PCA/CNA Caregiver (Little Rock, AR)

Minimum Qualifications

• One year experience in direct patient care with a home health agency, nursing home, hospital, or completion of 40 hour training course with certification
• Valid Arkansas driver’s license
• Clean driving record
• Proof of auto liability insurance
• Reliable transportation

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Knowledge of personal care techniques
• Ability to read, write and follow instructions
• Ability to respond to individual needs
• Ability to adjust to various working conditions and settings
• Ability to assist with lifting and transferring adult clients safely
• Ability to lift, transfer, squat, bend, stoop

Duties and Responsibilities

• Caregivers help older people with meal preparation, grocery shopping, laundry and household tasks, self-administered medications, and bathing, grooming and dressing.
• Specific duties may include:
• Assisting customer with personal grooming, including but not limited to bathing, showering, dressing, shampooing and drying/styling hair, shaving, toileting, skin care, tooth brushing and/or denture care
• Transferring customer from bed to chair/wheelchair or from chair to bed
• Conducting passive range of motion exercises and assisting in the exercise of joints with active range of motion exercises
• Operating assistive devices and equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, lifts, mechanical beds, and assisting in the use of these devices
• Changing and laundering bed linens
• Assisting with meal preparation and feeding
• Performing general housekeeping duties including but not limited to sweeping, vacuuming, washing dishes and taking out trash
• Straightening and maintaining orderliness of client’s immediate environment
• Shopping and/or running errands as needed
• Observes and documents client’s status on each visit
• Documents care given and any problems noted

Additional Information

• Applicants must satisfy other criteria, such as background checks, employment verification, etc., before becoming qualified candidates for employment.

Pay

$11.00-$15.00 Per Hour

Location

Little Rock, AR (72205)