Home Health Aide (HHA)/Caregiver

Salary Not Available Home Health Aide (HHA)/Caregiver

SABA INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A EPIC HOME HEALTHCARE

Occupation:

Home Health Aides

Location:

Plano, TX - 75074

Job Type:

Regular, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment

Posted:

05/20/2026 Positions available: 1

Source:

WorkInTexas

Web Site:

WorkInTexas Onsite /

Remote:

Work onsite all of the time

Updated:

05/23/2026

Expires:

06/19/2026 Job #: 17016987 Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Work Onsite Full Time Experience 1 Month(s) Schedule Full Time Job Type Regular Duration Permanent Employment Help for . Description A Home Health Aide/Caregiver is an individual who provides personal care, home management and other related home health supportive services to an individual to continue living in their home environment when there are disruptions due to illness, disability, social disadvantage, or other problems in the home.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Ability to speak, read and write in English sufficiently to understand and interpret the HHA Plan of Care, document care provided on the HHA Time and Activity report and able to call agency to report change and/or issues related to the patient and/or 911 in case of an emergency. - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

CONTACT:

Most frequent contact:

Nature or Purpose:

Patients/Patient families; Provide care and service. Agency staff (coordinator, nurse) Receive supervision, development of

POC. EQUIPMENT OPERATION

Walker, Cane, Crutches, Wheelchair, Commode, Hospital Bed, Hoyer Lift, Household appliances (i.e., vacuum, refrigerator, stove, blender, toaster, etc.)

DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Preparing and serving modified and complex modified diets. Assisting patient with eating, monitors intake. Assisting with bathing of patient - in bed, tub, and shower Assist patient with medicated baths to include prompting, preparing bath water, pouring medication into water, cleaning equipment, storing medication, observing, reporting, and recording. Assisting with grooming, care of hair, including shampoo, shaving with electric razor only, and ordinary care of nails - this means soaking and filing nails. Assisting with care of teeth and mouth. Assisting patient on and off bedpan, commode, and toilet. Assisting patient in transferring from bed to chair, to wheelchair and in walking with or without devices. Assisting patient with dressing Assisting patient with self-administered, oral medications that have been ordered by the medical practitioner. Assist patient with medical equipment, supplies and devices such as: crutches, walkers, braces, prosthetics, wheelchairs, trapeze, footboards/cradles, hospital beds, special mattresses, cushions, pads, slings, elastic support stockings, backrests, transfer/sliding boards, hydraulic life such as a Hoyer, electric lift chair and all types of canes. HHA able to bring equipment to patient, position patient for use of device, put on/put in/ remove and operate braces, splints, prosthetics excluding artificial eyes. Observe, report, record any use of medical equipment, supplies and devices. Able to assemble, equipment, position patient, operate equipment, clean reusable equipment, store. Assist patient with medication nebulizers to include assembling necessary equipment, position patient, place normal saline solution in nebulizer, turn on equipment, time the treatment, make sure patient is using equipment properly, turn off equipment, clean and store reusable equipment, observe, record and report. Assist patient with dressing changes involving clean procedures for stable surface wounds, band-aid, gauze pads with tape and dressings involving clean procedures to include assembling of necessary equipment, position patient, remove wrappings from new dressing, cut tape, remove and dispose of old dressing, clean skin with soap and water, hand requested items to patient, apply new dressing, store unused supplies, observe, record and report. Assist patient with dressing changes involving sterile procedures: assembling of necessary equipment, position patient, cut tape, dispose of old dressing, store unused supplies, observe, record and report. Assisting, as instructed with a home exercise program including passive range of motion, turning and positioning. Reporting any change in patient's mental and physical condition or home situation to the nurse. Making and changing bed/linens Dusting and vacuuming the rooms the patient uses. Tidying kitchen, dishwashing. Tidying bedroom, bathroom. Patient's personal laundry: this may include necessary ironing and mending. Provides a supportive environment and ongoing reality orientation to confused patients using appropriate interpersonal behavioral techniques. Measure weight, take temperature, take blood pressure in patients arm, take radial pulse, count respirations and test urine for sugar Measure and record Intake and Output Assist patient with humidifier to include assembling of necessary equipment, fill humidifier with water, clean and store equipment, observe, record and report. The following health related tasks may be performed by the Home Health Aide, who has had documented training in such tasks and is deemed competent to perform them in performance of patient care. Such services are performed in situations deemed by the agency to be special circumstances. Activities permissible under special circumstances are governed by the department document,

Permissible and Non-Permissible Activities:

Home Health Aide Services and require the following criteria: The patient is self-directing. The patient has the need for assistance with the task or activity for routine maintenance of health. The patient cannot perform the activity because of his/her disability. The patient has no informal caregiver who is available at the time the service must be rendered or The caregiver is unwilling or unable to perform the task or The caregivers involvement is unacceptable to the consumer.

CUSTOMER SERVICE/INTERPERSONAL SKILL 1.

Assists other employees where needed. 2. Is responsible and cooperative with patients/families, supervisors, fellow employees. 3. Maintains friendly working atmosphere. 4. Maintains appropriate attitude. 5. Maintains appropriate appearance. 6. Accepts constructive criticism as evidenced by appropriate changes in behavior. 7. Utilizes established channels of communication. 8. Recognizes, accepts and respects people as individuals. 9. Recognizes limitations and seeks assistance appropriately.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Check one physical requirement which applies to this position:

MEDIUM WORK

Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Patient's home