Attendant

At Home Health; Como (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

At Home Healthcare is seeking compassionate caregivers to provide personal support in patients’ homes. You will assist with daily activities, supervision to ensure safety, and adherence to policies and regulatory requirements.

The role involves monitoring clients, reporting changes promptly, and maintaining a safe environment while upholding confidentiality and respectful, patient-focused care.

Qualifications

• Must have pleasant and cheerful demeanor when handling stressful situations.
• Must effectively cooperate and mentor colleagues daily.
• Unlicensed caregiver 18+ may perform tasks as defined by state rules when competency is demonstrated.
• Competency checklist is provided at attendant orientation.
• Ability to understand and follow detailed oral and written instructions.
• Completes required training.
• Lifts up to 50 lbs occasionally, up to 20 lbs frequently, up to 10 lbs continuously.
• Extensive physical requirements over 75% of shift (includes bending, stooping, twisting, reaching, lifting, walking).
• Recognizes differences in sounds and voices, including playful vs. angry noises.
• Exhibits patience, tact, initiative, judgment, and confidentiality.
• Works under minimal supervision with awareness that errors may have serious consequences.
• Recognizes changes in a client’s appearance, attitude, and condition.

Responsibilities

• Assists client in activities of daily living including personal hygiene per supervisor’s instructions.
• Supervises client during activities to enable safe functioning.
• Maintains compliance with At Home Health policies, procedures, and guidelines and with state and federal laws.
• Immediately reports significant changes in client environment, behavior, or circumstances to supervisor.
• Monitors client environment and identifies safety hazards, taking action or reporting hazards.

Skills

Pleasant demeanor

Cooperation

Mentoring others

Follow instructions

Safety awareness

Job description

Join the At Home Healthcare team and become part of our caring family. For our exceptional caregivers and for our pediatric and community care patients, home care becomes deeply personal, unfolding within the comforting embrace of home. Explore the opportunities waiting for you – come home to At Home Healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Assists client in the activities of daily living including personal hygiene requirements in accordance with specific assignments provided by supervisor.
• Supervises client during activities to enable client to function safely.
• Maintain compliance with all At Home Health policies, procedures and guidelines as stated now or as amended. Maintain compliance with all state and federal laws and regulatory requirements.
• Immediately reports to supervisor all significant changes in client’s environment, behaviors, and circumstances.
• Responsible for monitoring client environment and identifying any potential safety hazards; takes appropriate actions to eliminate hazard or report potential hazard to supervisor.

Qualifications

• Requires a pleasant and cheerful demeanor, shows an attitude of helpfulness while encountering stressful situations.
• Will be required to effectively and efficiently carry out the duties of this position cooperation, and the ability to encourage, mentor, and support fellow workers on a daily basis.
• Personal assistance services, as defined in TAC 40 Chapter 97 §97.2, may be performed by an unlicensed person who is at least 18 years of age and has demonstrated competency, when competency cannot be determined through education and experience, to perform the tasks assigned by the supervisor.
• As determined by competency checklist at attendant orientation.
• Requires ability to understand and carry out detailed oral and written instructions.
• Completes and/or meets required training requirements.
• Requires ability to use up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force continuously to move objects and/or people.
• Position requires bending, stooping, twisting, turning, reaching, lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing, climbing, kneeling, walking, and standing over 75% of shift.
  • Sitting requirements approximately 25% of the time.
  • Standing/stooping/bending/climbing requirements approximately 55% of the time.
  • Walking requirements approximately 20% of the time.
• Requires ability to recognize differences in sounds, such as voices/noises that are loud and playful instead of angry and combative.
• Requires ability to exercise patience, tact, initiative, judgment, and confidentiality (following established guidelines).
• Work under minimal supervision with awareness that error may have serious consequences.
• Requires ability to recognize changes in a client’s appearance, attitude, and condition.

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