Home Health Aide Resume

Home Health Aides provide basic care for disabled or chronically ill patients and help them with their daily needs while maintaining clean and safe home environment for them. They also administer patients' medication under the guidance of healthcare professionals as well as observe and note their conditions and behavioral changes.

Common responsibilities listed in a home health aide resume include helping daily living activities, performing housekeeping duties, checking and recording patients' vital signs, noting observations related to conditions and progress in patients' charts, preparing meals for specific diet restrictions, taking patients' to and from doctors' offices, running errands, noticing changes in health conditions and documenting them timely, administering prescribed medication, maintaining patients' confidentiality, and providing companionship.

If you are looking for a job in this field, a home health aide resume should highlight excellent communication, interpersonal, documentation, organizational, and nursing skills along with the relevant work experience.

Home Health Aide Resume Sample

Rebbecca H. William
1943 College View
Chicago, IL 60007
Phone No: 312-746-7236
Email: rebbeccawilliam@anymail.com

Career Summary:

Highly-professional and talented Home Health Aide with more than 5 years of experience in providing daily living and personal care services to critically ill, disabled or cognitively impaired patients in accordance with an established care plan. Physically strong with a high-level of patience and possess effective communication and interpersonal skills as well as excellent documentation, time-management, and organizational skills.

Summary of Skills:

Clear understanding of standard concepts, practices and procedures related to home health care as well as familiar with basic medical terminology, medical tools, and equipment such as thermometers, blood pressure cuffs, heart monitors, and oxygen machines
High-level of professionalism with effective communication and interpersonal skills to provide emotional support to patients and their families
Active listening and critical thinking skills to provide accurate reports to supervisors or registered nurses
Ability to clearly understand written care plans and execute instructions as well as document services delivered
Ability to remain calm and maintain professionalism during times of high emotional stress
Strong analytical skills to evaluate patients' health conditions and progress
Physically strong with the ability to stand for longer hours and perform tasks related to transporting and lifting patients
Ability to create and maintain safe and healthy environment for patients
Ability to maintain confidentiality of patients records as well as possess basic computer proficiency to enter information into digital patient charts

Work Experience:

Home Health Aide
Penn Highlands Healthcare Group, Chicago, IL
August 2017 – Present

Bathing, grooming, toileting, dressing, and feeding patients
Taking vital signs as well as monitoring and recording food or liquid intake and output and then reporting to healthcare professionals
Helping patients with exercising, walking, and moving in and out of their beds
Changing bed linens, cleaning and disinfecting their rooms regularly
Maintaining patients' records regarding care, progress or related problems to report or discuss with registered nurse or other professional staff in a timely manner
Preparing meals and providing assistance with feeding while taking into account dietary restrictions as well as giving prescribed medication at scheduled times
Providing emotional and psychological support to the patients

Home Health Aide
Sanford Healthcare Services, Chicago, IL
February 2015 - July 2017

Delivered home care support based on doctors' treatment programs as well as properly administered prescribed medications
Communicated with superiors regarding changes in patients' health and their discomfort, and submitted all required documentation in a timely manner
Conversed with and entertained patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert as well as provided emotional support to their family members
Assisted patients during therapy exercises as well as gave massage for pain relief regularly
Assisted with ambulating bed-ridden patients and cleaning their bed sores
Performed basic household chores such as dish washing, changing bed linens, laundry, disposing trash, and grocery shopping

Home Health Aide
Hunderton Home Care Services, Chicago, IL
December 2013 - January 2015

Observed and utilized appropriate techniques to help patients with their daily activities such as bathing, feeding, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, skin care, exercise as well as assisted with bedpan or urinal
Checked and recorded vital signs and observed patients' behavior under minimal supervision
Performed general housekeeping and cleaning duties that included washing dishes, doing laundry, cleaning bathrooms or dusting and preparing meals for the patients as well
Took patients to and from doctors' appointments as well as provided transportation for other kinds of outings
Maintained and updated records of patients' health conditions and progress as well as immediately alerted the primary caregivers or registered nurses during the time of medical crisis or complications

Education & Training:

Home Health Aide Training program
M&D Health Care Inc., Chicago, IL
2012

High School Diploma
Amundsen High School, Chicago, IL
2011

Reference:

On request.

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