Home Care Caregiver - Companion

About the role

Live Long Well Care of Myrtle Beach is seeking Full Time and Part Time CNA/Caregiver/Home Health Aides/Companions to provide personal care and companionship for seniors. Day & Night Positions are available as well as weekends.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with ADLs (Activities of Daily Living): Bathing, Dressing, Toileting, Transferring, Feeding.
• Mobility Assistance including using transfer aids (Hoyer lifts, gait belts, etc.).
• Transferring & Positioning.
• Meal Preparation & Cooking.
• Light Housekeeping & Laundry (to include the duties of washing dishes, cleaning the kitchen after meals, laundering clothes, bed linens, and performing other housekeeping activities normally done daily or weekly).
• Grocery Shopping/Errands/Transportation.
• Working with Dementia/Alzheimer’s Clients.
• Provides companionship for the patient/client while engaging in daily activities with clients.
• Pet services (to include assisting clients with grooming, feeding, walking, bathing, etc.).
• Represents the company positively while creating an environment that fosters respect and courtesy for clients and other employees.
• Works within the company programs to promote safety and the well-being of all clients and employees.
• Provides general assistance and care to patients/clients to provide for a clean, safe, and orderly environment for the patient/client and family.
• Accurately and thoroughly document services provided in accordance with agency policy on day services are rendered, submitted in a timely manner.
• Immediately reports any changes in patient/client’s needs, condition, or incidents to the supervisor in a timely manner.
• Listens and responds to patient/client’s needs in a sensitive and timely manner either through own initiative as appropriate, or by referral to the supervisor.

Requirements

• Must be able to work some weekends.
• Must have a valid Driver's License and clean driving record.
• Must have an up-to-date smartphone for the electronic viewing and capture of Time and Attendance, Care Tasks, and Communication.

Qualifications

• Education: High school graduation or GED required.
• Direct Previous Experience: Two years’ experience in a similar position desired but not required. Two years’ experience working with the elderly desired but not required.
• Skills/Competencies: Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English fluently. Ability to work with minimal or close supervision. Must conduct all business in a professional manner and with a high level of confidentiality. Must pass competency testing on hire and ongoing for the basics of, but not limited to: Meal preparation, housekeeping, infection control, safety in the home, proper handling of emergencies, transportation, pet walking and care.
• Abilities: Work indoors for most of the workday (fluorescent lights, HVAC system, carpeted/vinyl flooring, normal housing noise levels). Provide a reliable means of transportation as required. Possess the physical ability to perform job-related duties which may require lifting, standing, bending, transferring, stooping, stretching, walking, pushing, pulling and the ability to provide partial or complete assistance with non-personal activities of daily living, without assistance from another healthcare worker, or significant other. Ability to work in time-sensitive or stressful situations. Sit in a chair/stand for extended periods.
• Qualifications: Must have an updated Android or iPhone smartphone device (see Aide visit/documentation requirements). Current listing with no substantial finding on state Aide Registry, as state appropriate, if applicable. Must have a valid driver’s license with proof of insurance.

Benefits

• Flexible hours.
• Generous paid-time off program (vacation).
• 401(k) with company match.
• Continuing Education Opportunities.
• Internal Growth Support.
• Advance Pay/On-demand Pay options.
• Transfer opportunities between multiple branches.