Caregiver (NE)

Deercreekseniorliving; Grand Junction (CO); On-site; USD 19,320 - 27,517; Full time

Job summary

Deercreekseniorliving is seeking a dedicated personal care aide in Grand Junction, Colorado, to support clients with daily living activities and personal hygiene. The ideal candidate will have experience in a home care setting and the ability to establish effective working relationships with clients and families.

This role requires travel to clients' homes, a valid Colorado driver’s license, and a reliable automobile. Candidates should possess empathy for client needs and good communication skills.

Qualifications

• Six months of aide experience in a home care setting preferred.
• Understanding of family interactions and the aging process.
• Ability to observe, report, and record care accurately.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal hygiene and daily living activities.
• Perform household tasks related to client needs.
• Travel to client's homes to provide care.

Skills

Knowledge of personal care principles

Ability to communicate effectively

Empathy for client needs

Education

Completion of appropriate training program

Tools

Reliable automobile

Documentation skills

Job description

Job Summary

Provides unskilled personal care and household services for clients in their homes in compliance with a service plan.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Performs or assists the client with personal hygiene, including bathing, hair care, dressing, shaving, oral care, etc.
• Assists client with positioning, transfers, ambulation, and exercise.
• Performs or assists client with bowel/bladder care including use of bedpan, perineal care, bowel/bladder training programs, collection of specimens and recording intake and output.
• Assists clients with medications which are normally self‑administered.
• Assists with nourishment and fluid needs including preparing meals, feeding client, and offering fluids.
• Performs household tasks related to client’s medical needs including bed linen changes, client’s laundry, light housekeeping where client spends most of their time, shopping, errands, etc.
• Accompanies client to clinic, physician’s office, or on trips needed for treatment.
• Observes and reports to the nurse or therapist any changes from normal.
• Teaches household management techniques.
• Maintains timely records of home visits.
• Attends and participates in appropriate client care conferences, staff meetings and agency committee meetings.
• Attends appropriate education meetings.
• Performs other related functions as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Completion of appropriate training program and successful completion of skills competency evaluation.
• Six months or more of aide experience in a home care setting is preferred.
• Knowledge of principles and procedures of personal care and safety practices in the home care setting.
• Understanding of family interactions and aging process.
• Beginning knowledge of nutrition and food service.
• Ability to observe, report and record client’s care and condition accurately.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with clients, families, staff members and the general public.

Special Requirements

• Must travel to assigned client’s individual homes to provide care.
• Valid, current Colorado driver’s license and access to a reliable automobile or access to public or other reliable transportation.

Job Requirements

• Ability to read and follow written instructions and document care given.
• Self‑directing with the ability to work with little direct supervision.
• Empathy for the needs of the ill, injured, frail, and the impaired.
• Demonstrates tact, patience, and good personal hygiene.
• Keep the IHSS RN/IHSS Team Lead informed of progress considerations and any pertinent information regarding the client’s care.
• Licensed driver with automobile that is insured in accordance with Organization requirements and is in good working order.
• Starting rate $17.00

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.