Certified Home Health Aide; Rahway, NJ

Overview

Job Description:

Provide supportive and personal services for the patients with consideration of dignity and privacy. Provide personal care and hygiene to home health patients/families.

• Must be a certified Homemaker – Home Health Aide with proof of certification
• Ability to read, write and follow directions
• Work positively and favorably with patients, families and staff
• Demonstrate compassion, responsibility, and professional attitude
• Current and valid certification by the New Jersey Board of Nursing as a Homemaker – Home Health Aide

The person in this position must be able to perform the following essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations.

• Non-Invasive and non-sterile treatments
• Collection and documentation of vital signs, height, weight, I/O, environmental situations, client behaviors
• Ambulation, positioning and turning
• Transportation
• Personal hygiene and elimination
• Feeding
• Socialization
• ADLS
• Health teaching reinforcement that has been planned and reinforced by the RN

The work environment and physical demands described here are representative of those required by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations.

Physical Elements

• Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities with or without reasonable accommodation, to enable the employee to communicate effectively;
• Sufficient vision or other powers of observation, with or without reasonable accommodation, to enable the employee to review a wide variety of materials in electronic or hard copy form;
• Sufficient manual dexterity, with or without reasonable accommodation, to enable the employee to operate a personal computer, telephone and other related equipment;
• Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes, with or without reasonable accommodation, to enable the employee to safely lift, move, or maneuver whatever may be necessary to successfully perform the duties of their position;
• Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes, with or without reasonable accommodation, to enable the employee to efficiently function in a general office environment, with frequent travel to a variety of field sites.

Environmental Elements:
Employee will have to travel to a variety of patient homes and perform in conditions that vary greatly depending upon the client’s home environment. Some homes will be clean, neat and maintained at a comfortable temperature. Other homes may be cluttered, dirty with an uncomfortable temperature. The above list reflects the essential functions considered necessary of the job identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the job or assigned by supervisory personnel.

This job description is used as a guide only and not inclusive of responsibilities and job duties.