Attendant / Caregiver

At Home Healthcare; Leander (TX); On-site; USD 20,664 - 27,552; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading home health company as an Attendant/Caregiver, where your role is vital in assisting clients with daily needs in their home environment. At Home Healthcare values a family-like atmosphere, offering a caring space where employees can thrive. This part-time position requires a cheerful demeanor and the ability to follow care plans and safety protocols.

Qualifications

• Aged 18 or older and demonstrates competency.
• Completing required training.
• Ability to recognize changes in a client’s condition.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with daily living activities.
• Supervise clients to ensure safety.
• Report significant changes to supervisors.
• Identify and report safety hazards.

Skills

Cheerful demeanor

Cooperation

Ability to follow instructions

Patience

Judgment

Confidentiality

Education

Competency checklist completion

Job description

Join to apply for the Attendant / Caregiver role at At Home Healthcare

Come work for a Home Health company that really does “feel like family”! Home care is personal for us and we want caring, qualified applicants to join our growing family. Attendants provide services planned to maintain, strengthen, and safeguard the client in his/her own home environment. Provides care in accordance with the specified plan of care for client. Gloves, mask, and sanitizer are provided. Paid weekly.

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 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.
• Maintains compliance with all At Home Health policies, procedures, and guidelines as stated now or as amended. Maintains 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 potential safety hazards; takes appropriate actions to eliminate hazard or report potential hazard to supervisor.

Qualifications

• Requires a pleasant and cheerful demeanor, shows helpfulness while encountering stressful situations.
• Must effectively carry out duties with cooperation, and support fellow workers daily.
• Personal assistance services, as defined in TAC 40 Chapter 97, may be performed by an unlicensed person at least 18 years old who demonstrates competency.
• Competency is determined through a checklist at attendant orientation.
• Ability to understand and follow detailed oral and written instructions.
• Completes required training.
• Ability to use up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds continuously.
• Physical requirements include bending, stooping, twisting, reaching, lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing, climbing, kneeling, walking, and standing over 75% of shift. Sitting approximately 25%, standing/stooping/bending/climbing approximately 55%, walking about 20%.
• Ability to recognize differences in sounds and noises.
• Must exercise patience, tact, initiative, judgment, and confidentiality.
• Work under minimal supervision with awareness of potential serious consequences of errors.
• Ability to recognize changes in a client’s appearance, attitude, and condition.

Additional Details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Part-time
• Job function: Management and Manufacturing
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care