Caregiver (CG) Part Time Evening
About The Position
The Caregiver provides residents with routine daily care services in a caring and respectful manner, in accordance with each resident’s assessment and service plan. The role supports residents’ dignity, safety, privacy, and participation in community life while following facility policies, procedures, regulations, and guidelines. This is a part-time evening position, with shifts from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. The role has no direct reports or supervisory responsibilities. Caregivers are expected to provide courteous, responsive, and quality service consistent with the company’s Platinum Service® principles. Assigned tasks may involve exposure to blood, body fluids, infectious diseases, air contaminants, and hazardous chemicals.
Requirements
- Meet all applicable state and federal requirements for the position.
- Be able to make independent decisions and follow instructions.
- Deal tactfully with personnel, prospects, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies and personnel, and the public.
- Be capable of working with ill, disabled, elderly, and emotionally upset people.
- Communicate effectively with supervisors, team members, prospects, residents, and families.
- Maintain confidentiality and resident privacy.
- Have knowledge of or proficiency with the facility EHR.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds; moving, lifting, or transferring residents may involve lifting up to 75 pounds.
- Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift and carry to a height of 3 feet, and push and pull to a distance of 5 feet.
- Ability to use abdominal and lower-back muscles over time without fatigue.
- Ability to stand for extended periods and to bend, stoop, stretch, twist, sit, and reach.
- Fine motor skills.
- Ability to execute tasks independently, express oneself clearly and effectively verbally, concentrate on moderate details with frequent interruptions, and meet visual acuity and hearing alertness requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Six months or more of experience in home care, assisted living, or a long-term care facility is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assist residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, transferring, and mobility, while maintaining dignity and respect.
- Move and transfer residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts using appropriate safety, lifting, and transfer techniques.
- Immediately communicate appropriate information, including incident information, and observed or suspected changes in a resident’s condition to a supervisor.
- Assist residents with walking, with or without self-help devices, as instructed.
- Encourage residents to socialize and participate in scheduled activities and outings, and assist with activities as needed.
- Respond promptly and courteously to resident alerts, needs, and requests for care, providing assistance as needed.
- Observe residents’ emotional conditions and promptly report changes to the nurse.
- Promote personal safety and a safe environment by observing infection-control practices, following facility guidelines, and reporting unsafe situations to the nurse or management.
- Check residents according to their service schedules to ensure personal care needs are met in accordance with their wishes.
- Assist with fire and other safety drills to ensure resident safety.
- Perform other essential job-related duties as assigned.
- Follow applicable policies and procedures and provide courteous, responsive, quality service in accordance with the Platinum Service® program.
Benefits
- Competitive pay plus benefits centered on you.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
