Job detail

Home Health Aide

VNS Health

#Housekeeping #Confidentiality #Interdisciplinary Team #Vital Signs #Personal Care #Transfers #Ambulation #Infection Control #Nutrition

Quick overview

The role involves providing essential personal care and support to clients, including assistance with ambulation, transfers, ostomy care, and self-administered medication. Responsibilities also include monitoring vital signs, observing and reporting client conditions, and adhering to infection control practices.

Requirements summary

Candidates must have successfully completed a New York State Health Department approved HHA Training Program or its equivalency, along with possessing a sixth-grade reading comprehension level and necessary writing and math skills for safe job performance. Applicants must also be at least eighteen years of age and capable of meeting physical demands such as lifting over 50 lbs and extensive standing and walking.

professional certificateConfidentialityReportingObservationTransfersAmbulationInfection ControlVital Signs MonitoringLight HousekeepingPersonal CareHygiene AssistanceMedication AssistanceMedical Equipment AssistanceOstomy CareNutrition AssistanceFluid Intake AssistanceClient Rights Adherence

Job description

Overview

Overview Are you passionate about making a positive impact on people's lives? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where you can be part of an interdisciplinary team dedicated to restoring the health and well-being of clients? Look no further – VNS Health Personal Care is seeking compassionate and skilled Certified Home Health Aides like you

What You Will Do Provide personal care and support, including ambulation, transfers, ostomy care, and assistance with medical equipment and self-administered medication. Monitor vital signs, observe and report client conditions, and adhere to infection control practices. Assist with personal hygiene, nutrition, fluid intake, and light housekeeping. Ensures client rights and confidentiality.

Qualifications

Satisfactory completion of New York State Health Department approved HHA Training Program or Equivalency. Sixth (6) grade reading comprehension level. Writing and math skill level to the extent necessary for the successful and safe performance of required job functions. Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age. Physical Requirements Full range of body motion, including handling and lifting adult clients. Standing and walking for extensive periods, as well as bending and climbing stairs. Commonly lifts, carries, and maneuvers items weighing more than 50 lbs.

Compensation

$20.00 - $22.00 per hour

About Us

VNS Health has been committed to meeting the needs of New Yorkers for over 130 years. We’re one of the largest nonprofit home- and community-based health care organizations in the country, and today, more than 11,500 team members work together to make a difference in the lives of more than 99,000 patients and members on any given day.