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The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

• California Home Health Aide (HHA) - CA Department of Public Health -REQUIRED
• California Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) - CA Department of Public Health -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• Driver's License - CA Department of Motor Vehicles -REQUIRED

• 1 Year experience in acute care, home health, or hospice.

• Utilizes reliable transportation and possesses adequate personal insurance coverage. Demonstrates clean driving record in accordance with requirements of the employer DMV pull notice program and Sharp HealthCare Driver Guidelines.

• Collaboration and teamwork
  Demonstrates dependability and teamwork skills by:
  Accepting interpersonal differences and promoting cooperation with fellow employees.
  Participating in staff meetings.
  Assisting the department to meet its objectives.
  Maintaining the confidentiality of information to which he/she is privileged.
  Exhibits courtesy, cooperation and respect toward patients, visits, physicians, and fellow workers to create a positive public image and a harmonic work environment.
• Communication
  Actively participates and provides effective ongoing communication with other team members. Accurately identifies patient needs which require or would benefit from utilization of additional home care services and documents.
  Utilizes interdisciplinary team conference time to communicate pertinent patient-related problems. Elicits assistance from peers to problem-solve. Contributes ideas/suggestions to assist peers in managing patient care needs.
• Department competency
  Meets departmental requirements, including but not limited to:
  Performs routine equipment maintenance according to departmental policy.
  Maintains current CHHA certification.
  Attends a minimum of 12 hours inservice training per year.
  Maintains skills through attendance and participation in department inservices and meetings.
  Current CPR certificate.
  Body mechanics
  Disaster procedures, fire, safety, hazardous materials and infection control.
  Attendance at unit-specific mandatory inservices.
  Mandatory/non-mandatory staff meetings: reads and studies staff meeting minutes.
  Attendance at additional inservices per unit standards.
• Patient care
  Provides comprehensive personal care and light housekeeping to home care patients under the supervision of an RN, PT, ST or OT. Documentation reflects care given according to the Plan of Care.
  Provides ongoing observation of patient's condition. Identifies and documents response to care, changes in patient's condition such as declining ability to participate in ADL's, deteriorating skin condition, level of consciousness, patient complaints, etc. Promptly reports these changes to primary RN, PT, ST or OT, or supervisor.
  Assists patients with prescribed exercises following instruction from primary therapist. Documentation reflects exercises performed and patient responses.
  Performs simple nursing procedures following instruction by the nurse. Documentation reflects procedure performed and patient's response.
• Time management
  
  Manages time, prioritizes work assignment, arrives on time, and completes a typical work assignment within the assigned shift.
  Completes and submits required paperwork including daily notes, route sheets and mileage reports according to departmental time frames.
  Demonstrates initiative by utilizing time between routine work loads to complete the following:
  
  • Assists co-workers with varying work loads.
  • Complete other assigned work projects.
  • Asks supervisor for additional tasks.

• Knowledge of medical terminology and techniques.
• Ability to execute Home Health Aide skills safely.
• Ability to effectively communicate and function in a team environment to enhance patient care.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class