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Medi Home Health Agency

Home Health Aide - PRN

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Company:: Medi Home Health Agency

Location:: Wintersville, OH

Features & Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
1. Provides personal care services, such as:
• Reading and recording temperature, pulse and respiration
• Maintaining a clean, safe and healthy environment
• Bed, sponge, tub or shower bathing
• Shampooing in sink, tub or shower
• Caring for nails and skin
• Oral hygiene
• Assisting with toileting and elimination
2. Applies safety principles and proper body mechanics to the performance of specific techniques of personal and supportive care such as ambulation of clients, transferring clients, assisting with the normal range of motion and positioning and doing household chores.
3. Prepares and provides adequate nutrition and fluid intake: provides medically prescribed diets under supervision.
4. Performs homemaking and other environmental services that facilitate receiving sanitary and safe care at home.
5. Observes, reports and documents changes in client status or expectations of service promptly to a supervisor or professional.
6. Understands basic elements of body functioning and reports changes in client body functions as indicated.
7. Able to recognize emergency situations and to implement appropriate emergency procedures when indicated.
8. Demonstrates utilization of good basic infection control procedures and follows agency procedures, especially with regard to infection control, handling of hazardous wastes, and safety measures in all instances.
9. Accurately documents care provided and submits visit records and mileage logs within 24 hours of visit.
10. Attends inservice programs according to agency policy. Attends client care conferences as directed.
11. Renders services in strict accordance with the written plan of care.
12. Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
1. Successful completion of the written competency exam and skills demonstration evaluation required for home health aide certification by the agency.
2. Able to take oral written instructions.
3. Good communication skills.
4. Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to and communicate primarily with the geriatric population, and to a lesser degree, the pediatric and adult populations.
5. Able to assess data reflecting the client’s requirements relative to their age-specific needs.

Send resume to:
Medi Home Health Agency
Attn: Phyllis Maxwell, RN
125 Main Street
Wintersville, OH 43953
Fax: 740-266-3978

EOE

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