Title: Home Health Aide Lansing
Location: Lansing, Mi, 48901, US
Company: McLaren Health
Home Health Aide
Under direct supervision, provides personal and homemaking services to ill, convalescing, elderly, and disabled persons in the patients' home.
Essential functions and responsibilities include:
- Providing personal care of a patient, including bathing, grooming/hygiene, and toileting.
- Taking and recording daily vital signs. Reports all vital signs that are outside the normal range.
- Assisting patients with positioning/turning, transfers, catheter care, and range of motion exercises.
- Light housekeeping and food preparation.
- Recognizing and reporting any unusual, untoward, or new symptoms/changes to the RN.
- May perform functions to support the telehealth program (uninstalls, equipment cleaning and maintenance, installations/setups).
- Performs other related duties as required and directed.
Required:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Successful completion of a written home health/hospice competency test and the clinical skills testing.
- Certification as Home Health Aide (CHHA).
Preferred:
- Six months of experience with a variety of patients.
Position/subsidiary specific:
- Valid driver's license, proof of valid auto insurance, and maintain a driving record in accordance with McLaren's corporate driving policy and eligibility guidelines.
Equal opportunity employer of minorities/females/disabled/veterans.