Caregiver/ CNA-HHA

Assisting Hands - Pasco; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 3,031,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage/Travel Time Reimbursements

Referral bonus for new Clients & Caregivers

Flexible Schedules

and More!

Job summary

A home care agency in New York is seeking compassionate caregivers to provide personal care and custodial services to clients. Responsibilities include maintaining cleanliness in the client's home, assisting with daily living activities, and monitoring health changes. Candidates need a high school diploma and CPR certification. Flexible schedules may be available, and prior experience in home or long-term care is preferred. This role is non-exempt and offers mileage reimbursements and referral bonuses.

Qualifications

• One year experience in the home or long-term care setting is preferred.
• Must hold a valid CPR certification.
• Must pass Level II Background check from AHCA.
• Level II AHCA background check.
• Current TB test.
• Alzheimer's CEU required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean and safe environment in the client's residence.
• Assist clients with personal hygiene and mobility activities.
• Provide nutritional support and monitor client health.
• Document client care activities accurately.
• Assist with devices and daily living activities as trained.

Skills

Experience in home care

Valid CPR certification

Ability to assist with daily living activities

Observation and reporting skills

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Description

This position provides custodial and personal care services to clients that contract with Assisting Hands for services under the direction of the Staffing Coordinator in compliance with the Plan of Care.

Education

High School Diploma/GED required

Qualifications

• One (1) year experience in the home or long-term care setting is preferred.
• Valid CPR certification.
• Level II Background check from AHCA.
• Current TB test result.
• Alzheimer's CEU.

Reports To

Staffing Coordinator

Primary Duties

• Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment within client’s residence. Duties may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, sleeping and living areas, washing client’s dishes or laundry, and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client.
• Performing all personal care activities contained in a written Plan of Care, which may include assisting the client with personal hygiene, ambulation and exercise, eating, dressing, shaving, physical transfer, and other duties as assigned.
• Providing nutritional support as needed.
• Reporting changes in the client’s condition.
• Other activities that are determined necessary and trained on for a specific client and are restricted to the following:
  • Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair, walker, or hoyer lift;
  • Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises;
  • Teaching household routine and skills to well members of the family;
  • Measuring intake and output of fluids;
  • Measuring and recording temperature, pulse, respiration or blood pressure;
  • Keeping records of personal health care activities;
  • Observing appearance and gross behavioral changes in the client and reporting to the agency supervisor.
• Assisting the client with the self-administration of medication, limited to the following tasks:
  • Taking the medication in its previously dispensed, properly labeled container, from where it is stored and bringing it to the client.
  • In the presence of the client, reading the label, opening the container, removing a prescribed amount of medication from the container, and closing the container.
  • Placing an oral dosage in the client’s hand or in another container and helping the client by lifting the container to his or her mouth.
• Returning the medication container to proper storage.
• Keeping a record of when a client receives assistance with self-administration of medication.

Hours

Dependent on assignment; shifts available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week and based on availability. Assisting Hands does not guarantee hours.

FLSA Status

Non-exempt, hourly

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Benefits

• Mileage/Travel Time Reimbursements
• Referral bonus for new Clients & Caregivers
• Flexible Schedules
• and More!