Home Services Aide; CNA; St. George Homecare Area

Job Description:

Under the direction of the RN or Rehab Therapist, the Senior Home Services Assistant recognizes and completes patient care needs with minimal direct supervision and performs various basic patient care activities and related services necessary in caring for the personal needs, physical needs, and comfort of patient in the home setting at the level specified in the plan of treatment. The Aide prioritizes and delivers basic patient care which may include toileting, bathing, linen and clothing changes, fresh water and ice, ambulating, comfort measures, and other patient needs.

Unlike a patient care aide in a hospital or clinic, the Home Services Aide requires a current driver's license, insurance, reliable transportation, and an acceptable driving record to travel to deliver care where needed in a safe and timely fashion.

Location:

St. George Home Services
- St. George, Utah Area

Department/Unit:
Home Health & Hospice

Shifts:

Full-time | 36 hours/week | scheduled visits

Schedule:

Monday
- Friday Days
- No nights or weekends

Schedule:

Holidays required when needed

Pay:
Starting at $18.75+/ Senior Level $19.13+ for training (based on patient care experience)

Benefits:
Health, Vision, Dental, 401(K), Education Assistance & more

• Pay Per Visit rate once training has been completed! Average visit 65 minutes.
• Home Services Aide $25.69 per visit
• Home Services Aide Senior $26.20 per visit
• Mileage reimbursement!

What does it mean to be a part of our Home Health Services team?

Home is where families gather, where special occasions are celebrated, and where memories are made. Most of all, home is where you feel comfortable, relax, reflect, and heal. Intermountain Home Health is privileged to be the caring hands in the home bringing quality, compassion, skill, and excellence. Home Health Services allows patients to be at home, where they want to be, through their health journey.

This exciting work allows you to develop your clinical skills while experiencing this unique and highly rewarding care environment.

Why work with us:

• Autonomous Practice :
  Enjoy the independence of managing patient care while receiving support from a collaborative healthcare team.
• Skill Development:
  Gain specialized experience in areas such as wound care, medication management, and IV therapy, all in a home setting.
• Meaningful Work:
  Deliver compassionate care to patients in their own homes, where comfort and healing can take place.
• Work-Life Balance:
  Flexible shifts, allowing you to balance work with your personal life.

• Performs bowel and bladder care which includes bladder irrigation, bowel stimulation as well as digital stool removal. As delegated by RN, can assist patients in self-administering medications and assists with simple wound care as well as ostomy care. Assists patients during end-of-life care as well as medically complex patients who require additional support (quadriplegic, paraplegic etc.) who are typically unable to assist with their ADL's and are dependent on our teams for their personal care.
• Coordinates patient schedule with appropriate staff, patients/family members and makes assigned visits on time.
• Keeps an accurate record of time and mileage.
• Maintains accessibility during assigned schedule.
• Follows aide delegation plan, performs assigned duties within scope of practice, and performs specialized procedures with skill validation and according to regulatory standards.
• Fosters a safe environment by complying with safety policies (i.e., infection control, lifting & transferring, disasters, etc.).
• Takes appropriate action in an emergency.
• Effectively communicates to the patient what care is being given.
• Reports significant care concerns / safe environment issues to the Case Manager/Agency before…