A Gentle Touch | Experienced Caregivers PCAs | Summerlin/Spring Valley
About The Position
A Gentle Touch Home Care Las Vegas is hiring caregivers to provide nonmedical assistance to clients in their homes and communities. Caregivers help clients who, because of advanced age or physical or mental disability, cannot perform certain services independently, enabling them to remain in their residences. The role involves working in a private home or other setting and prioritizes client satisfaction and the safety of both the caregiver and client. Caregivers are expected to be sensitive to others’ needs, professional, positive, punctual, and to deliver services in a caring and respectful manner consistent with agency policies, industry standards, state regulations, and each client’s written care plan. Services are limited to tasks in the client’s care plan, developed by an RN, the client, and/or the client’s family based on an assessment of needs. Care may range from prompting or cueing to total assistance with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living. Duties vary according to the individual client’s documented needs. Caregivers follow assigned schedules and supervisor direction, communicate with supervisors and coworkers, complete required documentation, and attend orientation, in-service training, and staff meetings. The posting lists pay of $15–$18 per hour and requires open availability and reliable transportation.
Requirements
- Open availability.
- Reliable transportation.
- Comfort working with clients in private homes or other settings.
- Sensitivity to others’ needs, a professional manner, and a positive attitude.
- Report on time for scheduled shifts and follow assigned hours and the written care plan.
- Provide services in accordance with agency policies, industry standards, and state regulations.
Responsibilities
- Provide services to clients according to their written care plans and documented functional needs.
- Support clients with activities such as ambulation, personal hygiene, feeding, positioning, vital signs and blood pressure, range of motion, dressing, exercise, toileting and incontinence care, meal planning and preparation, shopping and errands, bathing, grooming, transferring, medication reminders, laundry, and companionship.
- Supervise the home environment to support client safety and security.
- Prepare and serve meals and perform routine housekeeping, including bedding, dusting, vacuuming, floor washing, kitchen and bathroom cleaning, and laundry; household tasks should not exceed 20% of shift time unless the client has a Housekeeping Authorization.
- Provide social interaction, conversation, emotional reassurance, and encouragement of activities that stimulate the mind.
- Provide respite care for families in accordance with care plans.
- Escort clients to medical facilities, errands, shopping, and outings as specified in the care plan.
- Assist clients with communication by writing or typing correspondence or researching information for them.
- Notify the agency when unable to work scheduled assignments, with 24-hour notice required.
- Monitor supplies and resources.
- Work scheduled hours and carry out duties assigned by the supervisor.
- Submit written documentation to the office as required.
- Attend orientation, in-service training sessions, and staff meetings.
- Develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships; communicate regularly with supervisors and coworkers.
- Observe, receive, and obtain information from relevant sources.
- Report incidents or accidents immediately to the supervisor.
- Follow the Code of Conduct and Employee Handbook policies.
- Maintain confidentiality of clients’ protected health information and observe client rights.
- Report, detect, and prevent abuse and neglect.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
