Home Health Aide, 40hr, Days
UMass Memorial Health, Leominster, MA, United States
Exemption Status:
Non-Exempt
Hiring Range:
$17.00 - $25.00
Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.
Schedule Details:
Holidays - Every Third Holiday, Monday through Friday; Weekends - Every Third Weekend
Scheduled Hours:
8a-4:30p
Shift:
1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)
Hours:
40
Cost Center:
24100 - 4319 Home Care HHA
Union:
SEIU - HealthAlliance Home Health & Hospice
This position may have a signing bonus available. A member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
I. Major Responsibilities
Provides direct and indirect personal care in a safe and timely manner in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
Performs homemaking and other environmental services in a way that facilitates sanitary and safe care in the patient's home according to policies and procedures.
Provides patients with mobility assistance, bathing, dressing, and grooming.
Provides patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for patient or self, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness.
Changing bed linens, washing patients’ laundry, cleaning patients’ living area and other homemaking tasks identified within the home health plan of care.
Preparing or serving meals to patients according to the home health plan of care.
Directing patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs.
Checking patients’ pulse, temperature, and respiration.
Changing clean dressings.
Performing a variety of duties as outlined in the home health plan of care.
Maintains records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discusses observations with supervisor or professional according to policy.
Observes, documents, and reports changes in client status or expectations of services promptly to a supervisor or professional according to policy.
Recognizes emergency situations and implements interventions according to appropriate departmental procedures and policies.
Renders services in accordance with the written plan of care as documented by the appropriate professional.
Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities
Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
Maintains regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.
Position Qualifications
License/Certification/Education
Required: Current Home Health Aide certification or Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) license. Must have a valid US‑issued driver's license and a registered, inspected, and insured automobile for work‑related purposes.
Preferred: High School Diploma or equivalent.
Experience/Skills
Required: Minimum six (6) months of experience providing care as a certified home health aide in a home‑based setting.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
The ability to read, write and speak clearly in English.
Ability to listen and give full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Ability to develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with patients, coworkers, and supervisors.
Ability to consistently be responsible, compassionate, patient, emotionally stable, and cheerful with patients, caregivers, and other professionals.
Ability to be tactful, honest, and respectful of patients and family members in private homes.
Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.
Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions
Constantly: Standing, walking, working indoors
Frequently: Pushing, pulling, twisting, bending, kneeling, reaching, high stress level, color vision; Precise motor skills, hearing, vision; Lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing 0‑50 pounds
Occasionally: Sitting, climbing, balancing, crawling, grasping, repetitive movements, working outdoors; Lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing 50‑100+ pounds
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.
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Non-Exempt
Hiring Range:
$17.00 - $25.00
Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.
Schedule Details:
Holidays - Every Third Holiday, Monday through Friday; Weekends - Every Third Weekend
Scheduled Hours:
8a-4:30p
Shift:
1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)
Hours:
40
Cost Center:
24100 - 4319 Home Care HHA
Union:
SEIU - HealthAlliance Home Health & Hospice
This position may have a signing bonus available. A member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
I. Major Responsibilities
Provides direct and indirect personal care in a safe and timely manner in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
Performs homemaking and other environmental services in a way that facilitates sanitary and safe care in the patient's home according to policies and procedures.
Provides patients with mobility assistance, bathing, dressing, and grooming.
Provides patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for patient or self, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness.
Changing bed linens, washing patients’ laundry, cleaning patients’ living area and other homemaking tasks identified within the home health plan of care.
Preparing or serving meals to patients according to the home health plan of care.
Directing patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs.
Checking patients’ pulse, temperature, and respiration.
Changing clean dressings.
Performing a variety of duties as outlined in the home health plan of care.
Maintains records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discusses observations with supervisor or professional according to policy.
Observes, documents, and reports changes in client status or expectations of services promptly to a supervisor or professional according to policy.
Recognizes emergency situations and implements interventions according to appropriate departmental procedures and policies.
Renders services in accordance with the written plan of care as documented by the appropriate professional.
Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities
Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
Maintains regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.
Position Qualifications
License/Certification/Education
Required: Current Home Health Aide certification or Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) license. Must have a valid US‑issued driver's license and a registered, inspected, and insured automobile for work‑related purposes.
Preferred: High School Diploma or equivalent.
Experience/Skills
Required: Minimum six (6) months of experience providing care as a certified home health aide in a home‑based setting.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
The ability to read, write and speak clearly in English.
Ability to listen and give full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Ability to develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with patients, coworkers, and supervisors.
Ability to consistently be responsible, compassionate, patient, emotionally stable, and cheerful with patients, caregivers, and other professionals.
Ability to be tactful, honest, and respectful of patients and family members in private homes.
Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.
Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions
Constantly: Standing, walking, working indoors
Frequently: Pushing, pulling, twisting, bending, kneeling, reaching, high stress level, color vision; Precise motor skills, hearing, vision; Lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing 0‑50 pounds
Occasionally: Sitting, climbing, balancing, crawling, grasping, repetitive movements, working outdoors; Lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing 50‑100+ pounds
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.
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