Benefits

Job Description

This position provides custodial, companion, and personal care to clients that contract with Assisting Hands for services under the direction of the Agency Administrator and/or Scheduling Supervisor in compliance with the Plan of Care.

Education

High School Diploma/GED preferred; CNA experience also preferred

Qualifications

Must be 18 years of age or older, have a Valid Driver's License and Valid Auto Insurance (if providing transportation), be able to pass a background check and have at least one (1) year experience in the home or long-term care setting is preferred.

Reports to: Staffing Supervisor

Primary Duties

1. Assist Care Recipients with Major Life Activities:
   1. Self-care.
   2. Receptive and expressive language.
   3. Learning.
   4. Mobility.
   5. Self-direction.
   6. Capacity for independent living; or
   7. Economic self-sufficiency.
2. Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment within the client's residence. Duties may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, straightening the sleeping, and living areas, washing client's dishes or laundry, and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client.
3. The performance of all personal care activities contained in a written Plan of Care which may include assisting the client with personal hygiene, ambulation and exercise, eating, dressing, shaving, physical transfer, and other duties as assigned.
4. Providing nutritional support as needed.
5. Reporting changes in the client’s condition.
6. Other activities as taught and overseen periodically by agency supervisor for a specific client and are restricted to the following:
   1. Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair, walker, or Hoyer lift.
   2. Assisting the client with the self-administration of medication, limited to the following tasks:
      1. Loosening the cap on a pill bottle for oral medication.
      2. Opening pill reminder box if the box is filled by the service recipient or authorized representative or licensed medical personnel practicing within the scope of their license;
      3. Placing medication within reach of the service recipient.
      4. Holding a service recipient’s hand steady to help them with drinking liquid medications.
      5. Guiding the service recipient’s hand when the individual is applying eye/ear/nose drops and wiping the excess liquid.
      6. Helping with a nasal cannula or mask for oxygen, plugging the machine in and turning it on.
      7. Applying non-prescription cream and lotions purchased over the counter to external parts of the body.
7. Abides by the agency’s infection control policies, including proper hand washing techniques consistent with CDC and OSHA Guidelines. Practice infection control procedures and standard precautions that will protect the service recipient from infectious diseases.
8. Abides by all policies and procedures outlined in the agency’s Personnel Policy and Procedure Manual, Employee Handbook, and Training Manual.

Hours: Dependent on assignment; Shifts available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week and based on availability. I understand that Assisting Home Care does not guarantee hours