Benefits:
Key Responsibilities and Duties
perform a variety of tasks tailored to individual care plans, generally categorized into personal care, health monitoring, and household support:
- Personal Care (ADLs): Assisting with bathing, showering, grooming, hair care, oral hygiene, and dressing.
- Mobility & Transfers: Helping patients move around, including transferring them from bed to chair (using safe lifting techniques/equipment) and accompanying them on walks.
- Health Monitoring: Checking and recording vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration) and observing skin condition.
- Medical Support: Providing medication reminders or assisting with self-administered medications as allowed by state regulations.
- Nutrition & Meal Prep: Planning and preparing nutritious meals, feeding patients, and shopping for groceries.
- Household Care: Maintaining a clean and safe environment by performing light housekeeping, such as changing bed linens, doing laundry, and cleaning the patient’s immediate area.
- Documentation: Keeping accurate, daily records of services provided and reporting any significant changes in the patient’s physical or mental condition to their supervisor.
Essential Skills & Environment: Working Conditions & Environment
- Settings: Private homes, assisted living facilities, or residential care settings.
- Physical Demands: Requires moderate physical activity, including lifting, bending, and standing for long periods.
- Schedule: Often provides flexible hours, but may include mornings, evenings.
- Autonomy & Travel: Work independently, traveling between homes, often requiring schedule flexibility.
- Collaboration: Strong communication skills to work within an interdisciplinary team.
- Problem-Solving: Differentiate urgent from non-urgent situations and manage varied patient needs.
- Technical Skills: Proficiency with required technology for documentation and communication. Works independently in various patient homes, often managing multiple patients.
- Requires strong time management, problem-solving, and independent decision-making within their scope.
- Adapts care plans based on the unique resources and challenges of the home setting.
- Household Support: Performing light housekeeping (laundry, cleaning), meal preparation, and grocery shopping.
- Mobility & Safety: Helping with transfers (bed/chair) and ensuring a safe, clean environment.
- Transportation: Accompanying clients to appointments or running errands.
- Documentation: Keeping daily records of services rendered and client progress.
Typical Requirements & Qualifications
- Training & Certification: Completion of a state-approved training program.
- Certification: Active registration on the state’s Home Care Aide Registry.
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
- Background: Ability to pass background checks (fingerprinting) and drug screens.
- Health: Proof of required health screenings (TB testing) and immunizations (COVID-19).
- Certifications: Current CPR/BLS certification.
- Skills: Strong communication skills, empathy for the elderly/frail, and the ability to work independently.
- requirementsCertification for HHA.
About Us:MedicalOne Health LLC has been serving the Antioch community for over a decade, providing high-quality home health services with compassion and dedication. Our patients love us for our personalized care, and our employees appreciate a supportive work environment that encourages growth and teamwork.