URGENT!!! SPANISH SPEAKING CAREGIVER

Senior Solutions (Senior Solutions At Home, Inc.); San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 19,286 - 20,664; Part time

Job summary

Senior Solutions (Senior Solutions At Home, Inc.) is seeking a dedicated caregiver in San Antonio, Texas. This role involves personal care and daily living support for individuals, emphasizing compassionate caregiving and attention to their comfort.

Caretakers will work Monday to Friday evenings and may work additional hours on weekends. The position offers a pay rate of $15/hour for CNAs and $14/hour for non-licensed individuals, along with essential responsibilities such as hygiene assistance, vital sign monitoring, and medication reminders.

Qualifications

• Compassionate caregiver with the ability to assist with daily living activities.
• Must follow infection control principles and agency procedures.
• Ability to document care and changes in patient condition accurately.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and record vital signs; notify office of deviations.
• Assist with personal hygiene, grooming, and dressing.
• Provide ambulation and transfer assistance.
• Perform incidental household services for patient health.
• Follow the Plan of Care from agency health professionals.

Skills

Compassionate caregiving

Vital signs monitoring

Personal hygiene assistance

Housekeeping

Medication reminders

Communication with patients

Job description

Location: Wurzbach Northwest Military

Schedule: Monday to Friday - 6 PM - 10 PM / Occasionally Weekend and Overnight

Pay: $15 for CNAs and $14 for Non-licensed

Job Description

We seek a compassionate, dedicated caregiver to provide personal care and support. The caregiver will assist with daily living activities such as cooking, ensuring the comfort and well-being of the individual in their care.

Duties / Responsibilities

• The caregiver shall obtain vital signs, record them, and notify the office of deviations according to standard practice.
• Personal hygiene (Example: bathing, grooming, dressing, hair care, shaving, deodorant application, skin care with lotions and/or powder, foot care, and ear care. Q-tips are not to be used).
• Nail care and oral hygiene are needed to facilitate treatment or prevent deterioration. (Nail cutting or filing will NOT be done).
• Changing bed linens and making the bed.
• Eating and maintaining adequate nutrition and fluid intake when appropriate.
• Ambulation and transfers (For Example: assisting patients to the toilet/commode or with bedpans and with elimination needs, helping patients in and out of bed, assisting with ambulation, and assisting with other transfers and positional needs as appropriate).
• Incidental household services are essential to patient health care. (For example, light housekeeping, straightening the room, and laundry).
• Medication reminders.
• Understand and apply basic infection control principles and procedures. Will contact the supervisor with any concerns related to infection control.
• Follow the Plan of Care (Instruction Sheet) as instructed by the Agency's health care professional.
• Document appropriately according to the Plan of Care and submit all documentation per agency policy.
• Observe physical and gross behavioral changes in the patient's condition or family situation and report to the office.
• Follow the visit schedule and indicate changes in the schedule as appropriate.
• Promptly contact patients and the office whenever unable to visit a patient as scheduled and will give a full report concerning patient care, visit times, etc.
• Communicate appropriately with patient/family and Agency personnel.
• Attend required in-services and meetings as identified by the Agency. (Must have 12 hours of in-service per year.)
• Adhere to the Agency's Policies and Procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Participate in Performance Improvement activities as indicated.