Location: Somerset,PA, USA
UPMC Home Care Aide Somerset
UPMC is hiring a full-time Home Care Aide for the Somerset area. You will work Monday - Friday daylight shifts from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
HCA will perform daily patient visits, collaborate with team members, notify staff of patient concerns or changes, and perform personal care.
Full-time benefits, and mileage reimbursement, flexibility with scheduling. Weekend rotations.
Responsibilities:
* Communicates appropriately with the interdisciplinary home care team in a timely manner, reporting any changes in patient's condition to appropriate professional staff.
* Attends compliance training and adheres to the organization standards of conduct, policies and procedures.
* Focuses on customer service and continually strives to perform the duties of their job in a manner that will result in optimal patient satisfaction.
* Provides safe and direct personal care to patients in the home setting under direct supervision of appropriate professional.
* Performs duties and job responsibilities in a fashion which coincides with the service management philosophy of the organization towards patients, visitors, staff, peers, physicians and other departments within the organization.
* Identifies, develops and participates in process improvement opportunities within the home health agency that will enhance the quality of services we provide.
* Proven ability to facilitate change.
* Maintains and completes documentation accurately and promptly while in the patient's home and within the agency and regulatory standards.
* Participates in all required agency meetings.
* Must maintain annual competency evaluation scores as determined by regulatory requirements
* Attends compliance training and adheres to the organization standards of conduct, policies and procedures.
* Proven ability to facilitate change.
* Focuses on customer service and continually strives to perform the duties of their job in a manner that will result in optimal patient satisfaction.
* Identifies, develops and participates in process improvement opportunities within the home health agency that will enhance the quality of services we provide.
* Performs duties and job responsibilities in a fashion which coincides with the service management philosophy of the organization towards patients, visitors, staff, peers, physicians and other departments within the organization.
* Participates in all required agency meetings.
* Communicates appropriately with the interdisciplinary home care team in a timely manner, reporting any changes in patient?s condition to appropriate professional staff.
* Maintains and completes documentation accurately and promptly while in the patient's home and within the agency and regulatory standards.
* Provides safe and direct personal care to patients in the home setting under direct supervision of appropriate professional.
Qualifications:
* High School Diploma or GED - Required
* One (1) year experience - Preferred
* Certified Nurse Aide -Preferred
* Minimum of 75 hours of Nurse Aide training- Required.
* If no previous nurse aide training, applicant may attend UPMC Home Healthcare Nurse Aide Training Course as available upon hire.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Preferred: Nurse Aide Registry in good standing either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located. Required: CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
* Automotive Insurance
* Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
* Driver's License
* Act 33
* Act 34
* OAPSA
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran