A Gentle Touch | Experienced Caregivers PCAs | Summerlin/Spring Valley

A Gentle Touch Home Care•Las Vegas, NV

2d•$15 - $18•Onsite

About The Position

A Gentle Touch Home Care Las Vegas is hiring experienced caregivers to provide nonmedical services and assistance to clients in their homes and communities. Caregivers support clients whose advanced age or physical or mental disabilities prevent them from performing certain activities independently, helping them remain in their residences. The role requires comfort working in private homes and a focus on client satisfaction, safety, sensitivity, professionalism, and a positive attitude. Services must be delivered with care and respect in accordance with agency policies, industry standards, state regulations, and each client's written care plan. Caregivers are expected to arrive on time for scheduled shifts and work the hours established by a supervisor. Services are tailored to each client's functional assessment and care plan, developed with the RN, client, and/or family. Duties may range from prompting to full assistance with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living. Caregivers also provide companionship, household support within stated limits, respite, transportation and escort services, and communication assistance. The role includes documentation, training and meetings, communication with supervisors and coworkers, and prompt reporting of incidents, accidents, inability to work scheduled assignments, abuse, or neglect. The position is located in Southwest Las Vegas, in the Spring Valley/Summerlin area, and requires open availability and reliable transportation. Pay is $15–$18 per hour.

Requirements

Experienced caregiver/PCA.
Must have open availability.
Must have reliable transportation.
Must be comfortable providing care in a client's private home or setting.
Must demonstrate sensitivity to others' needs, professionalism, and a positive attitude.
Must report on time to scheduled shifts.
Must follow care plans, agency policies, industry standards, and state regulations.

Responsibilities

Provide nonmedical care and assistance according to each client's written care plan and functional assessment.
Assist clients with ambulation, personal hygiene, feeding, positioning, dressing, toileting, incontinence care, bathing, grooming, transferring, range of motion, exercise, and medication reminders.
Provide vital signs and blood pressure monitoring as specified in the care plan.
Assist with meal planning and preparation, serving meals, shopping, errands, laundry, and housekeeping; household tasks must not exceed 20% of shift time unless the client has a Housekeeping Authorization.
Supervise the home environment to support client safety and security.
Provide companionship, 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, including writing or typing correspondence and researching information.
Notify the agency 24 hours in advance when unable to work a scheduled assignment.
Monitor supplies and resources.
Work scheduled hours established by the supervisor 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.
Maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships and communicate regularly with supervisors and coworkers.
Report incidents and accidents immediately to the supervisor.
Follow the Code of Conduct, Employee Handbook policies, and client privacy and rights requirements.
Detect, report, and help prevent abuse and neglect.