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Join our team of Life Changers!

UPMC is hiring a casual Home Care Aide to support their Home Health & Hospice areas! Will be required to travel to hospice patient residences within the Family Hospice Wellsboro and Cole territories.

Day light hours - No on call! Rotating weekend and holiday availability may be required to support the hours of operation.

Excellent benefits, a pleasant work environment, and friendly team are just a few of our perks. Apply today!

Purpose:

Provide designated care under the direction of the primary service provider in the home in order to achieve identified goals. Function as an extension of skilled nursing services and/or rehabilitation services in the home.

Responsibilities:

• Must maintain annual competency evaluation scores as determined by regulatory requirements

• Attends compliance training and adheres to the organization standards of conduct, policies and procedures.

• Proven ability to facilitate change.

• Focuses on customer service and continually strives to perform the duties of their job in a manner that will result in optimal patient satisfaction.

• Identifies, develops and participates in process improvement opportunities within the home health agency that will enhance the quality of services we provide.

• Performs duties and job responsibilities in a fashion which coincides with the service management philosophy of the organization towards patients, visitors, staff, peers, physicians and other departments within the organization.

• Participates in all required agency meetings.

• Communicates appropriately with the interdisciplinary home care team in a timely manner, reporting any changes in patients condition to appropriate professional staff.

• Maintains and completes documentation accurately and promptly while in the patient's home and within the agency and regulatory standards.

• Provides safe and direct personal care to patients in the home setting under direct supervision of appropriate professional.

• High School Diploma or GED - Required

• One (1) year experience - Preferred

• Certified Nurse Aide - Preferred

• Minimum of 75 hours of Nurse Aide training - Required

• If no previous nurse aide training, applicant may attend UPMC Home Healthcare Nurse Aide Training Course as available upon hire.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Automotive Insurance

• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

• Driver's License

• Act 33

• Act 34

• OAPSA

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran