Home Health Aide - Caregiver
Comfort Keepers
Evansville, IN
Full-time
Nursing
Posted on July 2, 2020
Home Health Aide – Caregiver
Comfort Keepers Evansville, Indiana office offers a wide selection of rewarding career opportunities – part-time and full time – for people who have a heartfelt desire to help seniors and other adults live safely, independently and happily in the comfort of their own homes.
At the very heart of each Comfort Keeper operation are the Comfort Keepers – the people who bring the unique Comfort Keeper brand of caregiving to clients. There are also opportunities for people to work in and manage offices, coordinate client care, and market Comfort Keeper Services.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides personal care including oral hygiene, skin, hair and nail care, and shaving male patients
- Assists with positioning patients to maintain proper body alignment and skin integrity
- Assists with simple exercise programs, transfers, ambulation, and activity as directed by the Home Health Nurse
- Assists patient with medications which are ordinarily self-administered
- Assists patient with use of toilet facilities and durable equipment, bedpan, and commode
- Takes and records blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration
- Assists patient to achieve maximum self-reliance through relearning and modifying activities of daily living
- Plans and prepares nutritious meals, including special diets when required
- Performs household tasks essential to maintain patient in a clean safe environment (changing bed linens, dusting patient's room, patient's laundry, etc)
- Promotes mental alertness of patient through conversation and purposeful activity
- Measures and records fluid intake and output
- Promptly reports changes in the patient's condition, behavior, or appearance to the Home Health Nurse, and/or Supervisor of Patient Services
- Completes appropriate records on a daily basis in accordance with Agency policy and procedure
- Attends staff meeting and in-service programs as scheduled
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED preferred
- 6 month's documented experience in patient care
- Valid and current driver's license
- Social Security Card
- Auto insurance
- Clean background
- Certified as a home health aide by the State of Indiana