URGENTLY HIRING IN BETHESDA, MD
We are urgently seeking a mature and dedicated Home Health Aide to join our care team in Bethesda, MD. This role involves providing compassionate, reliable, and hands-on support to meet the daily living needs of our client.
Schedule:
- Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM (5 hours daily)
- Tuesdays (Split Shift): 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (3 hours total)
- Total Weekly Hours: 23
Qualifications:
- Must have a valid driver’s license and a clean driving record
- Dependable, punctual, and professional
- Willingness to assist in all aspects of daily living , including personal care, mobility support, meal preparation, and companionship
If you are passionate about delivering quality care and making a difference in someone’s daily life, we encourage you to apply.
I. Position Description
The Home Health Aide provides care to the Client by following the orders f the patient's physician and/or nurse. This position also involves helping the client with normal activities of living. CNA's/GNA's may provide instruction and psychological support to their patients. They may advise families and patients on such things as nutrition, cleanliness, and household tasks.
II. Performance Responsibilities
- Help the client to maintain good personal hygiene
- Toileting including:
- Bed pan routines
- Routines associated with the achievement or maintenance of continence
- Incontinence care
- Movement to and from the bathroom
- Mobility, including transferring from a bed, chair or other structure and moving about indoors or outdoors
- Moving, turning and positioning the body while in bed or in a wheelchair
- Assist in eating, nutritional planning and preparing meals including prescribed special diets
- Dressing and changing clothes and medication reminder
- Completing grooming, including oral and denture care, shaving and care of skin, nails, and hair
- Preparing a light meal
- Performing light chores
- Shopping for groceries
- Traveling beyond a walking distance
- Reading of specific items
- Attendance at required in-service training
III. Minimum Qualifications
- Ability to read and write consistent with job requirements
- Completion of basic Home Health Aide training program consistent with State requirements
- CPR
- Satisfactory performance on an on-site competency evaluation and skills assessment
- Has the emotional and mental maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining a good work relationship with the client, family members, and Agency personnel
- Has reliable means of transportation
IV. Education/Experience
- High School Diploma or GED
- Completion of one year's employment as a nurse's aide in a hospital or health related setting
V. License/Certification (if applicable)
- Maryland State Board of Nursing CNA or GNA certification
VI. Physical/Health Requirements
- Ability to walk, bend, squat, climb, kneel or twist when assisting clients, handling supplies or equipment
- Ability to lift heavy weight and perform duties that require power grasping, pushing, pulling and fine manipulation
- Background Check
- Current Tuberculosis Screening
- Current Physical Exam