About The Care Company
The Care Company is an up-and-coming, licensed HCSSA serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. We bring high-quality services and compassion into the homes of seniors, individuals with a disability, new and expectant families, and others who need a helping hand. We are constantly looking to expand our team.
About the role
The home health aide provides personal care and related services in patients' homes. They function under the direction, instruction, and supervision of the nursing supervisor, director, and/or CNO.
What you'll do
- Assist with ADLS and iADLs as per the patient's plan of care (POC).
- Follow the POC for each patient and document the same.
- Help patients to maintain good personal hygiene.
- Meal preparation as per the plan of care
- Assist patients with ambulation as per the POC.
- Assist with certain treatments as directed by the Skilled nurse.
- Assist therapy personnel as needed with rehabilitative processes per the HHA POC
- May cue for medications ordinarily self-administered as assigned.
- Taking and charting vital signs under the direction of a nurse or healthcare practitioner
- Attempts to promote patient’s mental alertness through involvement in activities.
- Gives simple emotional support to patients and other members of the household.
- Prepares a report of visits on the day they are performed and incorporates it into the clinical record weekly or as directed.
- Report any changes in the patient’s status or home situation immediately to the supervisor, staff nurse, or aide supervisor, including recognizing & reporting skin changes.
- Conduct assignments as instructed by the supervising nurse or therapist, and document and report when unable to do so.
- Serve as an active participant on the patient's multidisciplinary care team, attending case conferences as required.
- Work with personnel of other community agencies involved in the patient’s care as directed.
- As instructed by the nurse, perform routine housekeeping tasks related to a safe and comfortable environment for the patient.
- Attend in-service as required by state and federal regulations.
- Confirm the schedule of visits weekly.
- Actively participate in the company's QA program.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- GED or High school diploma, preferred.
- Ability to read and write in English.
- Experience with home health services within the previous 24 months.
- Registration with the TX Department of Human Services (DHS’s) NAR with no findings of client abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of client’s property.
- Must pass a criminal background check and have current CPR certification.
- Meets one of the following education requirements:
- Satisfactorily completed a training & competency evaluation program that complies with the requirements of TX Code 558.701 and CMS regulation (minimum 75 hours) and have a certificate of completion; or,
- Satisfactorily completed a competency evaluation program that complies with the TX Code 558.701 and CMS regulation; or,
- Having documentation from the director of programs or the dean of a school of nursing that states the candidate is a nursing student who has demonstrated competency in providing basic nursing skills in accordance with the school's curriculum; or,
- Listed on the HHSC nurse aide registry (NAR) with no finding against the aide relating to client abuse or neglect or misappropriation of client property; or,
- Meets the requirements of a TX state licensure program that meets the provisions set forth by CMS Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies for Home Health Aide training & competency.
- Has the following work or volunteer experience:
- Minimum of one-year full-time experience in direct client care in an institutional setting (hospital or nursing facility); or,
- One year of full-time experience within the last five (5) years in direct client care in an agency setting.