In Home Health Care Aide Job at Sheilas Helping Hands LLC, Lexington, SC

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  • Sheilas Helping Hands LLC
  • Lexington, SC

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Shelia's Helping Hands Job Description for In Home Health Care Aides

Shelia's Helping Hands is looking for compassionate, respectful, and caring home health care providers, to join our growing team of caregivers. As a home health caregiver with our company, you will provide essential services to homebound elderly clients or patient with disabilities, a chronic illness, or other health issues. Our ideal candidate is patient, independent, and self-sufficient, who enjoys taking care of others. Our healthcare company requires a caring and compassionate Home Health Care Aide to work with a variety of patients in the local area. The Home Health Care Aide will be responsible for accompanying patients to local doctor's appointments, assisting patients with personal care and health monitoring and helping to maintain a clean home environment for each patient.

Responsibilities:

Provide health care services in patients' residences

Medication reminders

Assist with clients’ personal care activities (bathing, dressing, grooming, and eating)

Assist with transportation and accompany patients to doctor’s office or hospital

Assist patients with mobility and physical therapies/exercises

Provide companionship and basic emotional or psychological support

Help the patient in/out of bed, to the bathroom, with chairs and wheelchairs, and in/out of cars

Perform simple housekeeping tasks (change bed linens, do laundry, and tidy rooms)

Handle grocery shopping and food preparation

Make efforts to keep the patient engaged mentally through conversation, games, and other forms of entertainment

Establish relationships and trust with patients and their families

Responsible for knowing when to report to your supervisor

Responsible for recognizing, correcting, or reporting safety hazards to the supervisor

Qualifications, Skills, and Knowledge:

Possess high school diploma or its equivalent

Possess valid CNA license/HHA certificate/Ability to pass written HCA test and skills

Ability to read and comprehend written instructions

Possess reliable transportation; car ownership/valid driver’s license and proof of car insurance

Ability to understand and follow instructions in patients’ homes through phone

Ability to observe and report changes in patients’ conditions on documentation and to supervising health professional

Strong ability of consistency and punctuality to work

Respectful, patient, and positive minded individual

Possess passion in helping the elderly or people with illness or disability

Comfortable providing medical care within close proximity to patients

Exceptional interpersonal communication skills

Exceptional patient service skills

Empathy for the hardship experienced by the patient and the patient’s family

Ability to maintain composure with patients who present challenging behavior

Able to lift up to 50 pounds

Must be able to work a schedule that includes occasional weekends, holidays, and evenings

Job Tags

Holiday work, Local area, Afternoon shift,

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