Attendant Caregiver

ADP, Inc.; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

1-On-1 Care

Hire-On Bonus

Flexible Schedule

Health Insurance

PTO & 401K

Job summary

Tendercare Home Health Services is seeking attentive attendants to provide compassionate in-home care across our community. The role focuses on assisting patients with daily activities, monitoring condition, and documenting care while collaborating with a nursing team.

We offer flexible schedules, full-time and part-time options, and a benefits package including health, dental, vision, life insurance, PTO, and 401K.

Qualifications

• Must pass competency evaluation test (Home Health Aide or Personal Care Attendant).
• ability to lift up to 50 pounds and perform essential functions.
• Good communication and ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) as assigned by the nurse.
• Assist with ostomy bag changes and catheter care if competency checked.
• Assist with range of motion exercises taught by a health care professional.
• Measure and record input/output of fluids and monitor patient condition.
• Document care electronically and report shifts/changes to office.
• Maintain a clean, safe patient care area and provide medication reminders.

Job description

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Attendant Caregiver

30+ days ago Requisition ID: 1017

Come and Work for the #1 Workplace in Home Care!

Hello, and thank you for viewing our job posting! We value attendant caregivers throughout our community and have built a customized work experience to help meet your specific needs (salary, commute, hours, days, nights, etc.).

Tendercare Home Health Services has been a family-owned and operated business for the past 28 years. We believe in doing what is right for our patients and we do all we can to take care of our attendant caregivers. We are looking for quality candidates to join our fast-growing company and look forward to hearing from you!

What Tendercare Can Offer You:

• 1-On-1 Care in a Home Setting
• Hire-On Bonus (subject to certain terms)
• Work Conveniently Located
• Flexible Schedule
• Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, PTO, and 401K
• Full-Time and Part-Time Hours (based on availability)
  

Attendant Caregiver Job Statement:

T endercare manager or the manager’s designee will evaluate the competency of an employee who will perform attendant care services. Each attendant care services task that the agency chooses to have the employee perform must be evaluated and competency checked. Theevaluation of the attendant and determination that the employee is competent to perform the attendant care task must occur before the employee performs that task for a client without direct agency supervision. All attendant care providers will be required to complete the Personal Care Attendant competency evaluation test or the Home Health Aide test. The test must be successfully completed by the attendant as indicated with a passing score of 90% or higher.

Duties:

• - Assist the patient with activities of daily living (ADL’s) such as personal hygiene, ambulating, eating, dressing, shaving, bathing, or showering as assigned by the nurse in the attendant care plan.
• - Assist with ostomy bag changes, reinforcing dressings, g-tube and catheter care (if competency checked).
• - Assist with prescribed range of motion exercises which the attendant and the patient have been taught by a health care professional.
• - Assist with prescribed ice cap or collar, measuring and preparing special diets, assist with blood glucose testing as needed/ordered ( if competency checked).
• - Measuring and recording input and output of fluids.
• - Observing for the appearance of gross behavioral changes in the patient and reporting to the RN case manager or other member of the clinical team.
• - Maintain patient care areas in a clean, safe environment, adequate for the provision of care.
• - Provides medication reminders and assist the patient to take medications as prescribed.
• - Follow and document assignments in accordance with the attendant care plan. Only document care actually given. Falsification of visit documents is grounds for immediate termination. It is also against the law and prosecution may ensue .
• - Transfer patients in a safe manner, in accordance with standards of care.
• - Attendants are members of the interdisciplinary team. The attendants must report changes in the patient’s condition to a RN or other appropriate skilled professional.
• - Electronically document care provided on each visit/shift. Call any shift time changes to the office. Call for authorization for extending a shift or adding a shift to assure that there is a payer source for the care. All hours/shifts must be assigned and approved by the Tendercare office prior to working. Failure to do so can lead to disciplinary action.
• - Employees must be able to pass a fit-to-work physical exam including the essential functions including the ability to bend, lift 50 pounds, push, pull, walk, stand, climb stairs, full range of motion of all extremities, and able to get up and down from the floor. Additionally, free from communicable disease .
• - Any Tendercare employee that raises reasonable belief based on objective evidence that their ability to perform basic job functions is impaired, and that they pose a direct threat (to themselves or to their patients) will be referred to Occupational Health for a Fit-to-Work physical exam.