Caregiver - Part Time

• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Training & development
• Bonus based on performance
• Company parties
• Opportunity for advancement
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid training
• Caregiver Recognition Days
• Employee of the Month Program

• Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment within client’s residence. Duties may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, straightening the sleeping and living areas, washing client's dishes or laundry, and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client.
• The performance of all personal care activities contained in a written Plan of Care which may include assisting the client with personal hygiene, ambulation and exercise, eating, dressing, shaving, physical transfer, and other duties as assigned.
• Providing nutritional support as needed.
• Reporting changes in the client’s condition.
• Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair, walker, or Hoyer lift.
• Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises.
• Teaching household routine and skills to well members of the family.
• Measuring intake and output of fluids.
• Measuring and recording temperature, pulse, respiration or blood pressure.
• Keeping records of personal health care activities.
• Observing appearance and gross behavioral changes in the client and reporting to the agency supervisor.
• Preparing necessary items such as juice, water, cups, or spoons to assist the client in the self-administration of medication.
• Opening and closing the medication container or tearing the foil of prepackaged medications.
• Assisting the client in the self-administration process. Examples of such assistance include the steadying of the arm, hand, or other parts of the client's body so as to allow the self-administration of medication.
• Abides by the agency’s infection control policies, including proper hand washing techniques consistent with CDC Guidelines.
• Abides by all policies and procedures outlined in the agency’s Policy and Procedure Manual, Caregiver Handbook, and Caregiver Training Manual.
• Other activities that are determined necessary and trained on for a specific client.

• Compassionate
• Enjoy caring for others
• Team Player
• Reliable and strong work history
• Minimum of one-year professional experience working with seniors. (Examples: In-home care, Independent/Assisted living/Memory care community, Hospital and Rehab)
• Reliable transportation
• Current TB or Chest X-ray
• Current CPR certification required

Assisting Hands of Northeast San Antonio