Caregiver at Passionate Private Duty Dekalb, IL

Passionate Private Duty; DeKalb (IL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Passionate Private Duty is seeking a Caregiver in DeKalb, IL. The role involves enabling clients to remain in their homes by providing essential support and personal services. Responsibilities include monitoring patient conditions, assisting with housekeeping, personal care tasks, and maintaining a safe environment. The ideal candidate will need to be attentive and caring, ensuring that clients' needs are met in a compassionate manner.

Responsibilities

• Enables clients to stay in their homes by providing support and personal services.
• Monitors patient condition by observing intake and output.
• Supports clients with housekeeping, errands, and meals.
• Assists with personal services like bathing and grooming.
• Teaches family members appropriate care techniques.
• Records patient information and notifies nursing supervisors.
• Maintains a safe and healthy patient environment.
• Follows home care policies, standards, and requirements.
• Enhances service reputation by exploring opportunities.
• Entertains patients by reading and talking.

Job description

Caregiver job at Passionate Private Duty. Dekalb, IL.

Responsibilities:

• Enables clients to stay in their homes by monitoring and recording patient conditions, and providing support and personal services.
• Monitors patient condition by observing physical and mental condition, intake and output, and exercise.
• Supports clients by providing housekeeping and laundry services, shopping for food and other household requirements, preparing and serving meals and snacks, and running errands.
• Assists clients by providing personal services, such as bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Helps clients care for themselves by assisting with the use of a cane or walker, special utensils to eat, and special techniques and equipment for personal hygiene.
• Helps family members care for the patient by teaching appropriate ways to lift, turn, and reposition the patient.
• Records patient information by making entries in the patient journal and notifying nursing supervisors of changing or unusual conditions.
• Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy patient environment by following asepsis standards and procedures, maintains security precautions, and follows prescribed dietary requirements and nutrition standards.
• Protects the home care agency by adhering to professional standards, home care policies and procedures, and federal, state, and local requirements.
• Enhances service reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests, and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Entertains patients by reading, talking, and listening to the individual, upon request.