Home Healthcare Aide - VitaCare Living Ogilvie : Job Details

If you are an experienced home health aide who enjoys varied activities that help people lead more independent lives, we'd love to talk to you! We are seeking a kind and compassionate home health aide who has excellent communication and companionship skills to provide basic medical care, light housekeeping duties, personal care, and hygiene tasks so our patients are empowered to live happily at home. You must have 1-3 years of experience in home health implementing care plans, and make your patients' health and safety your first priority. If this sounds like the perfect job for you, please apply today! Responsibilities: • Take care of light housekeeping tasks including but not limited to vacuuming, bed making, laundry, etc. • Support patients to help them complete personal hygiene tasks like bathing, grooming, toileting, shaving, dressing, etc. • Provide personal care tasks such as calling doctors' offices, scheduling appointments, and coordinating Medicare and other insurance details • Ensure quality companionship and provide psychological and emotional support for patients and family members • Execute basic medical tasks such as replacing bandages and dressings, taking vital signs, measuring glucose and ketone levels, and ensuring the proper use of medical devices • Administer Medications: Dispense medications as directed by the Registered Nurse (RN), maintaining an annual error rate of no more than one mistake. • Resident Response: Attend to resident call lights within 10 minutes to ensure responsive and attentive care. • Light Housekeeping: Perform regular light housekeeping in resident rooms at least once weekly to promote a clean and comfortable living space. • Service Charting: Accurately document all services provided without missing tasks, ensuring compliance with company standards. Qualifications: • A high school diploma or GED equivalent is required - some college is an asset • Must have 1-3 years of experience as a personal caregiver, HHA/ home health aide, nursing assistant, or personal care aid for a home health agency at patient homes or care facilities setting • Pass a full employment background check, drug test, and physical, and possess current CPR certification and first aid training • Compassionate, kind, and empathetic personality is essential, with superb organization and communications skills • Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) is highly valuable- approved home health aide training programs from community colleges are accepted • Extreme Ownership: Demonstrates accountability, ownership of outcomes, and proactively removes obstacles. • Resourcefulness: Finds effective solutions even with limited resources and independently seeks knowledge. • Passion for Purpose (Big Why): Possesses a strong, genuine dedication to serving and caring for vulnerable adults. • Commitment to Growth: Actively pursues self-improvement and team betterment each day. • Humility: Embraces a solutions-focused attitude, welcoming feedback and putting egos aside for the best outcome. • Reliability: Shows up on time, prepared, and ready to deliver dependable support. • Gratitude: Maintains a positive outlook, seeking and appreciating the good in all situations. Compensation: $16 - $18 hourly

• Administer Medications: Dispense medications as directed by the Registered Nurse (RN), maintaining an annual error rate of no more than one mistake. • Resident Response: Attend to resident call lights within 10 minutes to ensure responsive and attentive care. • Light Housekeeping: Perform regular light housekeeping in resident rooms at least once weekly to promote a clean and comfortable living space. • Service Charting: Accurately document all services provided without missing tasks, ensuring compliance with company standards. • Assistance with ADLs: Support residents in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) according to each individual's Client Service Plan, with a zero-tolerance policy for missed tasks.