Home Health Aide; HHA

Aveanna Healthcare

Home Health Aide (HHA). Provide personal care, selected treatment procedures, minimal household tasks, and occasional meal prep under Registered Nurse guidance for individuals with special needs in their homes.

• Perform personal care tasks including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, ambulation, medical monitoring, and health‑care related tasks.
• Perform home‑management functions such as light housekeeping, laundry, bed making, and cleaning.
• Plan meals, shop for groceries, prepare and serve meals, and clean up.
• Communicate verbally with clients, client family members, and staff in a professional manner.
• Ensure client safety while maintaining a safe environment.
• Remind and assist clients with self‑administration of medications (with proper training).
• Encourage self‑help activities.
• Report and document services provided and changes in client’s condition or family situation to the office.
• Maintain clinical record documentation according to policy, procedures, and state and federal regulations.
• Attention to detail, time management, effective problem‑solving and conflict resolution, good organization and communication skills.

• Speak, write, read, and understand English.
• Travel as required.
• Lift 50 pounds.
• Prolonged walking, standing, bending, kneeling, reaching, twisting.
• Sit and climb stairs.
• Visual and hearing acuity; strong sense of smell and touch.
• Reposition patients and move equipment without assistance.
• Respond physically and mentally to emergency situations in the home or during transport.

• Work in diverse environments that may involve exposure to allergens, blood, bodily fluids, and infectious diseases.
• Occupational hazards and varying conditions.

This job description is not exhaustive. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

As an employer accepting Medicare and Medicaid funds, employees must comply with all health‑related requirements in relevant jurisdictions, including required vaccinations and testing, subject to exemptions for medical or religious reasons as appropriate.

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Part‑time
• Job function:
  Health Care Provider
• Industry: Hospitals and Health Care