CNA/HHA

Job Opportunity

We are hiring! Currently looking for people available in the Concord, Maynard, Acton, Littleton, and Lincoln area! At Assisting Hands Home Care Boston Northwest we are looking for the best reliable, efficient, and caring caregivers to care for our clients! If this is you, please apply!

Description: This position provides custodial and personal care services to clients that contract with Assisting Hands for services under the direction of the Staffing Coordinator in compliance with the Plan of Care.

Education: High School Diploma/GED required Qualifications: One (1) year experience in the home or long-term care setting is preferred. Reports to: Staffing Coordinator Primary Duties:

1. Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment within client's residence. Duties may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, straightening the sleeping and living areas, washing client's dishes or laundry, and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client.
2. The performance of all personal care activities contained in a written Plan of Care which may include assisting the client with personal hygiene, ambulation and exercise, eating, dressing, shaving, physical transfer, and other duties as assigned.
3. Providing nutritional support as needed.
4. Reporting changes in the client's condition.
5. Other activities that are determined necessary and trained on for a specific client and are restricted to the following:

• Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair, walker, or hoyer lift;
• Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises;
• Teaching household routine and skills to well members of the family;
• Measuring intake and output of fluids;
• Measuring and recording temperature, pulse, respiration or blood pressure;
• Keeping records of personal health care activities;
• Observing appearance and gross behavioral changes in the client and reporting to the agency supervisor.

Hours: Dependent on assignment; Shifts available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week and based on availability. Assisting Hands does not guarantee hours. FLSA Status: Non-exempt, hourly