Home Health Aide - Robinson & Surrounding Areas

Concordia Lutheran Ministries • Full-time • Baden, Pennsylvania, USA • 7m ago

Concordia Visiting Nurses is a Medicare-certified, state licensed, Medicaid approved home health agency operating in nine Western Pennsylvania counties. For well over a decade, Concordia Visiting Nurses has provided high-quality skilled nursing, palliative care, and a variety of therapy services to our patients. Our goal is to deliver quality home health services, in good faith, to those who entrust themselves to our care and to minister to the unique needs of each individual with respect, dignity, and compassion. We strive to hire excellent people at Concordia - and keep them as well!

POSITION SUMMARY

The home health aide is a paraprofessional staff member trained to provide personal care, activities of daily living, exercise programs, and related services in the home for the sick and disabled, when no family member can assume this responsibility. This employee functions under the direction, instruction and supervision of the registered nurse and/or therapist.

QUALIFICATIONS

Completion of a formal home health aide/nursing assistant program is preferred.

Successfully completes Agency Competency Evaluation
One [1] year of supervised employment as a home health aide or nursing assistant
Scores at or above the 75% score on the nursing assistant evaluation/pre-employment test
Ability to understand and carry out directions and instructions and keep appropriate records
Hold current HSFA card
Reliable, independent means of transportation to make home visits
Car must be covered by established amount of insurance as described in personnel policies
Driver must have valid driver’s license

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Skills

Provide personal care including:

1. Bathing
2. Dressing
3. Grooming
4. Hair Care
5. Nail Care
6. Assistance with ambulation
7. Changing position in bed
8. Assistance with transfers
9. Oral hygiene
10. Changing bed linens of an incontinent beneficiary
11. Shaving
12. Deodorant application
13. Skin care with lotions and/or powder
14. Foot care
15. Ear care
16. Feeding
17. Assistance with elimination [enemas, routine catheter care, routine colostomy care]

Simple dressing changes that do not require the skills of a nurse

Assistance with medications that are ordinarily self-administered and do not require the skills of a licensed nurse to be provided safely and effectively

1. Assistance with medications may include:
2. Handing the bottle to the patient
3. Opening the bottle
4. Handing the patient water or other liquid to take the medication
5. Reminding the patient to take a prescribed medication

Assistance with activities that are directly supportive of skilled therapy services but do not require the skills of a therapist to be safely and effectively performed. Examples of such activities include:

1. Routine maintenance exercises
2. Repetitive speech routines to support speech-language pathology services

Routine care of prosthetic and orthotic devices

Performs all duties as assigned.

Benefits:

Health/Dental/Vision Insurance

Workplace Wellness

403(b)/401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Life Insurance Policy

Direct Deposit, Pay Card, Paperless Pay Checks

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Good Working Conditions

Excellent Staffing Ratios

Credit Union

Vacation, Sick & Personal Days

Paid Holidays

Shift Premiums

Competitive Wages

Discounted Child Care Services on the Cabot Campus

Referral Program

Seniority/Appreciation Bonuses

Funeral Leave

Call-Out Incentive

Voluntary Benefits, including: STD, Supplemental Life Insurance, Cancer Insurance, Accident Insurance

On the job training

Employee Assistance Program

Education Seminars and In-services

Employee Activities (amusement parks, professional sporting events, special events)

Tax Sheltered Annuities

Free Parking

Discounted Meal Plans

EOE
Benefits and Wages may vary based on facility location.

Minimum hours worked per week/status may be required for certain benefit eligibility.

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