• Cares for patients by changing bed linens, laundry, cleaning, bathing, or assisting with personal care. Provides patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
• Maintains records of patient care, conditions, progress, or problems to report and discusses observations with supervisor and documents in Elite binder located in the home.
• Entertains, converses with, or reads aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
• Gives reminders on prescribed oral medications as prescribed by physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensures patients take their medicines.
• Provides patients and families with emotional support.
• Massages patients or applies preparations or treatments such as ointments, alcohol rubs, or heating pads.
• Accompanies clients to doctors’ offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship if needed.

Job Requirements

• Comfortable in an environment in which patients/clients cannot perform basic life duties.
• Understanding of basic concepts of personal care, housekeeping, and other care areas.
• Prolonged periods of standing, leaning, walking, bending, sitting and lifting.
• Must be able to lift 50+ pounds at times.

Additional Information

Job Types: Per diem, Contract, Part-time, PRN, Full-time

 

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Referral program

 

Medical specialties:

• Dialysis
• Geriatrics
• Home Health
• Hospice & Palliative Medicine

 

Physical setting:

• Hospital
• Long term care
• Nursing home
• Rehabilitation center

 

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Holidays
• Night shift
• On call
• Overnight shift
• Overtime
• Rotating weekends

• Weekend availability

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