HH Aide

HH Aide at Kaiser Permanente — Redwood City, CA, US

• Company: Kaiser Permanente
• Location: Redwood City, CA, US
• Posted: 2026-09-16

About this role

Job Summary:

The Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) is a member of the Home Health Team, providing direct patient care under the supervision of a case manager, reporting all changes in the patients condition to the case manager.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provision of Care
• Assisting patients with personal hygiene such as skin, mouth, hair care and bathing
• Assisting patients in and out of bed and assisting with ambulation.
• Assisting with prescribed exercises which patients and appropriate health personnel have taught aides.
• Preparing meals, including therapeutic diets, and assisting patients with eating.
• Assisting patients to the bathroom or in using commodes, bedpans or urinals.
• Performing household services, which will facilitate the patients, self care at home and are necessary to prevent or postpone institutionalization.
• Assisting patients with medications, which are ordinarily self-administered. The home health aide shall not administer medications of any kind.
• Performing other activities taught by a health professional for a specific patient. These may include such services as changing colostomy bags, changing of non-sterile dressings, taking of vital signs, and non-sterile bowel and bladder hygiene care.
• Reporting changes in the patients condition and needs to the supervising nurse or therapist.
• Completing records regarding services performed.
• Takes actions in emergent patient situations and immediately report to supervisor.
• Documentation and Communication
• Prepares timely legible and complete documentation of all care provided.
• Documents all communication with other providers.
• Reports stated or observed changes in patient status to case manager.
• Submits schedule logs changes in schedule and daily progress notes within expected time frame per agency policy.
• Participates in care coordination meetings
• Planning, Organizing and Productivity
• Organizes, plan, set priorities and complete assignment within agency guidelines.
• Functions independently with supervision by case manager for each patient every 14 days as needed.
• Completes expense reports, time cards and schedule logs.
• Demonstrates utilization of supplies.
• Professional Behavior
• Behaves in a courteous professional manner with patients, health professional and maintains patient confidentiality.
• Participates in Departmental Quality Assurance activities and Utilization Review activities as requested.
• Perform related duties as required.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Grade 165

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