Unposted* Personal Care Aide - Dunkirk, NY | Dunkirk LHC Group

Home Health Aide Or PCA

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As the Home Health Aide or PCA, you will provide patients with in-home personal care and designated health related services to maintain the patient's physical and emotional well being.

Primary Responsibilities:

• May provide or assist clients with activities of daily living including bathing in bed, tub or shower; care of hair including shampoo, combing and brushing; care of teeth and mouth including denture care; nail care, filing only; skin care including peri care and applying lotion; transfer of patient from bed to chair and to wheelchair. Transfer of patients on and off bedpan, commode and toilet
• Reports observations of the client's condition to the agency director or accounts manager
• Drives safely, complies with traffic regulations, and wears a seat belt when business travel is required
• Assists with household tasks directly essential to clients' personal care
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required

Qualification:

• Current driver's license, vehicle insurance, and reliable transportation or access to public transportation

State-Specific Requirements (remove as applicable)

• AR:
  Completion of 75-hour aide training course meeting requirements of AR regulations
• CA:
  Must be certified by the state of California as a home health aide
• CO:
  Must be certified by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies within four (4) months of starting employment. Successful completion of a competency evaluation
• CT:
  Must have completed a training program approved by the state of Connecticut of not less than 75 hours
• D.C.:
  Certified by the Board of Nursing
• DE:
  Aides who experience a break in service for greater than two (2) calendar years will be required to repeat the minimum 75 hour training requirement or successfully demonstrate competency in each of the required training areas
• FL:
  Successful completion of at least forty hours of training in areas required by Agency for Health Care Administration or successfully passing the home health aide competency test (Form AHCA  created by AHCA)
• be Certified Nursing Assistant and listed on Idaho CNA registry
• IL:
  Must be licensed, registered or certified as a Home Health Aide or approved on the Department's Health Care Worker Registry or completion of training program approved under Long Term Care Assistants and Aides Training Programs Code or equivalency established by 1 of the following: evidence of current registration from another state, evidence of completion of a nursing arts course, successful completion of US military training program, or successful completion of a nursing program in a foreign country
• IN:
  In good standing on the state aide registry
• LA:
  Current CNA certification or successful completion of a training program
• MD:
  Must be certified by Maryland State Board of Nursing (CNA)
• MO:
  Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) preferred. If not a CNA must complete the Missouri Written Aide Competency Exam and Basic Skills Test
• MS: Successful completion of a competency evaluation and one of the following:
  1) previous work experience as a nurse's aide or home health aide
  2) completion of approved home health aide course
• NC:
  Must be listed on the North Carolina nurse aide registry
• NE:
  Meet one of the following qualifications and provide proof of meeting the qualifications to the home health agency:
  • a. Has successfully completed a 75-hour home health aide training…