Caregiver

Hillcrest At Home • Full-time • Knoxville, TN, US • 4w ago

Our recruitment goal is to hire long-term care team members who focus on quality care and excellent employee relations.

It requires caring, dedicated employees to minister to the needs of this country's ever growing senior population. We empower our staff to fulfill this mission.

Hillcrest Healthcare strives to find Rehab employees who embrace the concept of socialization for every resident and acknowledge that the healing process and long-term health stability relies on Whole Person Care.

Mission: Everyone Matters! Our mission is to respect, preserve the dignity, and celebrate the lives of those we serve.

Vision: Hillcrest Healthcare will lead the way in innovative approaches to delivering excellence in long-term care and will be the provider of choice.

Value Statement: We will serve with dedication, pride, humility, and integrity.

Description

¨Provide service to individuals in their own homes and communities, who need assistance caring for themselves as a result of old age, sickness, disability, and/or other inflictions. Caregivers may include assistance with the Activities of Daily Living, light housecleaning, laundry, meal preparation, transportation, companionship, respite, and advice on such things as cleanliness and household activities.

¨Responsible for ensuring service is delivered in a caring and respectful manner, in accordance with Hillcrest at Home’s policies, procedures, practices and industry standards.

Reporting Relationship

¨Reports to Director or Supervisor

Responsibilities/Activities:

This agency expects their employees to promote an atmosphere of teamwork with other employees and

hospitality and comfort for its clients.Therefore, the following list(s) of activities, responsibilities, skills,

abilities are not all-inclusive.

¨Assist with the Activities of Daily Living and personal care including:

-bathing- shaving- ambulation

-mouth care- dressing- exercise

-hair care- feeding- toileting

-nail care- positioning- medication reminders

-skin care- transferring

¨Ensure client’s safety and security by supervising the home environment.

¨Perform meal planning and preparation as needed, routine housekeeping activities such as making/changing beds, dusting, vacuuming, washing floors, cleaning kitchen and bathroom, and doing general laundry.

¨Provide companionship including social interactions, conversations, emotional reassurance, and encouragement of activities that stimulate the mind.

¨Provides respite care for families in accordance with approved care plans.

¨Perform/assist with essential shopping/errands, which may include handling the client’s money in accordance with the care plan and under the observation of your Supervisor.

¨Escort clients to medical facilities, errands, shopping, and outings as specified in the care plan, as needed.

¨Assist clients with communication by writing or typing correspondence for them.

¨Participate on the Care Team by providing input and making suggestions.

¨Follow the written care plan and evaluate the plan and make recommendations if necessary.

¨Carry out duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

¨Observe clients and their environments and reports unsafe conditions to Supervisor.

¨Observe clients and their environments and reports behavior, physical and/or cognitive changes and/or changes in living arrangements to Supervisor.

¨Complete and maintain records of daily activities, observations, and direct hours of service.

¨Attend orientation, in-service training sessions and staff meetings.

¨Develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with others.

¨Make decisions and solve problems.

¨Communicate with Supervisor and co-workers.

¨Performs other duties as required.

Required Knowledge

¨Knowledge of personal care and home management skills.

¨Knowledge of principles and processes for providing client/caregiver type services.

¨Knowledge of the English language.

¨Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat injuries including CPR and emergency first aid.

¨Knowledge of clerical procedures such as maintaining records and completing forms.

Required Skills/Abilities

¨The ability to competently assist clients with their activities of daily living.

¨The ability to be aware of other people’s reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

¨The ability to establish and maintain relationships.

¨The ability to teach others and listen actively.

¨The ability to identify problems and determine effective solutions.

¨The ability to apply reason and logic to identify strengths and weaknesses of possible solutions.

¨The ability to monitor and assess themselves, clients, and effectiveness of service.

¨The ability to understand written and oral instructions.

¨The ability to communicate information orally so others understand.

¨The ability to communicate in writing so others understand.

¨The ability to work independently and in cooperation with others.

¨The ability to determine or recognize when something is likely to go wrong.

¨The ability to observe and recognize changes in clients.

¨The ability to establish and maintain harmonious relations with clients/families/co-workers.

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