In Home Caregiver at LHC Group

Company Overview

We have an opening for a home health aide to join our growing team. You will be tasked with helping patients with personal hygiene, minor medical needs, housekeeping, and other daily needs as required by the patient. To excel in this role you should have an interest in health care and the ability to work with limited supervision keeping the patient’s needs as your top priority. The Home Health Aide is responsible for providing patients with in-home personal care aide and designated health-related aide services to maintain the patient’s physical and emotional well-being, while following the written plan of care, Medicare/Medicaid regulations, and agency policies and procedures.

WEEKLY PAY, flexible schedules, loyalty bonus, and paid travel time!

We also offer a monthly virtual training class if you do not have experience.

Comfort Home Care, a part of LHC Group, is the preferred post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians, and families nationwide. From home health and hospice care to long-term acute care and community-based services, we deliver high-quality, cost-effective care that empowers patients to manage their health at home. Hospitals and health systems around the country have partnered with LHC Group to deliver patient-centered care in the home. More hospitals, physicians, and families choose LHC Group because we are united by a single, shared purpose: It’s all about helping people.

Essential Functions

• Able to obtain vital signs to include temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respirations, and SaO2 accurately on a daily basis.
• Measures fluid intake and output accurately every shift. Measures meal intake daily in percentages and submits to the nurse taking care of the patient at the end of the shift.
• Collects specimens according to hospital policy and procedure on an as-needed basis. Able to give enemas, douches, and/or sitz baths as directed according to hospital policy and procedure on an as-needed basis.
• Follows standard and isolation precautions according to hospital policy and procedure on a daily basis.
• Able to recognize potential for or actual skin problems and reports to the nurse on an as-needed basis.
• Able to bathe patients according to hospital policy and procedure on a daily basis. Able to perform ADL’s as directed by the nurse on a daily basis.
• Makes patient beds according to hospital policy and procedure on a daily basis.
• Able to apply splints and adaptive equipment as directed by therapists or nurse on an as-needed basis.
• Able to follow through with the Bowel and Bladder program for patients as directed by nurse.
• Follows all/Risk protocol by careful observation of those patients that are at risk for falls on a regular basis.
• Able to obtain accurate patient weight using rolling sling bed scale, wheelchair scale, bed scale, and/or stand-up scale on an as-needed basis.
• Demonstrates safe and proper transfer techniques and body mechanics when working with patients such as when turning or ambulating patient.
• Correctly administers dysphagia techniques during meal time with patients that have swallowing problems on a daily basis.
• Able to demonstrate the proper use of equipment as directed by the nurse or therapist according to hospital policy and procedure (IVAC, B/P machine, CPM, etc.) used on a daily basis.
• Cleans and stores equipment properly such as rolling bed scale, wheelchairs, bedside commodes, etc. Cleans and keeps work areas and patient rooms neat and tidy on a daily basis.
• Updates the patients’ bulletin boards in their rooms as needed on a daily basis. Checks the patient food trays for accuracy of diets and distributes as directed by nurse on a daily basis.