Hospice Home Health Assistant

HealthPartners is hiring for a part-time Hospice Home Health Assistant.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

REQUIRED:

Certified as a home health aide or nursing assistant with a 75-hour program.

Six months of successful previous experience as a home health aide or one year as a certified nursing assistant.

Able to complete competency testing prior to employment.

Current MN Driver’s License and daily access to reliable, insured vehicle.

Computer literacy.

 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Free of physical and mental disabilities, which would interfere with the ability to independently deliver care to patients in their homes.

Visual, auditory, and tactile acuity sufficient to make complete and accurate observations.

Able and willing to drive a car in weather conditions typical of the upper Midwest.

Must be able to speak, read, write and understand English.

 

POSITION PURPOSE:

Service Excellence is to be centered on patient care and patient relationships and is the responsibility of all employees. Teamwork is the norm and all employees will be held accountable to work as effective team members. To assist terminally ill patients in maintaining their personal care requirements, maximizing their Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), and achieving the highest level of comfort and quality of life in their home consistent with their health status.

 

ACCOUNTABILITIES:
 

1. Assist patients with personal and self-care skills in the home environment.

A. Assist with common personal hygiene and self-care requirements.

1. Bathing with or without assistance

2. Foot soaks

3. Shampoo

4. Combing/brushing, makeup, shaving, and fingernails as required.

B. Perform personal hygiene tasks clients are unable to perform without assistance.

1. Perform total bath requiring turning and repositioning.

2. Perform perineal care.

3. Perform skin care measures, e.g. application of topical ointments, as directed.

4. Provide for oral/teeth care.

C. Perform or assist the client in performing activities related to mobility – passive range of motion, turning/repositioning, transfers, ambulation – with the aid of another person or assistive equipment or devices as needed.
 

D. Perform routine observations and treatments as assigned by nurse and report results:

1. Take vital signs: temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure.

2. Do simple, non-sterile dressing changes.

3. Maintain routine bowel and bladder programs.

4. Do daily Foley catheter and condom care

5. Do routine ostomy cares, e.g., changes ostomy collection bags.

6. Perform other procedures after direct instruction at the discretion of the nurse.

 

E. Perform or assist the patient in performing the normal activities of daily living such as eating and dressing.

F. Assist the patient in taking self-administered oral medications.

G. Use encounters with patients as an opportunity for psychosocial support to enhance morale, observe cognitive functions and observe for and maintain environmental safety.

H. Perform light housekeeping duties to maintain the patient’s level of function: prepare light meals, change bed linens, clean and straighten the patient’s immediate personal environment.
 

2. Report significant observations and changes in the patient’s condition to the nurse in a timely way.

3. Participate in care conferences during which patient care is planned or reviewed.

4. Document all patient-care activities as assigned by the nurse in a timely way according to departmental policies and procedures on the appropriate forms.

5. Maintain required statistical data.

6. Implement infection control and safety measures in patient care following departmental policies and procedures.

7. Demonstrate concern for quality assurance issues related to position responsibilities.

8. Uphold the rights of individual hospice patients and demonstrate a commitment to excellence of service.

9. Participate in education programs to maintain certification and enhance skill development.

At HealthPartners we believe in the power of good – good deeds and good people working together. As part of our team, you’ll find an inclusive environment that encourages new ways of thinking, celebrates differences, and recognizes hard work.
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