Home Health Aide

VitaCare Living Proctor

  • Proctor, MN
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
  • Apply easily
If you are an experienced home health aide who enjoys varied activities that help people lead more independent lives, we’d love to talk to you! We are seeking a kind and compassionate home health aide who has excellent communication and companionship skills to provide basic medical care, light housekeeping duties, personal care, and hygiene tasks so our patients are empowered to live happily at home. You must have 1-3 years of experience in home health implementing care plans, and make your patients’ health and safety your first priority. If this sounds like the perfect job for you, please apply today! Responsibilities: • Complete basic medical tasks such as taking vital signs, measuring glucose and ketone levels, replacing bandages and dressings, and ensuring the proper use of medical devices • Oversee medication tasks such as opening bottles, organizing self-administered dosing and arranging refills; and assist with meal preparation and planning • Ensure quality companionship and provide psychological and emotional support for patients and family members • Transport patients as needed to doctor’s offices or other health care services, grocery shopping, or for other errands • Enable patients to complete personal hygiene tasks like bathing, toileting, shaving, grooming, dressing, etc. • Administer Medications: Dispense medications as directed by the Registered Nurse (RN), maintaining an annual error rate of no more than one mistake. • Resident Response: Attend to resident call lights within 10 minutes to ensure responsive and attentive care. • Light Housekeeping: Perform regular light housekeeping in resident rooms at least once weekly to promote a clean and comfortable living space. • Service Charting: Accurately document all services provided without missing tasks, ensuring compliance with company standards. Qualifications: • Over one year of experience as a personal caregiver, HHA/ home health aide, personal care aid, or nursing assistant for a home health agency, at patient homes, or care facilities settings is vital • Capable of lifting up to 100 lbs, you may also be required to stoop, bend, reach, and transfer patients up to 250 lbs as needed • Excellent communication and organizational skills are valuable, as is a compassionate, empathetic, and kind personality • A valid state driver’s license, reliable transportation, and current auto insurance is required • First aid training and current CPR certification is needed and you must be able to pass a drug test, full employment background check, and physical • Extreme Ownership - takes control of outcomes, removes obstacles to success, no excuses • Resourcefulness - finds ways to achieve results despite a lack of resources, able to self-educate • Big Why - the driving force behind your career is the passionate care for vulnerable adults • Growth - has habits that lead to small improvements of self and team every day • Humility - puts ego aside, accepts criticism, to find the best solution in all situations • Reliability - Show up – able to be trusted when needed About Company: We are always looking for team members who connect with our mission of adding life to the years of our residents. If you value the same principles that guide us and are driven by warm, welcoming environments and team culture, VitaCare Living may be a great fit for you!

VitaCare Living Proctor