UPMC Home Health is hiring a Home Care Aide to join its team and support the Apollo area to the Fox Chapel area. This position is a Monday through Friday, 8:00A-4:30P role.
Provide designated care under the direction of the primary service provider in the home to achieve identified goals. Function as an extension of skilled nursing services and/or rehabilitation services in the home.
Responsibilities:
- 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 which 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 in a timely manner, reporting any changes in patient's condition to 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 direct supervision of appropriate professional.
- High School Diploma or GED - Required
- One (1) year experience - Preferred
- Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)- Preferred
- Minimum of 75 hours of Nurse Aide training- Required. If the applicant has no previous nurse aide training, the applicant may attend UPMC Home Healthcare Nurse Aide Training Course as available upon hire.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: - Automotive Insurance
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Driver's License
- Act 33
- Act 34
- OAPSA
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran