Home Health Aide (HHA)j
Bethany Village·Town of Horseheads, New York
Bethany Village·Town of Horseheads, New York
Provide personal care, social support, and environmental assistance to residents in a home-like setting. Responsibilities include assisting with daily living tasks, medication reminders, and monitoring resident health conditions.
Description Join our Courtyards or Homecare team as a Home Health Aide! This role is all about making a real difference, supporting residents with personal care, daily living tasks, meals, and companionship in a home-like setting. If you’re caring, dependable, and enjoy building relationships with seniors, this is a great opportunity to be part of a supportive team where your work truly matters.
The Home Health Aide is a member of the Courtyards team who assists in meeting the personal care, social, and environmental needs of the Courtyard residents. Essential
Appropriately assist clients with personal care activities in accordance with the personal services care plan including: Baths (tub, shower, bed bath), mouth-care, denture-care, skin-care, foot-care, ambulation, bathroom privileges (bedpan, commode, toilet), transferring, dressing & undressing activities, grooming activities, and positioning. Appropriately assist with household tasks directly essential to the client's health and in accordance with the plan of care, including: planning and preparing nutritional meals, assisting in feeding client if appropriate, light housekeeping of client's immediate environment, change linen, make bed, laundry of client's clothing & bedding. Count, dispense, and assist residents with medications; complete necessary documentation. Immediately report any changes in resident’s condition, incidents, or accidents, to the Charge person. Accurately measure and record oral, rectal, auxiliary temperatures, pulse, respiration and blood pressure when ordered. Monitors residents, recognizing and reporting any changes in resident condition to the supervisor. Basic
Assist with medications, may not administer, may remind client, read label for client, bring medications to client, position client. Client must be self-directing. Assists in the orientation and training of new employees. Maintains cordial relationship with clients and their families. All other duties as assigned.
Education Required: Home Health Aide certified. High School Diploma or GED preferred. Ability to read, speak and write English is also required for this position. Experience Required: Prior experience working with the dementia resident preferred, and a genuine interest in the geriatric resident is required. Additional Qualifications: Must be able to communicate with co-workers, residents, and the families of the residents. Dependable, prompt, tactful, patient, a desire to work with geriatric residents. Client-focused at all times, while acting as a pleasant professional is essential.
Market context
In New York, Home Health Aide roles are typically in steady demand because agencies and families rely on in-home support for older adults and patients with ongoing care needs. These jobs are competitive when employers want certified HHAs who can communicate clearly in English and bring dementia experience or a strong interest in geriatric care. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then tailor your application to highlight certification, language skills, and any hands-on memory-care experience.
