Caregiver - PCA
Professional Case Management · Los Alamos, NM · 1 wk ago
OTHR$16–$18.5/hrPart-time
Benefits
- Rewarding one-on-one work with patients in the comfort of their homes
- Benefit Packages include medical, dental and vision benefits
- Health Savings & Flexible Spending Accounts (pretax savings account)
Qualifications
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Practice nursing with respect for individual, cultural, and spiritual differences
- Promote personal safety and a safe environment for clients and coworkers
- Maintain compliance with agency policy and procedures
- Emotional and cognitive maturity to maintain a good working relationship with the client, client’s family, and agency personnel
- Free from health problems that may be injurious to client, self, and coworkers
- Possess reliable transportation
Essential Functions
- Follow the plan of care prepared by the supervising Registered Nurse based on the client’s needs
- Encourage clients to be as independent as possible while ensuring client confidentiality and client dignity
- Avoid health problems that may be injurious to client, self, and coworkers
- Assist clients with non-skilled personal care, including:
- Bathing
- Skin care
- Hair care
- Nail care
- Mouth care
- Shaving
- Dressing
- Feeding
- Ambulation
- Exercise
- Transfers
- Positioning
- Medication reminding
- Respiratory care
- Homemaking
- Respite care
- Perform routine housekeeping tasks, including:
- Light housekeeping
- Meal preparation
- Dishwashing
- Bed making
- Laundry
- Attending medical appointments
- Shopping
- Follow emergency procedures in the event of any incident