SeniorBridge HHA
Posted on: 19 Feb 2021
White Plains, NY
Job Description
Description
The Caregiver 1 provides patients with assistance in activities in daily living. The Caregiver 1 performs basic administrative/clerical/operational/customer support/computational tasks. Typically works on routine and patterned assignments.
Responsibilities
The Caregiver 1 addresses needs related to disabilities, disease and mental impairment. Helps to manage medications, baths and dresses, takes care of household chores, prepares meals and pays bills. Decisions are limited to defined parameters around work expectations, quality standards, priorities and timing, and works under close supervision and/or within established policies/practices and guidelines with minimal opportunity for deviation.
Required Qualifications
* Knowledge of procedures and techniques involved in administering simple treatments and providing related patient care
* Understanding of personal care techniques, including the principles of infection control
* Sensitivity to the differences in patient needs that may arise from cultural or ethnic differences
* Ability to read, understand, and print simple instructions and notes
* Ability to speak clearly so others can understand
* Successful drug & background screening
* Successful reference verification
* Access to reliable transportation
* Working knowledge of smartphone and apps
* Use of a personal email account and smartphone
* C.N.A. or H.H.A certification (varies by state)
Preferred Qualifications
* High school diploma
* Prior caregiving experience
* Knowledge of state-specific Home Healthy Agency requirements
* Basic computer skills and/or clerical experience
* Ability to type 25-30 words per minutes accurately
Additional Information
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Humana
Louisville, KY
Humana Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a health and well-being company in the United States. The company offers medical and supplemental benefit plans to individuals. It also has contract with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to administer the Limited Income Newly Eligible Transition prescription drug plan program; and contracts with various states to provide Medicaid, dual eligible, and long-term support services benefits.
In addition, the company provides commercial fully-insured medical and specialty health insurance benefits comprising dental, vision, and other supplemental health and voluntary insurance benefits; financial protection products; and administrative services only products to individuals and employer groups, as well as military services, such as TRICARE South Region contract.
Further, it offers pharmacy solutions, provider services, predictive modeling and informatics services, and clinical care services, such as home health and other services to its health plan members, as well as to third parties. As of December 31, 2018, the company had approximately 17 million members in medical benefit plans, as well as approximately 6 million members in specialty products. Humana Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
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IndustryHealthcare
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No. of Employees41,600
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Website
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Jobs Posted1359
