Home Health Aide

<strong>CorsoCare provides patient-based home health care services while protecting patient rights and giving them the dignity and respect they deserve. Our experienced certified home health care professionals are highly skilled and completely focused on our patients.</strong>

Lansing, MI

CorsoCare

<strong>At CorsoCare, we believe that health care is a basic human right. We pride ourselves in providing compassionate, skilled care and education for patients and their families.<br /><br />We offer a range of services, from certified and private duty home health care to outpatient rehabilitation services and patient advocacy services.<br /><br />We utilize a patient-centric medical management model. Care for our patients is a collaboration of all of their health care professionals under the supervision of their primary care physician. As an integral part of the team, CorsoCare&rsquo;s experienced home care professionals help ensure appropriate disease and therapy management for the short and long term.<br /></strong> http://www.corsocare.com/

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Full-Time

Overview: </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"><br>The Home Health Aide provides personal care services under the direction of the Registered Nurse or Therapist. The Home Health Aide is assigned to specific clients by the Registered Nurse or other appropriate professional and performs services for clients as necessary to maintain their personal comfort.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"><br><strong><br/><br/>
Responsibilities: :</span></strong></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">The Home Health Aide performs simple procedures as an extension of therapy services under the direction and supervision of the therapist.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Range of motion exercises</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Assistance in ambulation or exercises</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">The Home Health Aide performs personal care activities, including but not limited to: </span></li><ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Bathing, shampooing, skin care/nail care, oral hygiene, shaving, dressing</span></li></ul><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Performs household services essential to health care at home, including but not limited to: </span></li><ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Meal preparation/feeding, laundry, light housekeeping</span></li></ul><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Assists in the administration of medications that are ordinarily self-administered under the direction and supervision of the Registered Nurse (per state nurse practice laws and Agency policy).</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Reports any observed or reported changes in the client's condition and/or needs to the Registered Nurse or Therapist. Follows reporting guidelines in the Care Plan.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Perform other duties as assigned.</span></li></ul> </div> </div> </div> <h2 class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoField_Job">
Requirements: </strong></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Successful completion of a formal certification training program and/or a written skills test and competency evaluation.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Be at least eighteen (18) years of age.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Minimum of six (6) months’ work experience in a supervised setting, preferably a health care facility.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Licensed driver with automobile insured in accordance with state and/or Agency requirements.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">