Caregiver Branch area

Job Description

We are looking for a compassionate and dedicated caregiver to provide personal care and support. The caregiver will assist with daily living activities, 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.
• 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, assisting 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 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.
• Promptly contacting patients and the office whenever unable to visit a patient as scheduled and giving a full report concerning patient care, visit times, etc.
• 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.

Senior Solutions (Senior Solutions At Home, Inc.) provided pay range: $14.00/hr - $14.00/hr location:
Spring Branch Area, 78070. Pay: $15 for CNAs and $14 for Non-licensed.

Employment type:

Full-time. Job function:
Other. Industries:
Hospitals and Health Care.