Personal Care Assistant for ALS Client

Palmetto Family Homecare; Riverbanks (SC); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Palmetto Family Homecare in Columbia, SC seeks an experienced caregiver or CNA to provide compassionate care for an ALS client in the St. Andrews / Bush River area. The client is bedbound and non-verbal, requiring ADL assistance and safe transfers using a mechanical Hoyer lift.

The role requires reliability, patience, and hands-on care including personal hygiene, positioning, and daily comfort. Schedule is Monday–Friday and/or every other weekend, with on-site care in Columbia.

Qualifications

• Experience caring for clients with ALS or similar neurological conditions.
• Hands-on experience using a mechanical Hoyer lift and other patient-care equipment.
• Knowledge of safe patient transfers and positioning techniques.
• Experience providing total care to bedbound clients.
• Reliable, compassionate, patient and dependable.
• Comfortable providing hands-on personal care.

Responsibilities

• Assist with activities of daily living (ADLs) for a bedbound, non-verbal client.
• Perform safe transfers using a mechanical Hoyer lift and positioning techniques.
• Provide personal care, hygiene, positioning and daily comfort.
• Deliver compassionate, attentive and respectful care.

Skills

CNA

ALS experience

Hoyer lift

Bedbound care

Transfers

Job description

Description

NOW HIRING: EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER / CNA

ALS CLIENT – COLUMBIA, SC

Palmetto Family Homecare is seeking a compassionate, dependable, and experienced Caregiver or Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to provide care for a female client diagnosed with ALS in the St. Andrews / Bush River area of Columbia, SC.

We are looking for someone who is patient, attentive, physically capable of performing transfers, and knowledgeable about caring for individuals with advanced neurological conditions.

CLIENT CARE NEEDS:

• Client is bedbound and non-verbal.
• Client has no functional use of her upper or lower extremities.
• Assistance with all activities of daily living (ADLs).
• Mechanical Hoyer lift will be used for patient transfers.
• Assistance with personal care, hygiene, positioning, and daily comfort.
• Provide compassionate, attentive, and respectful care.

Requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Previous experience caring for clients with ALS or similar neurological conditions.
• Hands-on experience using a mechanical Hoyer lift and other patient-care equipment.
• Knowledge of safe patient transfers and positioning techniques.
• Experience providing total care to bedbound clients.
• Reliable, compassionate, patient, and dependable.
• Must be comfortable providing hands-on personal care.

SCHEDULE:

Monday – Friday and/or Every Other Weekend

LOCATION:

St. Andrews / Bush River Area – Columbia, SC

Reliability. Education. Compassion. Building Relationships.

Join our team and make a difference, one client at a time!