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Home Health Aide Job Description

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Must be able to read, write and communicate orally in English
  • Must have reliable means of transportation
  • Ability to understand written care plans
  • Ability to write simple reports
  • Provide evidence of physical health
  • Negative drug screen result
  • Continuing education on blood-borne pathogens and HIV/AIDS (provided for free)
  • Certification on assistance with self-administered medication (provided for free)
  • Certification on HIPAA (provided for free)
  • Alzheimer’s training as required by State of Florida (provided for free)
  • Current CPR certification
  • Two business references

DUTIES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED NURSE, MAY INCLUDE:

  • Follow the written care plan and nursing orders in each client’s home
  • Observe and report anything unusual regarding the patient to the Nursing Director
  • Assure client safety
  • Assist with active/passive exercises
  • Provide for personal care needs, such as bathing and toileting
  • Measure and record temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure
  • Assist patient with ambulation
  • Assist patient with dressing and eating
  • Plan and prepare meals, including clean up
  • Perform light housekeeping, laundry, and household management chores
  • Measure and record fluid intake and output
  • Encourage self-help abilities
  • Assistance with self-administered medications
  • Escort patient to appointments
  • Maintain patient confidentiality at all times
  • Maintain a chronological written record of service
  • Fulfill educational requirements every year
  • Maintenance of colostomy excluding irrigation and/or changing wafer
  • Other duties as assigned by office and/or client
  • Assist client with transfers from bed to chair, chair to bed, from sitting to standing position

DUTIES DO NOT INCLUDE:

  • Sterile dressings (except to re-secure a loose bandage)
  • Nail clipping (aides may file or clean nails only)
  • Irrigation of body cavities, colostomies or wounds
  • Gastric lavage or gavages
  • Catheterization
  • Application of heat
  • Tracheotomy care
  • Personal health services not listed in Plan of Care

DRESS CODE:

  • Nursing style uniform or scrubs. Clean and neat. Client may request other attire, please discuss with Bayshore
  • Closed toe shoes with non-skid soles (rubberized) such as nursing shoes or white based athletic shoes
  • Clean, short fingernails
  • Conservative hair styles and jewelry
  • Bayshore name tag

NOTE: Every caregiver must pass a Level-2 background screening as mandated by the Agency for Health Care Administration.

Clearing House Care Provider Background Screening

Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse

The Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) is a first-in-the-nation enterprise system for background screening results of individuals required by law to undergo screening for employment in positions that provide services to vulnerable populations, as mandated by section 435.12, Florida Statutes.

Created for one main reason: To keep people safe.