Home Care Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

• Cares for elderly, disabled, convalescent or handicapped at individual's home or day-time residence.

General Accountabilities

• Assists with daily activities at individual's home.
• Performs tasks including but not limited to making beds, doing laundry, preparing meals, washing dishes, ironing, cleaning, bathing, dressing, etc.
• Purchases and prepares meals and groceries for individual.
• Helps patient up and down stairs, in and out of bed, etc.
• Administers oral medication written under doctor prescription.
• Accompanies ambulatory patients outside of home.
• Entertains patient by reading, talking, listening to individual, upon request.
• Visits several households to provide similar daily care.
• Educated family about status/health of individual being cared for.
• *The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

Job Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree
• Experience: At least 5 years of related experience

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication

Active listening

Service orientation

Monitoring

Critical thinking