Home Health Aide-PT
Hackensack Meridian Health, Woodland Park, NJ, United States
Description
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
Visiting Health Services of New Jersey (VHSNJ), a partnership between Hackensack Meridian Health and St. Joseph's Health, provides a comprehensive continuum of home health care and hospice services, support, and resources to patients and families in Passaic, Bergen, and parts of Morris counties. The VHSNJ multidisciplinary clinical and support teams provide high quality care to patients where they most want to be—in their homes.
At Visiting Health Services of New Jersey and Hackensack Meridian Health, we recognize our full‑ and part‑time benefit eligible team members by offering a Total Rewards package including comprehensive health benefits, generous paid time off, travel reimbursement, a 401(k) match, and tuition reimbursement.
Responsibilities
Provide in‑home, para‑professional services necessary for caring for patients' personal needs under the direction of the RN.
Perform or assist patients with personal care activities such as baths, showers, skin and hair care, and oral hygiene; assure universal safety precautions and care‑plan direction are followed.
Notify the RN of any changes in patient condition observed in a timely manner and document appropriately; record all required information on the patient chart accurately per organizational protocol.
Assist patients with transfer and ambulation; perform range‑of‑motion exercises; follow safe body‑mechanics principles.
Perform general housekeeping of the patient's area, change patient bed linens, and assist family with light housekeeping such as dusting, vacuuming, and damp mopping.
Assist patients with self‑administration of oral medications, remind them when to take them.
Prepare simple meals in accordance with dietary instructions and assist patients with eating if necessary.
Assist with Foley catheter and colostomy care to ensure proper hygiene; change colostomy bags, perform peri‑care, measure urine, and assure skin is clean around the stoma.
Other duties and/or projects as assigned; demonstrate flexibility with job responsibilities in all areas.
Adhere to HMH's organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
Lifting: minimum 50 lbs.; pushing and pulling minimum 50 lbs.; standing minimum 8 hours a day.
Qualifications
Good customer service skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Home care experience.
Licenses & Certifications
Homemaker – HHA certification.
Valid driver’s license from a U.S. state.
Compensation & Benefits
HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay is a reasonable, good‑faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role and does not reflect the full value of our market‑competitive total‑rewards package. The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Minimum rate of $19.33 hourly.
In addition to compensation for full‑time and part‑time (20+ hrs/week) positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits. Performance‑based incentives, bonuses, commissions, and shift differentials may be available for suitable positions.
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Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
Visiting Health Services of New Jersey (VHSNJ), a partnership between Hackensack Meridian Health and St. Joseph's Health, provides a comprehensive continuum of home health care and hospice services, support, and resources to patients and families in Passaic, Bergen, and parts of Morris counties. The VHSNJ multidisciplinary clinical and support teams provide high quality care to patients where they most want to be—in their homes.
At Visiting Health Services of New Jersey and Hackensack Meridian Health, we recognize our full‑ and part‑time benefit eligible team members by offering a Total Rewards package including comprehensive health benefits, generous paid time off, travel reimbursement, a 401(k) match, and tuition reimbursement.
Responsibilities
Provide in‑home, para‑professional services necessary for caring for patients' personal needs under the direction of the RN.
Perform or assist patients with personal care activities such as baths, showers, skin and hair care, and oral hygiene; assure universal safety precautions and care‑plan direction are followed.
Notify the RN of any changes in patient condition observed in a timely manner and document appropriately; record all required information on the patient chart accurately per organizational protocol.
Assist patients with transfer and ambulation; perform range‑of‑motion exercises; follow safe body‑mechanics principles.
Perform general housekeeping of the patient's area, change patient bed linens, and assist family with light housekeeping such as dusting, vacuuming, and damp mopping.
Assist patients with self‑administration of oral medications, remind them when to take them.
Prepare simple meals in accordance with dietary instructions and assist patients with eating if necessary.
Assist with Foley catheter and colostomy care to ensure proper hygiene; change colostomy bags, perform peri‑care, measure urine, and assure skin is clean around the stoma.
Other duties and/or projects as assigned; demonstrate flexibility with job responsibilities in all areas.
Adhere to HMH's organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
Lifting: minimum 50 lbs.; pushing and pulling minimum 50 lbs.; standing minimum 8 hours a day.
Qualifications
Good customer service skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Home care experience.
Licenses & Certifications
Homemaker – HHA certification.
Valid driver’s license from a U.S. state.
Compensation & Benefits
HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay is a reasonable, good‑faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role and does not reflect the full value of our market‑competitive total‑rewards package. The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Minimum rate of $19.33 hourly.
In addition to compensation for full‑time and part‑time (20+ hrs/week) positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits. Performance‑based incentives, bonuses, commissions, and shift differentials may be available for suitable positions.
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