NJ Certified Home Health Aide (Live-In)

Candidates MUST be a Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) with a license issued by the State of New Jersey

We expect our caregivers to:

• Support the Vision, Mission and Core Values of Home Helpers
• Keep us informed of their availability to work
• Accept work assignments within their stated time and areas
• Be on time, properly dressed and prepared for all work assignments
• Keep the client as their #1 priority while working and not discuss personal problems with clients
• Not conduct personal business while working
• Complete 12 hours of training annually
• Provide the office with required paperwork (i.e. PPD Test Results, proof of auto insurance, etc.)
• Clock in and out of their shifts using the Telephony System
• Submit their ADL reports and Time Sheets to the office accurately and on time
• Treat their clients and co-workers with respect and dignity
• Read, understand and complt with Home Helpers employee policies
• Immediately report incidents or complaints
• Follow the provided Plan of Care
• Return calls to the office in a timely manner

Home Health Aide Job Description

Primary Responsibilities of this position may include:

• Grooming – Hair Care, Shaving, Oral Care, and Skin Care
• Bathing - Assist with the shower, tub bath, bed bath
• Dressing - Assist client with dressing/undressing
• Toileting - Assist client to the bathroom, bedside commode, urinal, bedpan or diapers
• Ambulation - Assist client with walkers, canes, gait belt, or crutches
• Transferring - Assist client to/from bed, wheelchair, low chair, use of lift, turning client in bed
• Medications - Provide client with medication reminders
• Cleaning - light cleaning of client’s kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, laundry, changing sheets, and other light housework for the clients comfort & safety
• Meals - Shop for and cooking of food for client, following special diets, serving and/or feeding meals
• Emotional Support - Provide companionship, teaching, having conversations, playing cards/games, etc.
• Transportation - Errands, Medical appointments
• Communication - Coordinating patient care with other members of the Home Helpers team. Reporting changes in the patient’s condition to family, agency, and medical team. Maintain records of patient care.

Essential Qualifications

• Valid New Jersey Home Health Aide License
• Professionalism
• The ability to communicate in both spoken and written English.
• The ability to communicate with clients and co-workers in a friendly manner.
• Ability to lift 25 pounds, bending, twisting, stooping, kneeling, reaching, pushing.
• Ability to communicate with the office to ensure that service expectations are met.
• Ability to adapt to various living environments and locations.
• Ability to withstand periodic contact with pets, dust, mold, mildew and cleaning solutions.

Special Requirements
All employees are required to provide documentation of legal authority to work in the US. Applicants who are not licensed in New Jersey as a Home Health Aide will not be considered. PLEASE LIST YOUR LICENSE NUMBER ON YOUR RESUME OR IN YOUR COVER LETTER WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION.

Additionally, HHAs must also have sympathy for and an interest in caring for the elderly and sick at home. HHAs are required to have valid 2-Step PPD results at the time of hire and are required by state law to be re-tested annually. HHAs who drive must provide Home Helpers with a valid driver’s license, proof of current insurance, current registration, and provide a copy of a State Department of Motor Vehicles driving record. Additionally, caregivers must pass a pre-employment background and drug screening.

Working Conditions
HHAs work in the client homes. They must be able to bend down, lift and do other things associated with cleaning, cooking and caregiving. The must be able to handle patient suffering that might be due to physical or emotional problems at home. Since most clients cannot be left alone, caregivers will be required to take “on duty meal breaks” and not leave the client’s home during the break.

Required experience:

• Home Health Aide: 2 years