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GROWING OUR UPMC HOME HEALTH TEAM

Are you a Home Care Aide looking for a rewarding career where you can provide direct, one-on-one patient care? UPMC Home Healthcare is hiring caring, skilled, and compassionate Aides to join our home health nursing team! You'll work in a home setting with a diverse patient population throughout the Somerset area. Working outside of a medical facility, you'll have an opportunity to get to know patients as you guide their care in the comfort of their homes.

Monday - Friday daylight shifts with no on-call and weekends.

As a Home Care Aide with UPMC Home Healthcare, you'll collaborate with our team of specialized nurses, rehabilitation therapists, social workers, dieticians, aides, and trained administrative staff to provide personalized patient care in a home setting.

Why choose UPMC Home Healthcare

• Establish rapport with patients and their families as you guide their treatment plan in-home.
• Grow your career with a career ladder designed for your professional advancement.
• Make your career work for you with flexible shift options, including a dedicated weekend program with premium rates and benefits.
• Care for your total well-being with UPMC's robust benefits package
• Receive mileage reimbursement (at the federal rate).

Final title and pay will be determined by education, experience, and certifications.

Responsibilities:

• Communicates appropriately with the interdisciplinary home care team in a timely manner, reporting any changes in patient's condition to appropriate professional staff.
• Attends compliance training and adheres to the organization standards of conduct, policies and procedures.
• Focuses on customer service and continually strives to perform the duties of their job in a manner that will result in optimal patient satisfaction.
• Provides safe and direct personal care to patients in the home setting under direct supervision of appropriate professional.
• 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.
• Identifies, develops and participates in process improvement opportunities within the home health agency that will enhance the quality of services we provide.
• Proven ability to facilitate change.
• Maintains and completes documentation accurately and promptly while in the patient's home and within the agency and regulatory standards.
• Participates in all required agency meetings.
• Must maintain annual competency evaluation scores as determined by regulatory requirements

Qualifications

• 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:

• Preferred: Nurse Aide Registry in good standing either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located.
• Required: CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• 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

COVID-19 Vaccination Information

Individuals hired into this role must comply with UPMC's COVID vaccination requirements upon beginning employment with UPMC. Refer to the COVID-19 Vaccination Information section at the top of this page to learn more.