Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS
- Meets federal/state requirements for this position.
2. Home Health Aide (HHA) competence will conform with requirements in the Medicare Conditions of Participation found in 42CFR 484.36. Must be able to successfully pass the competency program of the agency.
3. Upon hire, HHAs will have received at least 75-hours of training, the content of which addresses all subjects listed at 484.36(a)
4. Minimum of two (2) years full-time direct, patient care experience within the last five (5) years, in an institution or agency setting.
5. Able to work independently with minimal direct supervision.
6. Able to work as a team member.
7. Current CPR certification
8. High school graduate or equivalent.
9. Current state certification as a nurse assistant preferred.
10. Must be familiar with general use and functions of the computer, such as, user names and password concepts; internet; e-mail; navigation of computer desktop, including starting programs, using files, and windows, effectively use navigation buttons and tool bars; ability to self-manage online HR services and online training programs.
State Specific-QUALIFICATIONS
-Delaware State Specific:
“Home Health Aide" means a non-licensed person who provides personal care services, companion services, homemaker services and who may perform tasks delegated by a licensed nurse as permitted by 24 Del.C. Ch. 19. A home health aide (A) has at least one year of practical experience in a Department licensed or approved hospital, nursing home, or homecare setting; or (B) has satisfactorily completed an appropriate home care course which includes the training requirements contained within these regulations; or (C) is a student nurse pursuing a degree in nursing who has completed the clinical practicum portion of their training.
5.8.5 Aides who experience a break in service for greater than two (2) calendar years will be expected to repeat the seventy-five (75) hour training requirement.
-Massachusetts State Specific:
Must be Massachusetts Certified Home Health Aid and have a Document of Completion from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
-Pennsylvania State Specific:
(a) Selection of aides. Home health aides shall be selected on the basis of such factors
as a sympathetic attitude towards the care of the sick, ability to carry out directions,
maturity and ability to deal effectively with the demands of the job. Aides shall be
carefully trained in methods of assisting patients to achieve maximum self-reliance,
principles of nutrition and meal preparation, the aging process and emotional problems of
illness, procedures for maintaining a clean, healthful and pleasant environment, changes
in patient’s condition that should be reported, work of the agency and the health team,
ethics, confidentiality and record keeping. They shall be closely supervised to assure
their competence in providing care. -§601.35. Home health aide services. (116766) No 152 Jul. 87
-Utah State Specific:
R432-700-10 Personnel
(3) Each employee shall be licensed, certified or registered as required by the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing
R432 - 700-22. Certified Nursing Aide.
(14) Certified Nursing Aides shall be at least 18 years old.
(15) Certified Nursing Aides shall have received a certificate of completion for the employment position:
(a) The curriculum or the comparable challenge exam shall be offered under the direction of the Utah Board of Education;
(b) If the employee does not have a certificate of completion for the position at the time of employment, completion of the course of study or challenge exam shall occur within six months of the date of hire.
-Virginia State Specific:
Home attendants shall be able to speak, read and write English and shall meet one of the following qualifications:
1. Have satisfactorily completed a nursing education program preparing for registered nurse licensure or practical nurse licensure;
2. Have satisfactorily completed a nurse aide education program approved by the Virginia Board of Nursing;
3. Have certification as a nurse aide issued by the Virginia Board of Nursing;
4. Be successfully enrolled in a nursing education program preparing for registered nurse or practical nurse licensure and have currently completed at
least one nursing course that includes clinical experience involving direct client care;
5. Have satisfactorily passed a competency evaluation program that meets the criteria of 42 CFR 484.36 (b). Home attendants of personal care services need only be evaluated on the tasks in 42 CFR 484.36 (b) as those tasks relate to the personal care services to be provided;
Virginia Department of Health Office of Licensure and Certification Regulations for the Licensure of Home Care organizations 28
-Washington D.C. State Specific:
Health aide – a Home Health Aide or Personal Care Aide, qualified and authorized to perform home health aide services or personal care services in accordance with Title 29 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, Chapters 50 and 51
3200. NURSE AIDE CERTIFICATION
3200.1 Effective October 1, 1990, no nursing facility in the District of Columbia that participates in the D.C. Medicaid Program or in Medicare shall use any individual working in the facility as a nurse aide for more than four (4) months, on a full-time, temporary, per diem, or other basis, unless that individual is competent to provide nursing and nursing related services, and has completed the District's approved training and competency evaluation program, or the District's approved competency evaluation program.
3200.2 An individual employed as a nurse aide in a nursing facility prior to the effective date of this rule shall qualify as a credentialed nurse aide if he or she has successfully completed the District's competency evaluation program only.