Come work for a home health agency with A Higher Standard! We are currently hiring PRN and part-time home health aides and STNAs. We have hours available and waiting. Whether you are looking for work while your family sleeps or your kids are at school, or just need to pick-up some weekend hours with a second job, we can find a place for you here!
Position Responsibilities Summary: The Home Health Aide is a member of the home care team who works under the supervision of a registered nurse and performs various personal care services as necessary to meet the client's needs. The home health aide is responsible for observing clients, reporting these observations, and documenting observations and care performed.
The Home Health Aide will be assigned in a manner that promotes quality, continuity, and safety of a client's care.
Directly Supervises: Indirectly Supervises: None
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Key Leadership, Management, and Accountabilities (LMA): Provide client care as directed by the Director of Nursing or Registered Nurse Supervisor.
Values-based Competencies: The Home Health Aide must consistently demonstrate and foster the following core values during all interactions with clients and other employees. Core values are the key behaviors that determine our decision-making at BrightStar.
Be open and positive
Serve with passion
Do the right thing
Do what you say
Make it great
Qualifications: High school diploma or GED
Minimum of one (1) year of healthcare or relevant experience
Certified in CPR, or willing to become certified before starting work
Have reliable transportation
Self-directing with the ability to work with little direct supervision
Empathy for the needs of the client
Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills
Ability to express spoken and/or written ideas in English
The ability to treat clients, staff and the public with courtesy, respect and present a positive public image.
Work as a team member
Ensure confidentiality and security of the client's medical information
Job Limitations: The home health aide will not function in any manner viewed as the practice of nursing according to the State's Nurse Practice Act. Specifically, the home health aide will not administer medications, take physician's orders or perform procedures requiring the training, knowledge and skill of a licensed nurse.
Working Conditions: Contact with client in their living environment. May be required to respond in an emergency situation. Travel required. Position includes tasks that have the potential for exposure to blood and other potentially infectious material (OPIM) such as body fluids/tissues.
Personal Protective Equipment: May include gloves, mask, eye protection, CPR shield and disposable outer covering. All required protective equipment provided by BrightStar
Physical Requirements: Must be able to stand walk, squat, bend, kneel, reach, twist, push and pull.
Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
Travel Requirements: Limited travel within the greater Cincinnati area as needed for various staff and client care service needs. Up to 10% or as directed based on the needs of the business and attending job required training and conferences All travel time between clients (not to and from home) will be paid
