East Texas - Attendant​/Caregiver

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Come work for a Home Health company that really does “feel like family”! Home care is personal for us and we want caring, qualified applicants to join our growing family. Attendants provide services planned to maintain, strengthen, and safeguard the client in his/her own home environment. Provides care in accordance with the specified plan of care for client. Gloves, mask and sanitizer are provided.

Paid weekly.

Join the At Home Healthcare team and become part of our caring family. For our exceptional caregivers and for our pediatric and community care patients, home care becomes deeply personal, unfolding within the comforting embrace of home. Explore the opportunities waiting for you – come home to At Home Healthcare.

• Assists client in the activities of daily living including personal hygiene requirements in accordance with specific assignments provided by supervisor.
• Supervises client during activities to enable client to function safely.
• Maintain compliance with all At Home Health policies, procedures and guidelines as stated now or as amended. Maintain compliance with all state and federal laws and regulatory requirements.
• Immediately reports to supervisor all significant changes in client’s environment, behaviors, and circumstances.
• Responsible for monitoring client environment and identifying any potential safety hazards; takes appropriate actions to eliminate hazard or report potential hazard to supervisor.

• Requires a pleasant and cheerful demeanor, shows an attitude of helpfulness while encountering stressful situations.
• Effective and efficient in carrying out duties, with cooperation and ability to support fellow workers.
• Personal assistance services, as defined in TAC 40 Chapter 97, may be performed by an unlicensed person who is at least 18 years of age and has demonstrated competency.
• Ability to understand and carry out detailed oral and written instructions.
• Completes and/or meets required training requirements.
• Ability to use up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds continuously to move objects and/or people.
• Physical requirements include bending, stooping, twisting, turning, reaching, lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing, climbing, kneeling, walking, and standing over 75% of shift, with sitting approximately 25% of the time.
• Ability to recognize differences in sounds and exercise patience, tact, initiative, judgment, and confidentiality.
• Work under minimal supervision with awareness of the potential serious consequences of errors.
• Ability to recognize changes in a client’s appearance, attitude, and condition.

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Management and Manufacturing
• Industries:
  Hospitals and Health Care