Hiring! Male Caregiver - With Experience

Caregiver Position

We seek a compassionate and experienced caregiver to assist with daily living activities for an individual needing care. The ideal candidate should be reliable, patient, and able to provide quality care with respect and dignity.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Obtain vital signs, record them, and notify the office of deviations according to standard practice.
• Provide personal hygiene (Example: bathing, grooming, dressing, hair care, shaving, deodorant application, skin care with lotions and/or powder, foot care, and ear care. Q-tips are not to be used; nail care and oral hygiene, are needed to facilitate treatment or prevent deterioration. (Nail cutting or filing will NOT be done);)
• Changing bed linens and making the bed.
• Eating and maintaining adequate nutrition and fluid intake when appropriate.
• Ambulation and transfers (For Example: assisting patients to the toilet/commode or with bedpans and with elimination needs, assisting patients in and out of bed, assisting with ambulation, and assisting with other transfers and positional needs as appropriate).
• Incidental household services are essential to patient health care. (For example, light housekeeping, straightening room, and laundry);
• Medication reminders.
• Understand and apply basic infection control principles and procedures. Will contact the supervisor with any concerns related to infection control.
• Follow the Plan of Care (Instruction Sheet) as instructed by the Agency's health care professional. Will document appropriately according to the Plan of Care and submit all documentation per agency policy.
• Observe physical and gross behavioral changes in the patient's condition or family situation and report to the office.
• Follow the visit schedule and indicate changes in the schedule as appropriate.
• Promptly contact patients and the office whenever unable to visit a patient as scheduled and will give a full report concerning patient care, visit times, etc.
• Communicate appropriately with patient/family and Agency personnel.
• Attend required in-services and meetings as identified by the Agency. (Must have 12 hours of in-service per year.)
• Adhere to the Agency's Policies and Procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned. We will participate in performance improvement activities as indicated.