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Home Health Aide
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Best Nurses, Inc.
Potts Camp, MS (In Person)
$31,200 Salary, Full-Time
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The Homemaker is a non‐professional employee, trained to provide personal care and related services in the home for clients under the direct supervision of the Nursing Supervisor. Related services include dietary management, household services essential to the client's health and well being. The non‐professional employee is assigned to a client by the nursing supervisor and is given a written assignment sheet. Qualifications Successful completion of the agency's generic training/orientation procedures. Selected on the basis of such factors as an interest in people, tact, a history of emotional stability, dependability in employment, neatness in appearance and practices, good personal hygiene, and good judgment Responsibilities and Duties Responsibilities The duties consist of a combination of activities, which include, but are not limited to: Performs household budgeting and consumer education. Markets to stretch the dollar and prepares nutritious and appetizing meals. Performs some personal care such as assistance with bathing, toileting, eating, dressing, grooming, and walking. • Assists with simple health care routines such as reminders to maintain diet restriction, medication regimen, and recommended exercises. Provides skilled observation and detailed feedback to the caseworker on client's behavior, mood, and adjustment in the home. Reinforces home management skills, and encourages and stimulates self‐help attitudes and behavior. Gives emotional support and encouragement during period of loneliness, depressions, bereavement, etc. Performs routine housekeeping tasks that are required. Cares for clothing, washing, ironing, and mending. Records observation and signs each entry on the appropriate form for each visit made. Communicates on a weekly basis or more often as necessary with his/her supervisor. Immediately reports emergency situations by phone to supervisor or HHA office. Confirms on a weekly basis the scheduling of visits with the Supervisor/Director in order to coordinate necessary visits with other personnel. Notifies the Agency of absences due to illness, emergency leave, normal vacation periods, or special professional meetings that will affect service with the Agency. Homemakers should not engage in activities such as: Changing dressings Giving medication Physical therapy Assisting person in and out of tub or shower Giving enemas or irrigating catheters Speech therapy Positioning persons in bed for prevention of contractures Reports to: Choices Coordinator or Supervisor Special Requirements Must have a car with required insurance coverage and a state driver's license or reliable transportation Functional Abilities Able to communicate verbally and in writing to the extent required by the position Able to physically perform the duties required by the position Able to travel to prospective clients' residences