HCR Home Care·Plattsburgh, New York
Provide personal care, hygiene assistance, and supportive services to clients within their own homes according to a physician-authorized plan of care. Responsibilities include monitoring client conditions, maintaining HIPAA compliance, and completing digital patient documentation.
Role and Responsibilities
Provide personal care and supportive services to individuals in the community, in the privacy of their home.
Essential Functions
Provide health-related services as outlined in the plan of care, authorized by a physician, and established by a registered nurse or licensed therapist, under the direction of the Aide Matrix established by the NYS Department of Health.
Provide assistance with personal hygiene, housekeeping and/or other related supportive tasks to a patient with health care needs in his/her home.
Immediately report changes in client’s condition to supervising professional.
Ensure the safety of the client, client’s family and/or the employee.
Maintain HIPAA.
Complete and submit necessary patient documentation including charting tasks and observations on android device.
Attend ongoing in-service programs in a timely manner, to maintain certification.
All other duties as assigned.
This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; and nothing in this herein restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Additional pay for performance opportunities - earning potential is up to you!
Ongoing opportunities to earn incentive pay for meeting performance metrics.
Education Requirements
High School diploma or GED preferred.
Completion of an approved program of PCA or HHA certification as designated by NYS Department of Health.
The HHA/PCA is primarily in a non-office setting and may be exposed to outdoor conditions.
• Medium work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Medium work involves sitting and standing.
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.
EOE/AA Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran
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