Home Care Aide.- Private Duty. M-F, Weekends, Days, Nights. In-Home Care

Home Care Aide Job Responsibilities:

• Enables patients to stay in their homes by monitoring and recording patient condition, providing support and personal services, and teaching families.
• Monitors patient condition by observing physical and mental illness, intake and output, and exercise.
• Supports patients by providing housekeeping and laundry services, shopping for food and other household requirements, preparing and serving meals and snacks, and running errands.
• Assists patients by providing personal services, such as bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Helps patients care for themselves by teaching them how to use a cane or walker, special utensils to eat, and special techniques and equipment. Personal hygiene.    
• Helps family members care for the patient by teaching appropriate ways to lift, turn, and re-position the patient.
• Advises on nutrition, cleanliness, and housekeeping.
• Records patient information by making entries in the patient journal. And notifying the nursing supervisor of changing or unusual conditions.
• Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy patient environment by following asepsis standards and procedures, security precautions, and prescribed dietary requirements and nutrition standards.
• Protects the home care agency by adhering to professional standards, home care policies and procedures, and federal, state, and local. Requirements.
• Enhances service reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to the job. Accomplishments.

 Types: Full-time, Part-time, Per diem
Salary: $20.00 - $24.00 per hour 

Benefits:

• 401(k) (Full Time Only)
• Continuing education credits/CareAcademy
• Dental Insurance (Full Time Only)
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance. (Full Time Only)
• Paid orientation
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance (Full Time Only)

Medical specialties:

• Geriatrics
• Home Health

Physical setting:

• Long-term care

Standard shift:

• Day shift
• Night shift

Supplemental schedule:

• Holidays
• Overtime

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Rotating weekends
• Weekends as needed. Must be flexible.

Work Location: In person. In-Home Care.

Home Care Aide Qualifications / Skills:

• Creating a safe, effective environment
• Health promotion and maintenance
• Nursing Skills
• Health care administration
• Patient services
• Verbal communication
• Listening
• Training
• Dependability
• Emotional control
• Medical teamwork

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED
• TB Test results.
• CPR
• Any state-mandated certification
• Minimum 1+ years (s) of professional or personal experience supporting individuals with disabilities, mental illnesses, or challenging behaviors.
• Must have a valid in-state driver’s license, provide current registration and insurance, and have a driving record with no more than 2  points within the last three years.
• HCA- Must be registered with the California Department of Social Services.