Home Health Aide Job Description template and pdf with duties [2024]

Job summary 1

Home Health Aide is the heart and soul of our company. The Home Health Aide delivers first in class service to clients to ensure they remain safe and independent in their homes. The Home Health Aide has many important roles in the lives of the people they service, but he/she primary role and responsibility is to aid those that may need it with activities of daily living.

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Requirements & Skills 1

Previous Home Health Aide experience (preferred)
A passion for caregiving and a desire to help others
A commitment to being present and providing quality care
- Empathy, patience, kindness and respect
- Ability to carry out direction, both verbal and written
- Ability to effectively manage the demands of the job

Job summary 2

Home Health Aide provides personal care, home management and other related home health supportive services. Our goal is to assist seniors and allow them to continue living in their home environment. The Home Health Aide works under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse.

Duties & Responsibilities 2

Preparing and serving normal/therapeutic diets
Assisting with bathing, personal care, and dressing
Monitoring changes in client’s mental and physical conditions
Light housekeeping
Assist clients with self-administered medications
- Take, record and monitor temperature, pulse, respiration, intake/output
- Additional functions permissible under special circumstances
- Maintain and protect client confidentiality

Requirements & Skills 2

Ability to speak, read and write in English
Must be reliable and compassionate
Must have current driver's license, reliable vehicle and proof of auto insurance
- Experience preferred
- Successfully complete a criminal background check, DMV check, fingerprinting and pre-employment physical and drug screen
- Ability to bend, twist, stoop, kneel and reach

Job summary 3

Primary function is to provide personal health care and related services to the client in their place of residence; to assist in providing a safe and clean environment, work cooperatively with patient/family and share observations and problems with the supervisor. Works under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse.

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Assures continuity of quality patient care delivered
Provides direct patient care to patient under the direction of the RN/licensed Therapist
- Provides necessary skill to appropriately report changes and documents pertinent information and care rendered to patient to ensure continuity of care. Provides skills necessary to assist the patient with proper nutrition and adequate fluid intake
- Provides effective, positive, supportive, and respectful communication to patient/family, team members, physician, and other health care professionals to ensure coordination of services
- Provides necessary skills to assist the patient with safe transfers, exercise, and ambulation per agency policy

Requirements & Skills 3

High school graduate
- Current Drivers License
- Ability to complete Aide Competency Evaluation Skills Checklist and Written Skills Test
- Demonstrates interest in the welfare of the ill and elderly

Job summary 4

Are members of our team who provide hands-on personal care, report changes in the patient’s/client’s condition, perform simple procedures as an extension of therapy or nursing services, and provide incidental/instrumental activities of daily living as assigned to patients/clients in the home setting as permitted by the policies and procedures of company and any other federal, state and local law or regulation.

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Job summary 5

We are looking for a compassionate Home Health Aide to provide assistance in daily living and personal care services in patients homes in accordance with an established care plan.

Duties & Responsibilities 5

Grocery shopping, Prescription pick up, errands
Provide health care services in patients residences
Perform domestic and household tasks
Assist with clients personal care activities
Monitor patients (vital signs, temperature, respiration, etc) and report on their condition
- Maintain patients care records and document provided services
- Assist patients with mobility and physical therapies/exercises
- Provide companionship and basic emotional or psychological support

Requirements & Skills 5

Proven working experience as home health aide preferred
Familiarity with basic nutrition and personal hygiene standards
Proficiency in English
- Caring and compassionate personality
- Valid drivers license
- High school diploma preferred

Job summary 6

A Home Health Aide is a member of the healthcare team who performs various personal care services in order to meet the client’s needs. The Home Health Aide is responsible for observing, recording and reporting all changes to supervisor.

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Requirements & Skills 6

CNA HHA - Certified Nursing Assistant or Home Health Aide
High school diploma or GED
Minimum of 1 year experience
Valid Driver’s License and reliable transportation
- Negative TB skin test or negative chest X-ray
- Current Flu vaccine
- CPR Certified

Job summary 7

The Home Health Aide is responsible for providing personal care services according to written directions prepared by the Registered Nurse (RN) and/or Therapist and carried out under the supervision of the appropriate professional.

Duties & Responsibilities 7

Follows the Plan of Care established by the RN/Physical Therapist (PT) when providing patient care, and will coordinate with other professional staff when there is a need to revise the aide care plan.
Provides personal care, rehabilitative and supportive services as assigned by RN or Therapist.
Make observations for a change in patient status, including skin condition changes for pressure ulcers and pain levels.
Assists in activities of daily living (personal hygiene, eating, dressing, elimination, exercise and ambulation).
Provides household duties that are directly related to patient's care.
Supports the patient and provides care that encourages independence.
- Assists with medications that are ordinarily self-administered.
- Demonstrates knowledge regarding special needs and behaviors of age specific groups and demonstrates proficiency in required age specific competencies.
- Maintains a safe work environment.

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Job summary 8

The primary role of the Home Health Aide is to provide assigned residents with routine daily nursing care, activities of daily living, incidental homemaking and personal care in accordance with established agency nursing care procedures as directed by supervisors. The Home Health Aide reports any noted changes in the resident as they are noted.

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Job summary 9

Assist the patient and patient caregiver with personal hygiene needs to increase the level of comfort of the patient.

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Requirements & Skills 9

Certificate of completion of a state recognized Home Care Aide Training Program and supervised clinical practice.
One (1) years of experience working with adults in a healthcare setting.
Current registration in the state Nurse Aide Registry as a Certified Nurse Aide in state of practice.
Current CPR certification.
- Valid driver’s license and automobile liability insurance.
- Home care experience is desirable.
- Attend a minimum of 12 hours of annual in-service education and provide documentation to the agency.

Job summary 10

We are seeking a contractor Home Health Aide to become a part of our team! You will provide routine healthcare to patients at the patient's home.

Duties & Responsibilities 10

Monitoring vital signs
- Assisting clients with ADLs (light housekeeping, food preparation, bathing, etc.)
- Assist clients and family members regarding nutrition, treatments, and safety risks
- Preparing accurate, orderly, and timely reports and documentation

Requirements & Skills 10

Basic computer skills
Current CPR certification
Ability to pass a background check and drug test
- Strong communication skills and excellent bed-side decorum
- Valid driver's license and a year clean driving record
- Ability to pass a basic Home Health Care compliance course and test

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