Home Health Aide - CNA - DC HHA

About the Job

Med Star Health is looking for a Home Health Aide to join our team at Med Star Health Home Care. To qualify you must have an HHA certification in DC, a valid driver’s license, and your own reliable transportation.

• Attends agency regional office and team meetings as required. Attends in‑service educational programs. Demonstrates flexibility in adjusting to changes in procedures and daily schedule. Maintains effective working relationships with other departments and participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams. Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and agency in community outreach efforts. Enhances growth and development and enriches personal knowledge and skill through participation in educational programs and affiliations.
• Cleans direct patient care area, as necessary. Identifies safety hazards in the home and reports them to the team’s Operations Director or primary case‑manager. Reinforces with patient/family ways to remove identified safety hazards in the home. Performs personal care activities (bathing, dressing, oral hygiene, etc.). Performs other related activities (light meal preparation, personal laundry, etc.). Assists with transfers and range‑of‑motion exercise programs as instructed by professional staff.
  
  Performs procedures as delineated on the HHA Skills Competency Checklist as instructed by professional staff.
• Documents services in accordance with agency medical records and time‑keeping policies, including the absence of patients from their homes. Documents patient progress reports clearly and concisely for multidisciplinary case conference.
• Recognizes signs of emotional distress (such as anger and depression). Encourages patient mobility and socialization during visits. Recognizes and responds to special needs of patients/families experiencing terminal illness.
• Reports identified alterations in patient behavior or mental status to primary case manager or the team’s Operations Director. Reports identified patient care or family health or social problems to the team’s Operations Director or primary case manager. Reports all problems in carrying out assigned activities to primary case manager or the team’s Operations Director. Collaborates with case manager or professional staff in the revision and implementation of the Home Health Aide plan of care.
  
  Informs the team’s Operations Director of the need to change the patient’s visit schedule.

• Ability to read, write, and perform arithmetic calculations.
• Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) in the District of Columbia.
• CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) certification.
• Valid State Driver’s License in good standing.
• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Home care experience preferred.

USD $19.55 – $34.25 per hour.