Home Health Aide - Senior Living

Home Health Aide

StoryPoint Fort Wayne West

Overview:

• Location: 611 W County Line Rd S, Fort Wayne, IN 46814
• Position: Must be a licensed Home Health Aide (HHA)
• Shift: 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, 10pm-6am
• Job Type: Part Time or Full Time

Benefits:

• Eligible for up to $1,000 Hiring Bonus
• $2.00 Shift Differential for 2nd or 3rd Shift
• 2 Free scrub tops
• Wages On-Demand – early access before pay day
• Full benefits and PTO provided for Full Time employees

Supplemental Schedule:

• Holiday Pay
• Flexible Scheduling

Position Summary:

The Home Health Aide is responsible for providing caring and personalized assistance for residents living in our community.

Required Experience for HHA:

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Previous Healthcare, Geriatrics or experience working with the elderly population preferred.
• Previous experience as a nursing aide preferred.
• Must be a certified Home Health Aide in accordance with state laws.

Accountabilities for HHA:

• Professional in attitude, demeanor and dress.
• Good organizational skills and ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Subject to frequent interruptions.
• Involved with residents and associates under all conditions and circumstances.
• Subject to potentially upset residents, family members, associates and visitors.
• Varied working hours to include days, evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• Subject to callback during emergency conditions (severe weather, evacuation, post-disaster, etc.).
• Continuous physical movement.

Responsibilities for HHA:

• Leads and provide 1440 care.
• Review Resident Care Plans at start of shift.
• Bathe and clean, as needed, both male and female residents by bed bath, shower and/or whirlpool.
• Assist in cleaning teeth, shampooing/combing hair, cleaning and cutting nails, applying make-up, shaving and cleaning
• glasses of both male and female residents.
• Assist residents in dressing appropriately, encouraging usual and appropriate clothing.
• Make residents’ beds and change linens as needed, clean up room and closet, picking up unnecessary articles and arranging
• room neatly.
• Feed residents requiring total or partial assist with meals, set up trays for residents needing assistance, and pass and assist
• with snacks.
• Answer calls light promptly and ensure lights are always within reach.
• Assist residents with bedpan, urinal, and bedside commode or to bathroom as needed and/or as directed. Change
• incontinent brief or diaper every two hours or more frequently if needed.
• Take and give notice in writing, vital signs (temp, pulse, respiration & blood pressure), heights and weights as requested,
• report abnormal or unusual signs to charge nurse. Report skin breakdown, pressure sores, changes in residents’
• physical/mental condition to nurse immediately.
• Measure intake and output on all residents for whom it has been ordered including emptying urine from indwelling
• catheters or other urine collection devices near end of shift and assist in collection of specimens.
• Pass water to residents and ensure it is within reach. Collect water pitchers for cleaning per schedule.
• Clean wheelchairs, walkers, commodes, bedpans and urinals per schedule.
• Report unusual color or odor of excretes (urine, drainage, stool or sputum) before discarding it.
• Assist in the transport, transfer, ambulation, frequent positioning and providing ROM to residents. Use measures that
• ensure resident and associate safety. Request assistance when lifting, turning and moving residents, using lifting devices
• when needed. Transport to activities, meals and appointments as requested.
• Help maintain personal dignity of each resident by ensuring privacy and treating them with respect. Understand and follow
• Resident Bill of Rights.
• Apply safety devices as directed by the nurse, check safety devices every thirty minutes and release every two hours.
• Ensure residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Ensure rooms are ready for new admissions.
• Assist in admission, transfer and discharge of residents including ensuring rooms are ready for admit and assist resident
• with belongings upon discharge.
• Greet newly admitted residents on admission and esc