Home Care Aide (Malibu)

About the role

Enables patients to stay in their homes by monitoring and recording patient condition, providing support and personal services, and teaching families.

Responsibilities

• Monitors patient condition by observing physical and mental illness, intake and output, and exercise.
• Supports patients by providing housekeeping and laundry services, shopping for food and other household requirements, preparing and serving meals and snacks, and running errands.
• Assists patients by providing personal services, such as bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Helps patients care for themselves by teaching them how to use a cane or walker, special utensils to eat, and special techniques and equipment.
• Helps family members care for the patient by teaching appropriate ways to lift, turn, and re-position the patient.
• Advises on nutrition, cleanliness, and housekeeping.
• Records patient information by making entries in the patient journal and notifying the nursing supervisor of changing or unusual conditions.
• Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy patient environment by following asepsis standards and procedures, security precautions, and prescribed dietary requirements and nutrition standards.
• Protects the home care agency by adhering to professional standards, home care policies and procedures, and federal, state, and local requirements.

Requirements

• Accepts ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to the job.

Qualifications / Skills

• Creating a safe, effective environment
• Health promotion and maintenance
• Health care administration
• Patient services
• Verbal communication
• Listening
• Training
• Dependability
• Emotional control
• Medical teamwork

Education, Experience, And Licensing Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• TB Test results
• CPR
• Any state-mandated certification
• Minimum 1+ years of professional or personal experience supporting individuals with disabilities, mental illnesses, or challenging behaviors
• Valid in-state driver’s license, current registration and insurance, and a driving record with no more than 2 points within the last three years
• Must be registered with the California Department of Social Services

Benefits

• 401(k) (Full Time Only)
• Continuing education credits/CareAcademy
• Dental Insurance (Full Time Only)
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance (Full Time Only)
• Paid sick time off
• Vision insurance (Full Time Only)

Schedule

• Full-time, Part-time, Per diem
• Day shift, Night shift
• Monday to Friday
• Rotating weekends
• Weekends as needed
• Must be flexible