Home Health Aide

Summary

Provides assistance with patient care activities as directed on the patient home health aide care plan and under the direction of the registered licensed professional staff. Independently assists the patient with activities of daily living, including personal care, meal preparation/cooking and/or feeding and provides basic homemaking and laundry assistance for the patient in the home.

• Assists with activities of daily living under the home health aide care plan.
• Prepares meals, cooks and feeds patients.
• Provides basic homemaking and laundry assistance.
• Takes temperatures, heart rates/pulses, respiratory rates and identifies changes in patient condition.

• Minimum of six months job‑related experience.
• Current valid driver's license.
• Current automobile insurance.
• Access to a good working vehicle.
• Credentials: CNA, driver license.

• Manual: significant manual skills/motor coordination & finger dexterity.
• Occupational: significant occupational risk.
• Physical effort: extremely heavy effort, may exert >125 pounds of force.
• Physical environment: significant exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Western CT Home Care Inc

$19.50 - $30.44 Hourly