Certified Home Health/Hospice Aide

Job Title: Certified Home Health/Hospice Aide

Location: Newport Beach, California 92660

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: 8:30am-5pm

Pay rate: $20.00/Hr. - $23.00/Hr. On W2

*Candidate must have hospital environment experience*

Position Overview:

• The Certified Home Health/Hospice Aide (CHHA) is a paraprofessional member of the home care/hospice team who works under the supervision of a registered nurse or therapist and performs and assists patients with various personal care services as necessary to meet the patient’s personal needs and to promote comfort.
• The CHHA is responsible for observing patients, reporting these observations, and documenting observations and care performed.
• The CHHA will be assigned in a manner that promotes quality, continuity and safety of a patient’s care.
• The CHHA will not function in any manner viewed as the practice of nursing according to the state's Nurse Practice Act.
• Specifically, the CHHA will not administer medications, take physician's orders or perform procedures requiring the training, knowledge and skill of a nurse, such as sterile techniques.

Skills:

Technology & Equipment Skills

• Maintains knowledge of technology, tools, equipment and other devices in work area.
• Demonstrates competence in technology skills required for the role, as well as ability to learn and master new skills.
• For clinical position this includes equipment and devices pertinent to treatment, procedures and practice.

Job Knowledge

• Demonstrates full knowledge and understanding of concepts and procedures needed to be successful in the role, including knowledge of applicable department, organization and external rules and regulations impacting day-to-day processes.
• For clinical positions, this includes clinical procedures required by department and unit, as demonstrated by unit-based competency testing.

Patient Safety

• Embraces the principle of keeping patients safe by following safety policies and procedures, treating people with respect, and speaking up in Patient Safety related situations.

Travel

• Position may require local travel between various organization locations.
• Sixteen hours of classroom must be completed prior to a mandatory 16 hours of practical training.

Hospice

• Completed a minimum of 75 hours of classroom and supervised practical training.
• Provides calm manners when in a patient’s home.
• Understands hospice philosophy, comfortable providing specialized care to the terminally ill and secure with issues of death/dying.
• Empathy for the needs of the ill, injured, frail and impaired.

Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

• Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) certification in the State of California, in good standing.
• Current BLS certification.
• Registration on the Home Care Aide Registry through the Department of Social Services, Home Care Services Bureau, in good standing.
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.