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SalaryQUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job satisfactorily, an individual must be able to perform each essential performance requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the training, experience, knowledge, and skills required for this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions listed above.
Education/Training/Experience:
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
- Current certification as a Nurse Aide with the Texas Department of Health( preferred); and documented evidence of status on the Texas Department of Health Nurse Aide Registry with no findings of service recipient abuse or neglect, or misappropriation of service recipient property.
- At least one (1) year’s experience in direct care of service recipients in an institutional setting.
- At least one (1) year of full-time experience within the last five (5) years in direct patient care in a home health or institutional setting.
- Fluent in English and Spanish (read, write, and speak) desirable.
- Staff will be required to submit proof of their vaccination status or may request to be exempt from vaccination due to a religious and/or medical accommodation.
- Certificate or license, as applicable, by the appropriate State agency as a qualified practitioner.
- State of Texas vehicle operator’s license and proof of liability insurance.
Essential Functions:
- Ensures that clients have access, as needed, to all five pillars of the social determinants of health with a trauma informed lens through Agency services and/or community partners.
- Provide quality care in a respectful, sensitive, supportive, and timely manner.
- Review and follow the Individualized Service Plan developed by the Service Coordinator or designee.
- Provide service recipients with in-home care/home maintenance, meal planning/preparation, correspondence and errands, and other tasks as agreed upon by service recipient and Service Coordinator as documented in the Individualized Service Plan.
- Assist service recipients to maintain a clear, safe, and comfortable environment, and perform duties as indicated by the service recipient’s Individualized Service Plan
- Report any changes in service recipient status or condition immediately to the Service Coordinator or Manager, as appropriate.
- Accurately complete and submit, in a timely manner, all required reports and documentation, to include, but not limited to, service delivery records, timesheets, mileage records, and incident reports.
- Maintain service recipient and family member confidentiality in accordance with agency standards.
- Attend agency, program and staff/team meetings, in-service and educational trainings/meetings, and other meetings as assigned.
- Maintain good relationships with stakeholders (including current and potential clients, community and co-workers), focusing on providing excellent and culturally sensitive customer service and presenting a positive image of the agency in all community and stakeholder interactions.
- Maintain a working environment which encourages mutual respect, promotes respectful and congenial relationships between employees and is free from all forms of harassment.
- Perform other duties as assigned, including presentations to community groups and organizations, in accordance with the agency’s “team” philosophy.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
