Home Care Aide

Job Tit l e/P o sition: Home Care Aide

Reports To : Clinical Manager

JOB DESCRI P TION SUMMARY

A Home Care Aide per f orms tas k s t ha t e n a ble t h e cli en t t o r e ma i n in t h e ho m e by s u ppl e me n tin g t h e client' s a bilities f or ho me ma n a ge m e nt.

ESSENTIAL JOB F UNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists or performs personal care tasks including ADLs and IADLs to enable client to re-

main safe in the home environment, maintain capacity to function, delay disease and pre-

vent regression.

• Provide s h om e mak i n g service s for t h e ill, in j ured , impair e d, dis a bl e d or a g e d .
• Observ e s t he cl i en t for c h a n ges i n g e neral p h y sical a nd me n tal c o n diti o ns. R e ports a n y

ch a n g es no t e d t o t h e c linical manager or s u pervi s or.

• Ke e ps t h e h ome c l e a n a n d or d erly.
• Plans meals a n d purc h a s es f o o d a n d h ou s e h o l d s u ppl i es, as a p propri a te.
• Prepa r es a n d ser v es nutrit i ous meals ac c ordi n g t o t he cl i ent’ s a nd c ar e giver' s n e e ds a n d the

client' s servic e s d elivery pl a n.

• W ashes dis h es a n d cl e an s t he ki t c h en af t er meals.
• Assists t he cl i en t a nd car e giver i n t he practi c e of s af e ty, hyg i e n e, a n d g o od n u trition

where p o ssibl e .

• Does cli e nt’s l a u n dry.
• A d h eres to t h e d o c ume n tat i o n a nd c are pro c e dure s a nd st a n d ards o f p erso n al a n d

pro f essi o nal c o n du c t.

P OSITION QUALI F ICATIONS

• Is at l eas t e i gh t e e n y ears of a g e.
• Has at l eas t o n e y e ar o f e x peri e nc e as a caregiver, h o mema k er or home care aide.
• Has h a d w ork or li f e e x p erien c e as a caregiver, h o mema k er or home care aide.
• Succes s fully c o mpl e te s t h e h o me health aide c o m p et e ncy eva l u a tio n .
• Has t h e a bility t o r e a d a nd follo w writt e n in s tr u ction s a nd do c u m e nt s ervice s prov i d e d.
• Has e m p a t hy f or t h e n e ed s o f t h e ill, i njur e d, frail a n d i m p aire d .
• Must b e a licen s e d driver wi t h a n a ut o mobil e t h at is i nsur e d i n ac c or d an c e wi t h s t a t e a n d

org a nizat i o n re q uir e m e nts a n d is i n g o od w orkin g order OR mu s t mai n ta i n a sa f e a n d

effici e nt met h o d o f tr a ns p ort a tion a i med at arrivin g to w ork a s sc h e d ul e d.

JOB LIMITATIONS

The home care aide will n o t f unct i o n in an y ma n ner viewe d a s t h e practi c e o f nursi n g a ccord i n g t o th e Ut a h Nur s e P r acti c e A c t. S p ecifically , t h e home care aide will n ot a dm i nister medi c ati o ns, ta k e physici a n' s or d ers or per f o r m p r oc e dur e s r e quiri ng t h e tra i ni n g, k nowl e d g e a n d

skill o f a licens e d nur s e.

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.