Caregiver ! Alamo Ranch Area

Job Description

We seek a compassionate, dedicated caregiver to provide personal care and support. The caregiver will assist with daily living activities such as cooking, ensuring the comfort and well-being of the individual in their care.

Responsibilities include:

• Obtaining vital signs, recording them, and notifying the office of deviations according to standard practice.
• Personal hygiene (bathing, grooming, dressing, hair care, shaving, deodorant application, skin care with lotions and/or powder, foot care, and ear care).
• Nail care and oral hygiene to facilitate treatment or prevent deterioration (note: 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 (assisting patients to the toilet/commode or with bedpans and with elimination needs, helping patients in and out of bed, assisting with ambulation, and assisting with other transfers and positional needs as appropriate).
• Incidental household services essential to patient health care (light housekeeping, straightening the room, and laundry).
• Medication reminders.
• Understanding and applying basic infection control principles and procedures.
• Following the Plan of Care (Instruction Sheet) as instructed by the Agency's health care professional.
• Documenting appropriately according to the Plan of Care and submitting all documentation per agency policy.
• Observing physical and gross behavioral changes in the patient's condition or family situation and reporting to the office.
• Following the visit schedule and indicating changes in the schedule as appropriate.
• Communicating appropriately with patient/family and Agency personnel.
• Attending required in-services and meetings as identified by the Agency (must have 12 hours of in-service per year).
• Adhering to the Agency's Policies and Procedures.
• Performing other duties as assigned.
• Participating in Performance Improvement activities as indicated.

Base pay range: $14.00/hr - $14.00/hr location:
Alamo Ranch Area.

Schedule:

5 pm - 9 pm. Pay: $15 for CNAs and $14 for Non-licensed.

Senior Solutions (Senior Solutions At Home, Inc.) is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.