Home Health Aide (HHA) Job Description
Comfort Keepers is looking for a caregiver to join our team! At Comfort Keepers, we provide uplifting in-home care for seniors and other adults eighteen & older who require a helping hand, a supportive companion, and day-to-day assistance in their homes. As a caregiver, you will have the opportunity to deliver one-on-one care that enhances quality of life and brings hope and joy to clients and their families. Caregiver Requirements: • Must register with the State of California as certified Home Care Aide • Live Scan clearance (fingerprints) • TB clearance • Companionship and/or Personal Care experience • A passion for the job and genuine desire to help others • Access to reliable transportation with a willingness to travel to nearby cities • Up-to-date car insurance in your name, registration and valid CA Driver's License • Ability to pass background checks and work-related references • Must pass drug testing State of California COVID-19 Requirements • Must provide proof of a completed vaccination against COVID-19 or test negative to COVID-19 every week • Must have a COVID-19 Booster shot or must receive it six months after completing the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Essential Functions: - Performs duties as assigned on the personal care/companionship Service Plan. - Assists the client in assisting with activities of daily living by providing any of the Comfort Keepers approved personal care activities including, but not limited to: bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming, oral hygiene, and/or ambulation. - Provides for a clean, safe, and healthy environment for clients and family members. - Provides light housekeeping tasks including laundering of client's garments and linens and changing the bed. - Assists in meeting nutritional needs by providing meal planning, meal preparation, grocery shopping, dishes, and kitchen clean-up. - Assists the client with ambulation/transfers as specified in the Plan of Care. - Reminds client to take self-administered medications. - Observes and reports any changes in the client's mental, physical, or emotional condition or home situation to immediate supervisor in a timely manner. - Establishes and maintains effective communication and a professional relationship with clients, family members, and co-workers. - Completed required documentation of services delivered and submits to office in a timely manner according to policy. -Uses equipment and supplies safely and properly. - Maintains confidentiality regarding client information. - Other reasonable related duties as assigned. Position Physical Demands: The work requires moderate physical exertion on a regular and recurring basis, such as driving, assisting clients in transfer activities and ambulation, and light housekeeping. Regularly required to stand, sit, walk, talk, and hear, reach, kneel, and crouch. Lifting only up to 25 pounds is permitted and may be required.