Certified Home Health/Hospice Aide Job at Pacer Group, Newport Beach, CA

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  • Pacer Group
  • Newport Beach, CA

Job Description

Job Title: Certified Home Health/Hospice Aide

Location: Newport Beach, California 92660

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: 8:30am-5pm

Pay rate: $20.00/Hr. - $23.00/Hr. On W2

*Candidate must have hospital environment experience*

Position Overview:

  • The Certified Home Health/Hospice Aide (CHHA) is a paraprofessional member of the home care/hospice team who works under the supervision of a registered nurse or therapist and performs and assists patients with various personal care services as necessary to meet the patient’s personal needs and to promote comfort.
  • The CHHA is responsible for observing patients, reporting these observations, and documenting observations and care performed.
  • The CHHA will be assigned in a manner that promotes quality, continuity and safety of a patient’s care.
  • The CHHA will not function in any manner viewed as the practice of nursing according to the state's Nurse Practice Act.
  • Specifically, the CHHA will not administer medications, take physician's orders or perform procedures requiring the training, knowledge and skill of a nurse, such as sterile techniques.

Skills:

Technology & Equipment Skills

  • Maintains knowledge of technology, tools, equipment and other devices in work area.
  • Demonstrates competence in technology skills required for the role, as well as ability to learn and master new skills.
  • For clinical position this includes equipment and devices pertinent to treatment, procedures and practice.

Job Knowledge

  • Demonstrates full knowledge and understanding of concepts and procedures needed to be successful in the role, including knowledge of applicable department, organization and external rules and regulations impacting day-to-day processes.
  • For clinical positions, this includes clinical procedures required by department and unit, as demonstrated by unit-based competency testing.

Patient Safety

  • Embraces the principle of keeping patients safe by following safety policies and procedures, treating people with respect, and speaking up in Patient Safety related situations.

Travel

  • Position may require local travel between various organization locations.
  • Sixteen hours of classroom must be completed prior to a mandatory 16 hours of practical training.

Hospice

  • Completed a minimum of 75 hours of classroom and supervised practical training.
  • Provides calm manners when in a patient’s home.
  • Understands hospice philosophy, comfortable providing specialized care to the terminally ill and secure with issues of death/dying.
  • Empathy for the needs of the ill, injured, frail and impaired.

Education:

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

  • Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) certification in the State of California, in good standing.
  • Current BLS certification.
  • Registration on the Home Care Aide Registry through the Department of Social Services, Home Care Services Bureau, in good standing.
  • Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.

Job Tags

16 hours, Work at office, Local area, Shift work

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