Caregiver

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits/Perks

• Flexible Scheduling
• Competitive Compensation
• Careers Advancement  

Job Summary
We are seeking a Caregiver to join our team. In this role, you will make a difference in the lives of seniors and people with disabilities by enhancing their quality of life. Responsibilities include assisting with hygiene needs, light housekeeping and errands, dispensing medication, and other tasks that improve the client’s living environment and standards. The ideal candidate is patient, compassionate, and reliable.

 
Responsibilities 

• Assist with personal hygiene needs and dressing
• Assist with mobility, walking, and physical therapy exercises
• Prepare meals and snacks
• Light housekeeping activities
• Dispense medication
• Provide companionship
• Assist with appointments
• • Bathing: assisting with grooming activities such as shaving, and brushing teeth and hair
  • Dressing: assisting with choosing appropriate garments and being able to dress and undress, having no trouble with buttons, zippers or other fasteners
  • Eating: being able to assist client in feeding oneself
  • Transferring: assisting client with being able to walk, or, if not ambulatory, being able to transfer oneself from bed to wheelchair and back
  • Continence: assisting client with being able to control one’s bowels and bladder, or manage one’s incontinence independently
  • Toileting: assisting client with being able to use the toilet

Qualifications

• Must be 18 and older
• Previous experience as a Caregiver, Home Health Aide, or similar role is preferred
• Compassionate, respectful, ethical
• Attention to detail
• Ability to lift, push, or pull 25 pounds
• Ability to bend, twist, stoop, kneel and reach
• Must pass a background and drug test