A Home Health Aide offers vital support to patients, encompassing housekeeping, laundry services, grocery shopping, meal preparation, snack service, and running errands. They also provide personal assistance, including bathing, dressing, and grooming.
Home Health Aides are essential medical professionals responsible for assisting clients in their daily tasks, such as bathing and dressing, and may also handle light housekeeping duties like laundry and dishwashing to ensure the overall health and well-being of patients receiving home healthcare.
Job Details:
- Location: Windsor, ON
- Salary: $15.50 to $20.00 per hour for 30 to 40 hours per week
- Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full-time, Day
- Start Date: Immediate
- Vacancies: 1 position available
We are seeking a compassionate Home Health Aide to deliver daily living and personal care services to patients in their homes, following a prescribed care plan.
Requirements and Skills:
- Proven work experience as a Home Health Aide
- Ability to monitor vital signs and collect specimens
- Familiarity with basic nutrition and personal hygiene standards
- Proficiency in English
- Nursing and health care administration skills
- Caring and compassionate personality
- Current CPR certificate
- First Aid training
- Valid driver’s license
- High school diploma
Home Health Aide Job Responsibilities:
- Facilitate patients’ ability to remain in their homes by monitoring and documenting patient condition, offering personal support and services, and instructing families.
- Observe physical and mental patient condition, intake and output, and exercise to monitor their well-being.
- Assist patients in self-care by teaching them how to use mobility aids, special eating utensils, and personal hygiene equipment.
- Instruct family members on appropriate techniques for lifting, turning, and repositioning the patient.
- Provide guidance on nutrition, cleanliness, and housekeeping.
- Maintain patient records by making entries in the patient journal and reporting any changing or unusual conditions to the nursing supervisor.
- Ensure a safe, secure, and hygienic patient environment by following aseptic standards and procedures, implementing security precautions, and adhering to dietary and nutrition standards.
- Uphold professional standards, home care policies and procedures, and comply with federal, state, and local requirements to protect the home care agency.
- Enhance service reputation by taking ownership of fulfilling unique requests, exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Overview:
- Languages: English
- Education: Registered Apprenticeship certificate
- Experience: 1 to less than 2 years
Employment Groups: This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups: Youth
Who Can Apply to This Job? Please apply if you are:
- A Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.
- Possess a valid Canadian work permit.
- If you are not authorized to work in Canada, please refrain from applying, as the employer will not respond to your application.
How to Apply: Send your application via email to valorhealth.pharmacy@gmail.com.
Advertised Until: December 30, 2023
Frequently Asked Questions:
- What does a Home Health Aide do? A Home Health Aide provides primary personal care to patients, such as bathing and dressing them in their own home. Along with medical care, they also provide light housekeeping duties around the home and help patients with other tasks around their home.
- What are the duties and responsibilities of a Home Health Aide? The duties of a Home Health Aide vary, but typically they help their clients by performing household tasks such as laundry, cooking meals and snacks, shopping requirements of all kinds of tasks around their home.
- What makes a good Home Health Aide? A good Home Health Aide must be compassionate and care about the patients since they will help patients in their homes. They should also have a good understanding of medical procedures since they support the well-being of their patients throughout their shift.
- Who does a Home Health Aide work with? Home Health Aides work in clients’ homes, and personal care workers assist people of all ages, from newborns up through the elderly. They typically work with Registered Nurses to ensure their patients receive the attention and care they need.