Home Health Aide – Malden

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Job title: Home Health Aide CareTeam Member

SUMMARY: A Home Health Aide is a trained paraprofessional prepared to assist

professional personnel in personal care and home management related to comfort,

care, and safety of a client in the home.

Relationships: The Home Health Aide CareTeam member, reports directly to the

Agency’s designated RightTeam member (e.g. Supervisor, Department Director, and

Coordinator).

Responsibilities: The Home Health Aide CareTeam member accepts responsibility for his/her own

actions and

• 1. Provides necessary information on health status and experience.
• 2. Accepts only assignments for which qualified.
• 3. Attends agency orientation.
• 4. Practices safety and competency within the job description.
• 5. Communicates with the agency about problems and concerns.
• 6. Complies with State Federal regulatory acts and agency policies.
• 7. Completes required documentation accurately and on a timely basis.
• 8. Respects and maintains client confidentiality.
• 9. Reports concerns of client abuse or neglect.
• 10.Refrains from discussing personal problems, concerns, or opinions with client.
• 11.Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with client.

TASKS: The Home Health Aide CareTeam member assists in providing nursing care per the

care plan as in the following tasks

• 1. Supervises Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
• 2. Encourages client in self-help and optional level of independence or participation
• in activities.
• 3. Assists and encourages client to follow prescribed exercise program which may
• include range in motion exercises and ambulation.
• 4. Provides and assists with skin care by turning and positioning client as