with prescribed exercises which patients and appropriate health personnel have taught aides


• Preparing meals, including therapeutic diets, and assisting patients with eating


• Assisting patients to the bathroom or in using commodes, bedpans or urinals


• Performing household services, which will facilitate the patient's self care at home and are necessary to prevent or postpone institutionalization


• Assisting patients with medications which are ordinarily self-administered


• The home health aide shall not administer medications of any kind


• Performing other activities taught by a health professional for a specific patient and may include such services as changing colostomy bags, changing of non-sterile dressings, taking of vital signs and non-sterile bowel and bladder hygiene care


• Reporting changes in the patient's condition and needs to the supervising nurse or therapist


• Completing records regarding services performed


• Takes actions in emergent patient situations and immediately report to supervisor


• Documentation and Communication: Prepares timely legible and complete documentation of all care provided


• Documents all communication with other providers


• Reports stated or observed changes in patient status to case manager


• Submits schedule logs changes in schedule and daily progress notes within expected time frame per agency policy


• Participates in care coordination meetings


• Planning, Organizing and Productivity: Organizes, plans, set priorities and complete assignment within agency guidelines


• Functions independently with supervision by case manager for each patient every 14 days as needed


• Completes expense reports, time cards and schedule logs


• Demonstrates utilization of supplies


• Professional Behavior: Behaves in a courteous professional manner with patients, health professional and maintains patient confidentiality


• Participates in Departmental Quality Assurance activities and Utilization Review activities as requested


• Perform related duties as required


• Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities

Grade: 165