General Purpose: Are members of the interdisciplinary team who provide hands-on personal care, report changes in the patient’s/client’s condition, perform simple procedures as an extension of therapy or nursing services, and provide incidental/instrumental activities of daily living as assigned to patients/clients in the home setting as permitted by the policies and procedures of Interim HealthCare and any other federal, state and local law or regulation. Essential Functions: • Reads and records temperature, pulse, and respirations. • Assists, performs and trains patient/client and family in activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, nail and skin care, oral hygiene, toileting and elimination and adequate nutritional intake. • Promotes safe environment and maintain unobstructed pathways while providing care. • Assists with ambulation, transfers and/or range of motion exercises. • Assists with incidental/instrumental activities of daily living such as shopping, meal preparation, socialization activities, homemaking and maintaining a clean and safe physical environment. • Assists in medication reminding • Assists in administering medications ordinarily self-administered. • Utilizes infection prevention and control measures such as universal precautions, hand washing, and personal protective equipment. • Follows the assignment sheet/service plan performing only tasks that are assigned. • Recognizes, reports, and records/documents changes in patient/client condition and safety to supervisor. • Document observations, activities and service provided in an accurate, complete and timely manner. • Organizes self to carry out visits/shifts and tasks. • Completes mandatory Interim HealthCare in-services and provides requested documents to keep employee file current. • Participates in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program, as requested. • Participates in the Office’s Emergency Preparedness Program, as requested. • Completes other assignments as requested and assigned. • Honors patient rights. • Accesses personal health information (“PHI”) necessary to fulfill the above duties and responsibilities. Access to use and ability to disclose PHI is further defined by each organization/department. Home Health Aide MAY NOT: • Perform any skilled nursing procedure, which is prohibited by the State Nurse Practice Act, law or regulation. Minimum Education & Experience Requirements: • Eighteen (18) years of age or older. • Six (6) months of experience in healthcare . Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required: • Two (2) positive references • Evidence of passing a home health aide written knowledge exam. • Pass state required criminal and abuse background checks where required. • Able to effectively communicate in English with all levels of the workforce, both clinical and non-clinical • Able to effectively communicate, including the ability to read, write, and verbally report clinical information to patients, patient representatives (if any), patient’s caregivers and family, and agency staff. • Able to perform and prioritize multiple tasks or functions. • Able to provide proof of valid driver's license, if applicable. • Able to provide proof of valid auto liability insurance if assignment(s) include driving own vehicle to transport patient. Working Conditions & Physical Effort: • Able to constantly travel within geographic area serviced by office from assignment to assignment. • Meets the applicable health requirements to provide patient care per applicable law or regulation. • Work is normally performed in patient’s home. • Occasional exposure to communicable diseases, bloodborne pathogens and/or other potentially infectious or hazardous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment (e.g. face masks, goggles, latex and or non-latex gloves). • Able to constantly stand, bend, stoop, squat, kneel and reach freely. • Able to frequently lift, reposition, and transfer clients/patients. • Able to frequently carry bundles such as groceries and laundry up or down stairs and lift with or without assistance. • Able to constantly grasp with thumb in opposition to fingers of palm (i.e. DME supplies, knobs or objects). • Able to read 8 point or larger type. • Medium physical activity that may require frequent lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 50 lbs.