Home Care Aide
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Job Description
As a home care aide, the expected duties may include caring for those who are physically or mentally ill, those injured or disabled or infirm patients confined to home or residential care facilities.
Home health aide is one of the top 10 occupations showing large job growth, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Home care aides work under the supervision of a nurse, and work closely with family members to provide the care needed. Both men and women are sought after as home health aides.
Responsibilities
Home health aides work to keep patients in their homes by monitoring them and providing services. Their primary responsibilities include:
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Housekeeping, laundry, shopping, and errands
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Keeping records of services
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Recording patient conditions and notifies the supervising nurse of changes or unusual behavior
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Changing dressings, assisting with bathing, and offering support
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Preparing patient meals and following specific dietary guidelines
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Training patients to use special equipment to care for themselves
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Maintaining a safe and healthy environment for the patient by following specified standards and procedures
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Ensuring proper security precautions are taken
Skills
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Communication |
Must effectively communicate with your co-workers to ensure the best care and the proper procedures. Must be able to communicate in high-stress environments. |
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Active Listening |
Offering your full attention to an individual person or group in order to fully understand problems and their nature. |
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Critical Thinking |
Must use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Judgment and Decision Making |
Needs to be able to act autonomously and make difficult decisions that would benefit the patient or make corrections. Must consider all benefits and repercussions of potential actions and choose the appropriate one. |
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Complex Problem Solving |
Must be able to identify complex problems and develop and evaluate corrective options and implement solutions. |
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Stress Management |
Must be able to endure intense situations and handle pressure that comes with extreme situations you may encounter. |
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Trustworthiness |
Must be trustworthy because you have people's lives in your hands and what you do could help or hurt them. They are entrusted with a great responsibility and must live up to it. |
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Perceptiveness |
Gauging how people react and read their body language to decipher their feelings and predict their actions. They must be able to determine if people could be a risk to themselves or others and to distinguishtruths from lies. |
Working Conditions
A 40 hour work week is standard for full-time employment as a home health aide. Because many patients may need care and assistance 24 hours a day, some conditions of employment may include night, weekend or holiday shifts. Some aides work on “live in” arrangements. Still others work on a part-time basis.
The nature of the work calls for aides to spend many hours standing and walking, and the work may include heavy lifting at times.
Aides are trained in proper body mechanics in how to move patients safely and care for them. Mechanical devices may sometimes be used to reduce the risk of injury when lifting or transferring a patient.
Employment as a home health aide can be emotionally stressful when working with patients who are disoriented, irritable, and uncooperative or in the terminal stages of illness.
Salary Outlook
| Estimated Annual Salary | Average Hourly Wage | Positions Nationwide |
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| $22,400.00 | $10.77 | 914,000 |
| Title | Company | Location | Posted |
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| Home Health Care Aide | Pella Regional Health Center | Pella, IA | 06.26.2019 |
| Provides patient/resident care activities under the direction of a Registered Nurse. Assists patient/residents with activities of daily living, provides for personal care, comfort and assists in the maintenance of a safe and clean environment... | |||
| Home Care Aide | Sarah Bush Lincoln | Mattoon, IL | 12.20.2018 |
| Our Home Care Aide is responsible for providing personal care and designated health related services in compliance with policies and procedures, applicable health care standards, and governmental laws and regulations to patients. Department:... | |||
| Home Care Aide, Certified | Baystate Medical Center | Springfield, MA | 06.26.2019 |
| Job ID 83431 Full / Part Time: Full-Time Location: Westfield, Massachusetts Regular/Temporary: Regular The Home Care Aide provides support and assistance with personal care. Assists patient in functioning in their home setting and... | |||
| Aide, Home Health (Home Health) | Park Nicollet Health Services | St. Louis Park, MN | 06.05.2019 |
| The Aide is a trained para-professional health care worker who is prepared to assist the professional nurse and/or other skilled professional with the patient care delivery process. The Aide also participates in the billing/charges/documentation... | |||
| Home Health Aide Certified | Hunterdon Healthcare | Flemington, NJ | 06.26.2019 |
| The Home Health Aide assists their patients with personal care, therapy reinforcement and home management. The Home Health Aide reports to the Home Health Aide Supervisor and is responsible for rendering personal care and household activities for... | |||
| Home Health Aide Certified | Hunterdon Healthcare | Flemington, NJ | 06.26.2019 |
| The Home Health Aide assists their patients with personal care, therapy reinforcement and home management. The Home Health Aide reports to the Home Health Aide Supervisor and is responsible for rendering personal care and household activities for... | |||
| Home Health Aide Certified | Hunterdon Healthcare | Flemington, NJ | 06.26.2019 |
| The Home Health Aide assists their patients with personal care, therapy reinforcement and home management. The Home Health Aide reports to the Home Health Aide Supervisor and is responsible for rendering personal care and household activities for... | |||
| Home Health Aide Certified | Hunterdon Healthcare | Flemington, NJ | 06.26.2019 |
| The Home Health Aide assists their patients with personal care, therapy reinforcement and home management. The Home Health Aide reports to the Home Health Aide Supervisor and is responsible for rendering personal care and household activities for... | |||
| Home Health Aide Certified | Hunterdon Healthcare | Flemington, NJ | 06.26.2019 |
| The Home Health Aide assists their patients with personal care, therapy reinforcement and home management. The Home Health Aide reports to the Home Health Aide Supervisor and is responsible for rendering personal care and household activities for... | |||
| Home Health Aide-Skilled Home Care | St. Luke's Hospital | Duluth, MN | 06.26.2019 |
| TheHome HealthAideis responsible for providing personal care and routine exercise regimes to Home Care and Hospice patients. Responsible for providing homemaking services as assigned. Responsible for timely and accurate documentation of patient... | |||
| Home Health Aide $500 Sign On Bonus!! | Androscoggin Home Healthcare & Hospice | Lewiston, ME | 06.26.2019 |
| Join Maines largest independent non-profit home healthcare and hospice organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life by providing compassionate and innovative medical care to all. Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice has been... | |||
| HOME HEALTH AIDE | CentraCare Health | Willmar, MN | 06.06.2019 |
| The Hospice Aide provides personal care and light household services to Hospice clients on an intermittent, part-time basis under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse in accordance with a medically approved plan of care. The length of the... | |||
| Home Health Aide, Home Health | Stillwater Medical | Stillwater, OK | 03.22.2019 |
| Assists in the care and support of the patient at their place of residence, utilizing technical nursing skills with minimum assistance. Makes daily home visits with personal vehicle within 50-mile radius of Stillwater. QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum... | |||
| HOME HEALTH AIDE | Margaret Mary Health | Batesville, IN | 06.24.2019 |
| Department/Location: Hospice Assists with personal care and homemaking tasks to enable patients to remain in their homes. Assists Hospice patients with personal care in addition to providing emotional support. Minimum Requirements High... | |||
| Home Health Aide Pace | Valir Health | Oklahoma City, OK | 06.26.2019 |
| Responsible for the provision of activities of daily living as identified by the Home Care Coordinator on the plan of care. Responsibilities POSITION PURPOSE: Responsible for the provision of activities of daily living as identified by the... | |||
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Home Health Care Aide
Pella, IA
Pella Regional Health Center
Provides patient/resident care activities under the direction of a Registered Nurse. Assists patient/residents with activities of daily living, provides for personal care, comfort and assists in the maintenance of a safe and clean environment...
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Home Care Aide
Mattoon, IL
Sarah Bush Lincoln
Our Home Care Aide is responsible for providing personal care and designated health related services in compliance with policies and procedures, applicable health care standards, and governmental laws and regulations to patients. Department:...
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Home Care Aide, Certified
Springfield, MO
Baystate Medical Center
Job ID 83431 Full / Part Time: Full-Time Location: Westfield, Massachusetts Regular/Temporary: Regular The Home Care Aide provides support and assistance with personal care. Assists patient in functioning in their home setting and...
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Aide, Home Health (Home Health)
St. Louis Park, MN
Park Nicollet Health Services
The Aide is a trained para-professional health care worker who is prepared to assist the professional nurse and/or other skilled professional with the patient care delivery process. The Aide also participates in the billing/charges/documentation...
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Home Health Aide Certified
Flemington, NJ
Hunterdon Healthcare
The Home Health Aide assists their patients with personal care, therapy reinforcement and home management. The Home Health Aide reports to the Home Health Aide Supervisor and is responsible for rendering personal care and household activities for...
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Home Health Aide Certified
Flemington, NJ
Hunterdon Healthcare
The Home Health Aide assists their patients with personal care, therapy reinforcement and home management. The Home Health Aide reports to the Home Health Aide Supervisor and is responsible for rendering personal care and household activities for...
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Home Health Aide Certified
Flemington, NJ
Hunterdon Healthcare
The Home Health Aide assists their patients with personal care, therapy reinforcement and home management. The Home Health Aide reports to the Home Health Aide Supervisor and is responsible for rendering personal care and household activities for...
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Home Health Aide Certified
Flemington, NJ
Hunterdon Healthcare
The Home Health Aide assists their patients with personal care, therapy reinforcement and home management. The Home Health Aide reports to the Home Health Aide Supervisor and is responsible for rendering personal care and household activities for...
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Home Health Aide Certified
Flemington, NJ
Hunterdon Healthcare
The Home Health Aide assists their patients with personal care, therapy reinforcement and home management. The Home Health Aide reports to the Home Health Aide Supervisor and is responsible for rendering personal care and household activities for...
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Home Health Aide-Skilled Home Care
Duluth, MN
St. Luke's Hospital
TheHome HealthAideis responsible for providing personal care and routine exercise regimes to Home Care and Hospice patients. Responsible for providing homemaking services as assigned. Responsible for timely and accurate documentation of patient...
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Home Health Aide $500 Sign On Bonus!!
Lewiston, ME
Androscoggin Home Healthcare & Hospice
Join Maines largest independent non-profit home healthcare and hospice organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life by providing compassionate and innovative medical care to all. Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice has been...
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HOME HEALTH AIDE
St. Cloud, MN
CentraCare Health
The Hospice Aide provides personal care and light household services to Hospice clients on an intermittent, part-time basis under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse in accordance with a medically approved plan of care. The length of the...
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Home Health Aide, Home Health
Stillwater, OK
Stillwater Medical
Assists in the care and support of the patient at their place of residence, utilizing technical nursing skills with minimum assistance. Makes daily home visits with personal vehicle within 50-mile radius of Stillwater. QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum...
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HOME HEALTH AIDE
Batesville, IN
Margaret Mary Health
Department/Location: Hospice Assists with personal care and homemaking tasks to enable patients to remain in their homes. Assists Hospice patients with personal care in addition to providing emotional support. Minimum Requirements High...
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Home Health Aide Pace
Oklahoma City, OK
Valir Health
Responsible for the provision of activities of daily living as identified by the Home Care Coordinator on the plan of care. Responsibilities POSITION PURPOSE: Responsible for the provision of activities of daily living as identified by the...