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Job description
Job Summary:
The Home Health Aide shall be employed to provide limited nursing and/or related services in the home, consistent with her training, with California State Certification, and with the Federal Code Regulations, Title 20 SSA Aide provides personal, environmental and nutritional services under the orders of a physician and with appropriate supervision by a registered professional nurse.
Essential Responsibilities:
Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
Assists patient with transfers, ambulation, exercises, and prescribed rehabilitation techniques.
Helps patient with bathroom or bedpan use.
Provides such incidental household or environmental services as are essential to the patients health care at home. This may include doing the patients personal laundry, keeping bedroom and kitchen in order and reasonably clean. (No general housecleaning)
Prepares some meals or special diets and may prepare food for the patients consumption between visits.
Enlists and coordinates assistance of friends or family members and encourages the patient to become increasingly self-reliant when possible.
Reports to supervisory Registered Nurse all changes in the patients condition or family situation.
Participates in team conferences.
Maintain records related to job responsibilities.
Other appropriate duties consistent with the individuals experience which, in the opinion of the physician and the Home
Health Team, would improve the quality of patient care and Aide satisfaction. These duties may include assistance with administration of medications ordinarily self administered that have been specifically ordered by the physician. Would be limited to those medications and patients specifically delegated by the registered nurse to the aide.
The Home Health Aide will not apply any topical medications without a physicians order and specific delegation by the RN to the aide.
The Home Health Aide may carry out a digital rectal examination for the purpose of removing fecal impactions with an order from MD/RN.
Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service. Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.
Worksite address
fontana, CA, 92331, US
Who can apply
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