Job Summary:
The Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) is a member of the Home Health Team, providing direct patient care under the supervision of a case manager, reporting all changes in the patients condition to the case manager.
Essential Responsibilities
Provision of Care:- Assisting patients with personal hygiene such as skin, mouth, hair care and bathing
- Assisting patients in and out of bed and assisting with ambulation.
- Assisting with prescribed exercises which patients and appropriate health personnel have taught aides.
- Preparing meals, including therapeutic diets, and assisting patients with eating.
- Assisting patients to the bathroom or in using commodes, bedpans or urinals.
- Performing household services, which will facilitate the patients, self care at home and are necessary to prevent or postpone institutionalization.
- Assisting patients with medications, which are ordinarily self-administered. The home health aide shall not administer medications of any kind.
- Performing other activities taught by a health professional for a specific patient. These may include such services as changing colostomy bags, changing of non-sterile dressings, taking of vital signs, and non-sterile bowel and bladder hygiene care.
- Reporting changes in the patients condition and needs to the supervising nurse or therapist.
- Completing records regarding services performed.
- Takes actions in emergent patient situations and immediately report to supervisor.
Documentation and Communication:- Prepares timely legible and complete documentation of all care provided.
- Documents all communication with other providers.
- Reports stated or observed changes in patient status to case manager.
- Submits schedule logs changes in schedule and daily progress notes within expected time frame per agency policy.
- Participates in care coordination meetings
- Planning, Organizing and Productivity
- Organizes, plan, set priorities and complete assignment within agency guidelines.
- Functions independently with supervision by case manager for each patient every 14 days as needed.
- Completes expense reports, time cards and schedule logs.
- Demonstrates utilization of supplies.
Professional Behavior:
Behaves in a courteous professional manner with patients, health professional and maintains patient confidentiality.
Participates in Departmental Quality Assurance activities and Utilization Review activities as requested.
Perform related duties as required.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities. Grade 165
