Home Health Aide

Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, California

Company

Kaiser Permanente

Location

San Francisco, California

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Job Summary:

The Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) is a member of the Home Health Team, providing direct patient care under the supervision of a case manager, reporting all changes in the patient's condition to the case manager.



Essential Responsibilities:

  • Provision of Care:

    • Assisting patients with personal hygiene such as skin, mouth, hair care and bathing

    • Assisting patients in and out of bed and assisting with ambulation.

    • Assisting with prescribed exercises which patients and appropriate health personnel have taught aides.

    • Preparing meals, including therapeutic diets, and assisting patients with eating.

    • Assisting patients to the bathroom or in using commodes, bedpans or urinals.

    • Performing household services, which will facilitate the patients, self-care at home and are necessary to prevent or postpone institutionalization.

    • Assisting patients with medications, which are ordinarily self-administered.

    • The home health aide shall not administer medications of any kind.

    • Performing other activities taught by a health professional for a specific patient.

    • These may include such services as changing colostomy bags, changing of non-sterile dressings, taking of vital signs, and non-sterile bowel and bladder hygiene care.

    • Reporting changes in the patients condition and needs to the supervising nurse or therapist.

    • Completing records regarding services performed.

    • Takes actions in emergent patient situations and immediately report to supervisor.



  • Documentation and Communication:

    • Prepares timely legible and complete documentation of all care provided.

    • Documents all communication with other providers.

    • Reports stated or observed changes in patient status to case manager.

    • Submits schedule logs changes in schedule and daily progress notes within expected time frame per agency policy.

    • Participates in care coordination meetings



  • Planning, Organizing and Productivity:

    • Organizes, plan, set priorities and complete assignment within agency guidelines.

    • Functions independently with supervision by case manager for each patient every 14 days as needed.

    • Completes expense reports, timecards and schedule logs.

    • Demonstrates utilization of supplies.



  • Professional Behavior:

    • Behaves in a courteous professional manner with patients, health professional and maintains patient confidentiality.

    • Participates in Departmental Quality Assurance activities and Utilization Review activities as requested.

    • Perform related duties as required.



  • Supervisory Responsibilities:

    • This job has no supervisory responsibilities.





Grade 165


Basic Qualifications:
Experience

  • N/A


Education

  • High School Diploma/GED


License, Certification, Registration

  • Driver's License (California)



  • Home Health Aide Certificate (California)



  • Basic Life Support



Additional Requirements:

  • Successful completion of a training program approved by the Department of Health Services pursuant to applicable federal and state regulation.

  • Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.



Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in automated clinical information systems preferred.

  • Computer literate preferred.


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Date Posted

07/01/2025

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