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The VITAS Home Health Aide (HHA) is a non‑exempt employee trained to provide personal care and services to hospice patients, augmenting care given by family members or other caregivers.
Salary Range: $22 - $27 / Hour
Responsibilities
Performs personal care activities contained in a written assignment. Home Health Aide (HHA) assignments may include:
Helping the patient maintain personal hygiene.
Planning and preparing meals; feeding or assisting with feeding when needed.
Assisting the patient with ambulation.
Assisting with treatments as ordered by the physician, including changing a colostomy bag, using a walker or wheelchair, reinforcing a dressing, assisting with prescribed range‑of‑motion exercises or ice cap/collar, measuring intake and output, and assisting with self‑administered medications.
Reading and recording temperature, pulse and respiration.
Other Responsibilities
Assisting in maintaining a safe and healthy environment.
Promoting the patient’s mental alertness through involvement in activities of interest.
Providing simple emotional and psychological support to the patient, family and other caregivers.
Reporting changes in the patient’s mental or physical condition or home situation to the VITAS Nurse and interdisciplinary team.
Teaching basic personal care to the primary caregiver.
Practicing basic infection control measures.
Observing, reporting and documenting patient status and the care and activities provided.
Completing at least 12 hours of in‑service training per calendar year.
Handling other tasks as assigned.
Restrictions
Be assigned by VITAS to any institutional setting.
Change sterile dressings.
Irrigate body cavities (e.g., enema).
Irrigate a colostomy or wound.
Perform gastric lavage or gavage.
Catheterize a patient.
Administer medications.
Apply heat by any method.
Care for a tracheotomy tube.
Suction a patient.
Provide any personal care not assigned by the VITAS nurse or included in the plan of care.
Qualifications
High school graduate or equivalent preferred.
Meets personnel qualifications of a Home Health Aide as specified in 42 C.F.R. Sections 484.4 and 484.36.
Documented evidence of 75 hours of training as specified in 42 C.F.R. Sections 484.36(a)(1).
Documented evidence of successful completion of a Competency Evaluation program as described in 42 C.F.R. Section 484.36(b).
State Allowable Training/Certification
AL, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, MI, PA, TX, VA, WI: CNA, HHA, HA; CA: CHHA; CT: Homemaker‑Home Health Aide; IL: HHA, NA; KS: Home Health Aide certificate; MO: Home Health Aide; NJ: Homemaker‑Home Health Aide; OH: Home Health Aide.
Special Requirements
Ability to read, write, and carry out directions.
Ability to travel as required.
Telephone available at the patient’s home.
Essential Functions / Physical Demands
Assisting in lifting and transferring patients as required.
Lifting objects in excess of 20 pounds.
Standing or walking for more than one hour per day.
Talking and hearing.
Close vision; distance vision; ability to adjust focus.
Directions Received
Reports directly to the VITAS Nurse.
Receives clinical direction from the VITAS Nurse.
Seniority level: Entry level. Employment type: Full‑time. Job function: Health Care Provider. Industry: Hospitals and Health Care.
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The VITAS Home Health Aide (HHA) is a non‑exempt employee trained to provide personal care and services to hospice patients, augmenting care given by family members or other caregivers.
Salary Range: $22 - $27 / Hour
Responsibilities
Performs personal care activities contained in a written assignment. Home Health Aide (HHA) assignments may include:
Helping the patient maintain personal hygiene.
Planning and preparing meals; feeding or assisting with feeding when needed.
Assisting the patient with ambulation.
Assisting with treatments as ordered by the physician, including changing a colostomy bag, using a walker or wheelchair, reinforcing a dressing, assisting with prescribed range‑of‑motion exercises or ice cap/collar, measuring intake and output, and assisting with self‑administered medications.
Reading and recording temperature, pulse and respiration.
Other Responsibilities
Assisting in maintaining a safe and healthy environment.
Promoting the patient’s mental alertness through involvement in activities of interest.
Providing simple emotional and psychological support to the patient, family and other caregivers.
Reporting changes in the patient’s mental or physical condition or home situation to the VITAS Nurse and interdisciplinary team.
Teaching basic personal care to the primary caregiver.
Practicing basic infection control measures.
Observing, reporting and documenting patient status and the care and activities provided.
Completing at least 12 hours of in‑service training per calendar year.
Handling other tasks as assigned.
Restrictions
Be assigned by VITAS to any institutional setting.
Change sterile dressings.
Irrigate body cavities (e.g., enema).
Irrigate a colostomy or wound.
Perform gastric lavage or gavage.
Catheterize a patient.
Administer medications.
Apply heat by any method.
Care for a tracheotomy tube.
Suction a patient.
Provide any personal care not assigned by the VITAS nurse or included in the plan of care.
Qualifications
High school graduate or equivalent preferred.
Meets personnel qualifications of a Home Health Aide as specified in 42 C.F.R. Sections 484.4 and 484.36.
Documented evidence of 75 hours of training as specified in 42 C.F.R. Sections 484.36(a)(1).
Documented evidence of successful completion of a Competency Evaluation program as described in 42 C.F.R. Section 484.36(b).
State Allowable Training/Certification
AL, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, MI, PA, TX, VA, WI: CNA, HHA, HA; CA: CHHA; CT: Homemaker‑Home Health Aide; IL: HHA, NA; KS: Home Health Aide certificate; MO: Home Health Aide; NJ: Homemaker‑Home Health Aide; OH: Home Health Aide.
Special Requirements
Ability to read, write, and carry out directions.
Ability to travel as required.
Telephone available at the patient’s home.
Essential Functions / Physical Demands
Assisting in lifting and transferring patients as required.
Lifting objects in excess of 20 pounds.
Standing or walking for more than one hour per day.
Talking and hearing.
Close vision; distance vision; ability to adjust focus.
Directions Received
Reports directly to the VITAS Nurse.
Receives clinical direction from the VITAS Nurse.
Seniority level: Entry level. Employment type: Full‑time. Job function: Health Care Provider. Industry: Hospitals and Health Care.
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