Certified Home Health Hospice Aide Chha Apply
Job Summary:
-The Certified Home Health/Hospice Aide (CHHA) is a paraprofessional member of the home care/hospice team who works under the supervision of a registered nurse or therapist and performs and assists patient with various personal care services as necessary to meet the patient's personal needs and to promote comfort.
-The CHHA is responsible for observing patients, reporting these observations, and documenting observations and care performed.
-The CHHA will be assigned in a manner that promotes quality, continuity and safety of a patient's care.
-The CHHA will not function in any manner viewed as the practice of nursing according to the state's Nurse Practice Act.
-Specifically, the CHHA will not administer medications, take physician's orders or perform procedures requiring the training, knowledge and skill of a nurse, such as sterile techniques.
