Certified Home Health Aide, Home Care; Part Time​/Evenings

JOB TITLE: Certified Home Health Aid, Home Care (Part Time Days/Evenings)

DEPARTMENT: Home Care

LOCATION: Rochester Regional Health Home Care - 330 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607

SCHEDULE: Part time, 20 hours per week, Day/Evening Shifts

As a Certified Home Health Aide (HHA), you will provide care to clients in their home, following their plan of care. You make a positive difference each and every day by demonstrating care and compassion to our patients.

• Patient Care & Service. Promote and restore patients' health by completing all activities listed in the care plan; collaborate with Community Health Nurse/Therapist; perform various activities such as personal care, light housekeeping, meal preparation and errands

• Communication. Maintain effective communication to convey patient health status, treatment plans and progress; communicate with office and supervisory staff regularly

• Documentation. Accurately and completely document client care on activity sheet

• Compliance. Adhere to required department and system protocols, HIPPA regulations, local, state, federal requirements

• Compassionate, patient focused and dependable professional

• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision

• Exceptional documentation and communication skills

• Ability to read, write and speak English, ability to follow verbal and written instructions

• Valid NYS Driver’s License

• HHA Certified or Ability to meet one of the following eligibility requirements for
  
  Competency:

  • Currently certified CNA along with completion of written test and one day HHA Skills competency class within 4 days of hire.

  • Documented home health aide or nurse aide training and competency evaluation from an out-of-state training program

  • The Certified HHA who wishes to be re-employed after a two-year lapse in employment as a HHA must take the 1 Day Skills Competency Class. They must show completion of written test prior to taking the class – and pass the one day HHA Skills competency class within 4 days of hire and before working as an HHA. If the candidate has worked as a Certified HHA within the past 24 months, and is actively certified, no class is needed.

  • Nursing student who has documented evidence of successful completion of course work requiring mastery of home health aide tasks within the past 24 months-Fundamentals of Nursing and must show completion of written test and one day HHA Skills competency class within 4 days of hire.

  • Veteran who was trained in the United States Military as medical technician or medic must show completion of written test and one day HHA Skills Competency Class within 4 days of hire.

  Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity / Aff…

M - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects;
Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.

• NYS DL - valid New York State Driver's License - New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYSDMV)
• HHA - Home Health Aide certification - New York State Education Department (NYSED)

$18.65 - $19.75