Home Health Aide

POSITION SUMMARY:

A Home Health Aide is an individual who provides personal care, home management and other related home health supportive services in order to assist the individual to continue living in their home environment when there are disruptions due to illness, disability, social disadvantage or other problems in the home. The Home Health Aide is under the direct supervision of the licensed nurse.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Successful completion of a New York State Department of Health approved Home Health Aide training program as demonstrated by a valid Home Health Aide Certificate.
  • Ability to read a 6^th grade level; i.e. limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of number. Ability to print and speak simple sentence.
  • Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s. ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
  • Hold a valid Home Health Aide Certification.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two steps instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

CONTACT:

Most Frequent Contact:                 Nature or Purpose:

Patients/Patient families; contacts                   Care Issues, provide direction and

Agency staff and Aide trainees                          supervision, Address client and program issue.

EQUIPMENT OPERATION:

Walker, Cane, Crutches, Wheelchair, Commode, Hospital Bed, Hoyer Lift, Household appliances (i.e. vacuum, refrigerator, stove, blender, toaster, etc.)

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

In order to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), each essential duty should be indicated with an “x” in the ADA box. A duty is essential if : (1) the position exists to perform that duty; (2) it requires specialized skill and/or