Personal Care Aide; PCA​/Home Health Aide; HHA - Rochester, NY

Overview

Personal Care Aide (PCA)/Home Health Aide (HHA) - Rochester, NY - Up to $25/hr join to apply for the PCA/HHA role at Always Compassionate Health
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• Maintain a healthy, safe environment. Provide nutritional and environmental support.
• Assist with personal hygiene, toileting, dressing, walking and feeding the client.
• Position the client when instructed to do so.
• Assist with certain treatments and therapy as ordered by the physician and approved by the nursing supervisor.
• Remind the client to take medications.
• Assist with payment of bills ONLY when authorized to do so and it is documented on the assignment sheet.
• Run errands when authorized to do so. Documentation on the Aide Charting Sheet daily.
• Report any important information or changes in the client's condition to the agency and/or the nursing supervisor when necessary.
• Use of medical supplies and equipment when appropriate.
• Emotional support and the development of a trusting relationship between the aide and the client.
• Encouragement of client independence.

• Must be eighteen (18) years of age or older.
• Must have a certificate from a Home Health Aide training program consistent with State requirements with evidence of ongoing in-service education to maintain the certificate.
• Must have the maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining a good work relationship with the client, the client's family and agency personnel.
• Have a sincere interest in and a sympathetic attitude towards caring for the sick and disabled.

• Get along well with others.
• Be dependable and trustworthy.
• Maintain compliance with all agency policies and procedures.
• Maintain in-service requirements as specified in State and agency regulations. Enjoy working with others.
• Be a good listener, exhibit empathy for the sick, disabled and elderly, and be sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Be neatly dressed and have good personal hygiene habits.
• Maintain good health habits with regular physical and dental exams.
• Wear an identification badge while working.

• Able to lift, turn and transfer clients
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to stoop and bend.
• Visual/hearing ability sufficient to comprehend written and verbal communication.
• Able to verbalize so that the average person can understand.
• Provide direct care according to the established client plan of care.
• Carry out a wide variety of tasks under the direction of the nursing supervisor.

• Regular exposure to client elements and occasional stress.

The hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member s base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

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