URGENT!!! SPANISH SPEAKING CAREGIVER (Bilingual)

Senior Solutions (Senior Solutions At Home, Inc.); San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior Solutions (Senior Solutions At Home, Inc.) seeks a compassionate caregiver to provide personal care and support for a client in the San Antonio area. You will assist with daily living activities, monitor health, and document observations according to the Plan of Care.

The schedule is Monday to Friday 6 PM–10 PM with occasional weekends and overnight shifts; pay is $15 per hour for CNAs and $14 per hour for non-licensed staff.

Qualifications

• Compassionate caregiver with the ability to monitor health and communicate observations.
• Experience in personal care tasks (bathing, grooming, nutrition support) is preferred.
• Ability to follow a Plan of Care and document visits accurately.
• Strong reliability to meet the visit schedule and report changes promptly.
• Good interpersonal skills to communicate with client, family, and agency.

Responsibilities

• The caregiver shall obtain vital signs, record them, and notify the office of deviations.
• Assist with personal hygiene and grooming.
• Change bed linens and assist with meals to maintain nutrition.
• Assist with ambulation, transfers, and daily living activities.
• Provide light household services and medication reminders as directed.
• Document care and report changes per Plan of Care.
• Adhere to infection control principles and agency policies.
• Attend required in-services and meetings as identified by the Agency.

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.

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;
• Will understand and apply basic infection control principles and procedures. Will contact the supervisor with any concerns related to infection control.
• Will follow the Plan of Care (Instruction Sheet) as instructed by the Agency's health care professional.
• Will document appropriately according to the Plan of Care and submit all documentation per agency policy.
• Will observe physical and gross behavioral changes in the patient's condition or family situation and report to the office.
• Will follow the visit schedule and indicate changes in the schedule as appropriate.
• Will 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.
• Will communicate appropriately with patient/family and Agency personnel.
• Will attend required in-services and meetings as identified by the Agency. (Must have 12 hours of in-service per year.)
• Will adhere to the Agency's Policies and Procedures.
• Will perform other duties as assigned.
• Will participate in Performance Improvement activities as indicated.