Caregiver
Company: Lakeway Home Health
Location: Temple
Posted on: August 3, 2022
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Job Description:
Job Description DESCRIPTION
The Caregiver is a non-professional employee who provides direct
patient and performs household services essential to home health
care, including maintenance of a safe and clean home environment.
He/She functions under the direction, instruction and supervision
of the Private Duty Manager.
Location: Temple, TX
Shift: 5p-8p
Pay: $8/hr
JOB DUTIES/KNOWLEDGE
Follows the personal care plan and/or Assignment Form, which the
supervisor has completed and provided. The Caregiver provides the
following:
1. Develop and maintain excellent rapport with clients and
co-workers.
2. Performs client services according to the Home Care Plan.
3. Helps the patient to maintain good personal hygiene.
4. Assists in maintaining a healthy, safe environment.
5. Coordinate and prepare nutritious meals for the client.
6. Attempts to promote patient's mental alertness through
involvement in activities of interest.
7. Gives simple emotional and psychological support to the patient
and other members of the household.
8. Establishes a relationship with patient and family, which
transmits trust and confidentiality.
9. Prepares a report of his/her visit on the day it is performed
and incorporates it into the medical record. Documents care and
services according to the plan of care and policies and
procedures.
10. Effectively communicates in a team approach to keep an open
exchange of case information.
11. Reports any change in patient's mental or physical condition or
in the patient's home situation to his/her immediate supervisor or
the staff nurse.
12. Carries out his/her assignment as instructed by the Supervisor
and reports to the nurse when he/she is unable to do so.
FUNCTIONAL ABILITIES: - Is able to lift, turn and transfer patients
weighing up to 200 pounds - Is able to carry bundles up stairs
weighing up to 10 pounds - Must be able to travel to prospective
patients' place of residence. - Must be able to read 12 point of
larger type - Must be able to hear and speak in a manner understood
by most people
QUALIFICATION:
1. High school graduate and/or GED graduate.
2. Possess/or be willing to obtain a valid CPR & First Aid
certification.
3. Must have the ability to pass a criminal background check.
4. Ability to read and write consistent with job requirements.
Keywords: Lakeway Home Health, Temple , Caregiver, Healthcare , Temple, Texas
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