Home Care Aide (Venango)

Responsibilities:

• Communicates appropriately with the interdisciplinary home care team promptly, reporting any changes in patients' condition to appropriate professional staff.

• Attends compliance training and adheres to the organization's standards of conduct, policies, and procedures.

• Focuses on customer service and continually strives to perform the duties of their job in a manner that will result in optimal patient satisfaction.

• Provides safe and direct personal care to patients in the home setting under the direct supervision of appropriate professionals.

• Performs duties and job responsibilities in a fashion that coincides with the service management philosophy of the organization towards patients, visitors, staff, peers, physicians, and other departments within the organization.

• Identifies, develops, and participates in process improvement opportunities within the home health agency that will enhance the quality of services we provide.

• Proven ability to facilitate change.

• Maintains and completes documentation accurately and promptly while in the patient's home and within the agency and regulatory standards.

• Participates in all required agency meetings.

• Must maintain annual competency evaluation scores as determined by regulatory requirements.

• Attends compliance training and adheres to the organization's standards of conduct, policies, and procedures.

• Proven ability to facilitate change.

• Focuses on customer service and continually strives to perform the duties of their job in a manner that will result in optimal patient satisfaction.

• Identifies, develops, and participates in process improvement opportunities within the home health agency that will enhance the quality of services we provide.

• Performs duties and job responsibilities in a fashion that coincides with the service management philosophy of the organization towards patients, visitors, staff, peers, physicians, and other departments within the organization.

• Participates in all required agency meetings.

• Communicates appropriately with the interdisciplinary home care team promptly, reporting any changes in the patient's condition to the appropriate professional staff.

• Maintains and completes documentation accurately and promptly while in the patient's home and within the agency and regulatory standards.

• Provides safe and direct personal care to patients in the home setting under the direct supervision of appropriate professionals.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED

• Required

• One (1) year experience

• Preferred

• Certified Nurse Aide

• Preferred

• Minimum of 75 hours of Nurse Aide training

• Required. If no previous nurse aide training, the applicant may attend the UPMC Home Healthcare Nurse Aide Training Course as available upon hire.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

Preferred: Nurse Aide Registry in good standing either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located. Required: CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire

• Automotive Insurance

• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

• Driver's License

• Act 33 with renewal

• Act 34

• OAPSA

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran