Home Health Aide - CorsoCare Staffing Agency

Home Health Aide

CorsoCare Staffing Agency

Coverage Area: Traverse City

Pay: $17-20/hr

CorsoCare Staffing Agency also provides services to Independence Village & Story Point communities.

• Above market wages
• Wages On-Demand allowing early access to your earned wages before payday
• Generous holiday pay
• Growth opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Individualized attention and appreciation from CorsoCare Staff Coordinators
• Hands on, PAID community training at Independence Village & Story Point
• Awesome referral program for those you know, that also go above and beyond

Required Experience for Home Health Aide:

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Previous Healthcare, Geriatrics or experience working with the elderly population preferred.
• Desire to work with geriatric population essential.
• Training per state requirements

Responsibilities for Home Health Aide:

• Provide care support to homes and communities within assigned geographical region.
• Comfortable driving up to an hour (45-50 miles).
• Bathe and clean, as needed, both male and female residents by bed bath, shower and/or whirlpool.
• Assist in cleaning teeth, shampooing/combing hair, cleaning and cutting nails, applying make-up, shaving, and cleaning glasses of both male and female residents.
• Assist residents as needed in dressing appropriately, encouraging usual and appropriate clothing.
• Make residents’ beds and change linens as needed, clean up room and closet, picking up unnecessary articles and arranging room neatly.
• Assist residents requiring total or partial assist with dining, set up food for residents needing assistance.
• Follow medication administration protocols as identified for each individual resident.
• Answer emergency calls promptly.
• Assist residents with bedpan, urinal, and bedside commode or to bathroom as needed and/or as directed. Check and change incontinent brief every two hours or more frequently if needed.
• Take and give notice in writing, vital signs (temp, pulse, respiration & blood pressure), heights and weights as requested, report abnormal or unusual signs to nurse or Executive Director. Report skin breakdown, pressure sores and changes in residents’ physical/mental condition to Wellness Director or Executive Director immediately.
• Clean wheelchairs, walkers, commodes, bedpans and urinals per schedule.
• Report unusual color or odor of excretions (urine, drainage, stool or sputum) before discarding it.
• Assist in the transport, transfer, ambulation, frequent positioning, provide ROM to residents and all other ADL’s as assigned. Use measures that ensure resident and associate safety. Request assistance when lifting, turning and moving residents, using lifting devices when needed.
• Transport to activities, meals and appointments as requested.
• Help maintain personal dignity of each resident by ensuring privacy and treating them with respect. Understand and follow Resident Bill of Rights.
• Provide, direct and participate in activity programming and activity-based care for the residents.
• Assist in admission, transfer and discharge of residents including ensuring rooms are ready for admit and assist resident with belongings upon discharge.
• Complete Daily Assignment sheets during shift and according to instructions using only authorized abbreviations.
• Identify resident before providing care.
• Follow universal precautions and isolation procedures for infection control.
• Accepts changes/additions to schedule during staffing difficulties when necessary. Accepts assignment in time of emergency, regardless of any location and/or any day of the week be it weekend/holidays.
• Additional duties as assigned, including assisting with dining and housekeeping

Navigating the Path of HealthCare
CorsoCare provides patient-based home health care services while protecting patient rights and giving them the dignity and respect they deserve. Our experienced certified home health care professionals are highly skilled and completely focused on our patients. Our services are comprised of three core divisions: Certified Home Health Care Services, Private Duty/Private Pay Services and Transitional Care Navigation Services.

We are fortunate to serve seniors, employers, employees, patients and each other.

We have comprehensive benefit packages that include health, dental, vision, 401(k), income protection, and extraordinary work-life benefits.

This classification description is intended to indicate the general kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that are required of positions given this title and should not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of the employees under her/his supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind or level of difficulty.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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