IOA
Health Worker
San Francisco, CA
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
Patient Care
About the role
- IOA is on the forefront of revolutionary healthcare models, reshaping the way people can age in place.
- Our innovative models transform lives, enhance communities, and save healthcare systems millions of dollars.
- Under the direction and supervision of the Home Care Department, the Health worker provides direct services to frail elders in their homes.
Requirements
- Experience may be in paid or unpaid capacity.
- Knowledge of the community served.
- Ability to comprehend complex written materials and verbal instructions.
- Ability to communicate and speak clearly in English.
- Must be able to lift, transfer, push/pull, maneuver, and reposition 35 lbs.
- Ability to reach, bend and walk.
- Institute on Aging reserves the right to revise job descriptions or work hours as required.
- Training and current certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
- Language capability
- Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese.
- Sincere interest in working with frail elders.
- Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team with initiative, imagination, resourcefulness and flexibility.
- Interest and willingness to work in a multilingual, multicultural environment.
Compensation
- This compensation is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee, which is always dependent on actual experience, client needs, education and other factors.
- This range does not include any additional equity, benefits, or other non-monetary compensation which may be included.
Benefits
- With over 23 programs, we offer multiple ways to aid seniors maintain their health, well-being, independence and participation in the community, fulfilling our mission.
- This range does not include any additional equity, benefits, or other non-monetary compensation which may be included.
- As part of a health care team, provides personal care and assistance in people's place of residence, which will maintain and increase the ability of an older person to live safely and comfortably in their own homes.
- Escorts and assist clients to, from and at medical appointments.
- Provides behavioral/emotional supervision or support to participants, such as reality orientation or reminders to follow through on nursing/medical care and diet restrictions.
- Working for a program that provides services seven days a week, is required to work a flexible schedule.
Equal opportunity
- Institute on Aging is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
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