Home Care Aide St Louis MO

Advanced Technologies Home Care; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible scheduling

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Direct deposit

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Paid travel

Home health aide education

Short commute near home

Job summary

Advanced Technologies Home Care is seeking a dedicated Home Care Aide to support clients in their own homes in the St. Louis area. The role focuses on helping clients with daily living activities, mobility, and personal care to help them remain home safely.

You will plan meals, assist with medications, and support daily tasks in a compassionate, respectful manner. We value flexible scheduling and a team that believes your voice matters.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older.
• Minimum of one year direct patient care experience preferred.
• Physically able to lift at least 75 lbs and assist patients with mobility.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, and clean up meals.
• Make beds and change linens with participants as required.
• Brush, comb, and shampoo hair.
• Assist with bed baths or shower/tub baths.
• Support oral care for participants who need help.
• Help participants transfer between bed, wheelchair, walker, or chair.
• Assist with medications (open bottles, get water) as directed.
• Tidying and dusting the home; clean kitchen surfaces.
• Launder clothes and linens; manage laundry.
• Vacuum and mop floors; dust and organize.
• Shop for essential items; groceries and supplies.
• Advance personal care tasks (ostomy/catheter care, insulin setup, vital signs).

Skills

Compassionate patient care

Mobility assistance

Meal planning & prep

ADLs support

Medication assistance

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

One year direct patient care experience

Tools

Lifting equipment familiarity

Job description

We offer our At Home Care family:

• Feel valued and truly appreciated for all your contribution

• Flexible scheduling to fit your lifestyle
• Medical, Vision, Dental insurance
• Bi-Weekly and Direct Deposit
• Top pay wage scale
• Paid Time off and holiday pay
• Paid Travel
• Home Health Aide education
  
• Short commute times - we try to match you to work opportunities near your home
  
• If you're seeking a rewarding career in health care, At Home Care is the place for you! Our GREAT MANAGERS believe YOU matter and YOUR voice is heard

*This role is suited for workers looking to be assigned clients or patients*

Job Purpose:

The basic function of a Home Care Aide is to perform tasks that enable clients remain in their own homes and out of long-term care facilities for as long as possible. Help patients to complete activities of daily living that are difficult for them because of a physical or mental disability. Provide assistance with intermittent household task necessary to the maintenance of a safe and habitable home environment. The service is restricted to non-skilled tasks and the need for services is determined in relationships to the client’s functioning capacity.

Job Responsibilities:

• Planning, preparation and clean-up of meals
• Making beds and changing linens with the participants in or out of bed as required
• Brushing, combing, and shampooing hair
• Giving bed baths or assist with shower or tub bath
• Assist with oral care such as brushing teeth or denture care when participant is unable.
• Giving assistance to and from the bed to a wheelchair, walker or chair when a participant is weight bearing.
• Assisting the participants with ordinarily self-administered medications (open bottles, get water)
• Tidying and dusting the home;
• Cleaning kitchen counters, cupboards, and appliances, including oven, surface burners and fridge
• Laundering clothes and linens;
• Making beds and changing sheets;
• Sweeping and/or vacuuming, and mopping floors;
• Bagging trash inside the home and putting it out for pick-up;
• Shopping for essential items (e.g., groceries, cleaning supplies, etc.);
• Advance Personal Care- Assist with Ostomy Care, assist with catheter care, perform bowel programs, administer non-injectable meds, assist with Insulin set-up and perform vital signs and weights

Skills/Education

Home Care aide must be 18 years of age. A minimum of one year experience of direct patient care with either a Skilled Nursing facility or an In-Home Care Agency in preferred. Home Care Aide must be physically able to lift a minimum of 75 lbs. and be able to move patient without any assistance from the patient. Home Care Aide must also be able to help assist the patient with walking through use of a cane, walker or gait belt throughout the facility or client's home.