Home Health Aide

Summary:

Provides assistance with patient care activities as directed on the patient home health aide care plan and under the direction of the registered licensed professional staff. Independently assists the patient with activities of daily living, including personal care, meal preparation/cooking and/or feeding and provides basic homemaking and laundry assistance for the patient in the home.

Other Information:

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Able to competently take temperatures, heart rates/pulses, respiratory rates and identify changes in patient condition.

Minimum of six months job related experience.

Current valid driver's license, current automobile insurance, and access to a good working vehicle are required.

Working Conditions:

Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Significant occupational risk

Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Credentials:CNA,DRIVER LIC

Company: Western CT Home Care Inc

Org Unit: 605

Department: Home Health Aide

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $17.00 - $31.36 Hourly