HOME HEALTH AIDE/PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANT

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● Assist with medications (normally self-administered).
● Apply and maintain prosthetics and orthotics.
● Clean equipment.
● Assist with dressing/undressing.
● Provide assistance with food, nutrition and diet activities.
● Accompany client to obtain medical diagnoses or treatment.
● Provide services necessary to maintain client's personal health and safety.
● Assist client to complete daily living skills such as personal/oral hygiene.
●Assist with incidental household services.
●Complete the appropriate records to document cares given and pertinent observations.
●Respond and attend to client requests promptly.
● Maintain proper hand washing techniques.
● Maintain a safe client environment.
●Maintain client confidentiality; treat clients and families with respect.
●Understand, accept and respond to the emotional needs of each client.
●Participate in in-service programs to meet compliance requirements.
●Accept and fulfill assignments with the Agency; exercise judgment in accepting assignments.
Perform other related duties and responsibilities as deemed necessary
2. Performs personal care activities, including but not limited to:
a. Bathing
b. Shampooing
c. Skin care/nail care
d. Oral hygiene
e. Shaving
f. Dressing
g. Also checking Temperature, Pulse and Respiration.
3. Performs household services essential to health care at home, including but not limited to:
a. Meal preparation/feeding
b. Laundry
c. Light housekeeping
4. Assists and remind client to take medications that have been prepared by client care giver or register nurse.
5. Reports any observed or reported changes in the client's condition and/or needs to the Registered Nurse.
Job Requirements
● Be eighteen (18) years of age or have been approved to work by the employer and met state guidelines for persons between the age of 16-18 years
● Have demonstrated ability to work with little direct supervision and make appropriate judgments.
● Have demonstrated dependability, tact and ability to follow orders.
● Possess good interpersonal communication skills.
●Possess and maintain good physical and mental health, including current TB testing (refer To Health Screening policy).
● Have US Citizenship or evidence of alien work permit.
●Disclose any conviction and criminal history records pertaining to any crime related to the provision of health services or to the occupation of Personal Care Assistant (no candidate who has been convicted of such crimes will be hired.)
●Must not have jeopardized health and welfare of vulnerable adults through physical abuse, sexual abuse or neglect as defined in Ohio Statutes.
●Must not misuse or show dependency on mood altering chemicals including alcohol.
Must have completed one or more of the following:
A Nursing Assistant training program or its equivalent, for which competency as a Nursing Assistant is determined according to a test administered by State Board of Vocational Technical Education or
●A Homemaker-Home Health Aide training program using a curriculum recommended by Ohio Department of Health or
●An accredited educational program for registered nurses or licensed practical nurses or
● A training program that provides the assistant with skills required to perform personal care assistant services specified by the Agency or
Determination by the supervising RN that the assistant has the skills required, through training and experience, to perform the personal care services specified under Covered Services in Medical Assistance Manual

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