What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Health Aide (HHA) position at Sequoia Home Health and Hospice?
The Sequoia Difference
At Sequoia Home Health and Hospice, we’re passionate about our work and take pride in the quality of service we provide. Our community is uniquely diverse, and it’s our aim to fulfill the unique needs of our patients through excellent individualized care.
Our focus is to help facilitate a smooth and safe transition home and provide life-changing service with the amount of care and dignity our patients and their families deserve.
Sequoia Home Health is growing and looking for experienced, compassionate Home Health Aide (HHA) to join our team!
JOB DESCRIPTION
A Certified Home Health Aide (HHA) is a member of the interdisciplinary team and works under the supervision of a registered nurse performing various personal care services as necessary to meet the patient’s needs. Home health aides are responsible for observing patients, reporting these observations and documenting observations and care performed.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide personal care including: Baths, Back rubs, Oral hygiene, Shampoos, and Change bed linen
- Assist patients with dressing and undressing
- Perform nail and skin care to prevent breakdown
- Assist the patient with toileting activities
- Keep patient’s living area clean and orderly
- Assist in feeding the patient
- Take and record oral, rectal and axillary temperatures, pulse, respiration and blood pressure when ordered
- Assist in ambulation and exercise according to the plan of care
- Perform range of motion and other simple procedures as an extensional therapy service as ordered
- Assist patient in the self-administration of medication
- Meet safety needs of patients and using equipment safely and properly (foot stools, side rails, etc.)
- Report on patient’s condition and significant changes to the assigned nurse
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Active Home Health Aide Certification through the CA Department of Public Health
- At least 18 years of age
- Ability to work with little direct supervision
- Possess and maintains current CPR certification
- Licensed driver with automobile that is insured in accordance with Organization requirements and is in good working order
- Ability to perform prolonged or considerable walking or standing
- Ability to lift, position, or transfer patients
- Ability to lift supplies and equipment
- Ability to reach, stoop, bend, kneel, or crouch
Why Sequoia?
Sequoia Home Health and Hospice is part of the Cornerstone Group with close to 80 agencies throughout the country. While we are part of a large family, we operate as a local team. We understand we are nothing without great employees! It is through our team’s dedication to deliver life changing service that we become the “provider of choice” in the community that we serve. Join a culture of high performers who are on a mission to create the best agency in the Bay Area!
What makes us unique besides our culture of high performers and exceptional care? At Sequoia, we foster an environment where clinicians and staff members have an unprecedented level of freedom to create and implement the programs that will best serve their patients and communities. We operate with the Core Values of CAPLICO in mind:
- Celebration
- Accountability
- Passion for Learning
- Love One Another
- Intelligent Risk Taking
- Customer Second
- Ownership
Pay Range: $28 - $30 per hour
The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.
Salary : $28 - $30