Lead Caregiver

Brookdale Senior Living Inc.•Midlothian, VA

7d•$15 - $19

About The Position

The Lead Caregiver provides direct care to clients according to individual service plans, treating each client with respect and dignity, recognizing individual needs, and encouraging independence. The role helps foster a homelike atmosphere and serves as a resource to other staff. The Lead Caregiver alternates on-call responsibilities with the agency manager and helps provide staffing coverage, including covering cases when care associates cannot be secured. The position may assume supervisory responsibilities when the agency manager is absent and assists with staff training and orientation. The position includes assisting clients with activities of daily living and medications, supporting social activities, maintaining records and confidentiality, communicating with clients, families, and the care team, and keeping client areas clean and safe. It also involves transportation to appointments and errands, assistance with admissions and scheduling, responding to emergencies, and handling assigned after-hours and weekend business needs. The role requires the ability to perform a range of physical activities, including lifting up to 50 pounds, and may involve occasional travel, on-call duties, and occasional weekend, evening, or night work to ensure shift coverage. Work may expose the associate to communicable diseases, blood-borne pathogens, latex, chemicals, infectious or biological hazards, and risks of injury associated with resident care and equipment.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED preferred, and three to six months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Familiarity with Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and email.
Basic typing skills.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; write simple correspondence; and present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group settings.
Ability to communicate effectively in English and understand and follow written and oral instructions.
Ability to use good judgment in emergencies and seek help when needed.
May need current state certification, in accordance with state law, and must follow regulations to maintain certification.
Must meet state-specific qualifications for medication assistance and direct care duties.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of how to use a mouse, printer, scanner, and fax machine.
One year of direct-service work experience with older adults.
Knowledge of dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s disease.

Responsibilities

Assist clients with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, transferring, and getting to and from activities and meals, while encouraging clients to do as much of their own care as possible.
Encourage clients to socialize, participate in planned activities or programs, and develop friendships with other clients.
Maintain client records daily, promptly, and in accordance with company policy and procedures.
Assist clients with medications as defined in medication procedures.
Assist with pet care as needed.
Provide transportation to doctor’s appointments and other errands.
Maintain client confidentiality.
Communicate effectively with clients, families, and the collaborative team, and notify the agency manager of changes in a client’s condition or status.
Assist with admission of new clients on BAH services.
Assist the agency manager with schedule changes in the BAH scheduling system.
Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment, including housekeeping and scheduled cleaning of laundry, bedrooms, dining areas, living spaces, bathrooms, and kitchens.
Follow emergency procedures and respond promptly and positively to client requests for assistance, including emergency pull cords and telephone calls.
Contact other caregivers to fill schedule vacancies.
Assume a supervisory role in the agency manager’s absence, including directing client care staff and resolving problems.
Assist staff with training and orientation.
Cover BAH cases when care associates cannot be secured to provide services.
Manage on-call, after-office-hours, and weekend business needs as assigned.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible part-time and full-time associates.
401(k).
Associate assistance program.
Employee discounts.
Referral program.
Early access to earned wages for hourly associates outside California.
Optional voluntary benefits, including ID theft protection and pet insurance.
Paid time off for eligible full-time associates.
Paid holidays for eligible full-time associates.
Company-provided life insurance for eligible full-time associates.
Adoption benefit for eligible full-time associates.
Short- and long-term disability for eligible full-time associates.
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible full-time associates.
Health Savings Account for eligible full-time associates.
Optional life and dependent life insurance for eligible full-time associates.
Optional voluntary benefits, including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, and legal plan, for eligible full-time associates.
Tuition reimbursement for eligible full-time associates.
Temporary associates are not benefits eligible but may participate in the company’s 401(k) program.
Brookdale advances naturalization application fees, up to $725 less applicable taxes and withholding, for qualified associates who have been employed for at least one year.