Job Information
SERVE LINK HOME CARE INC Home Care Aide - Caldwell in Hamilton, Missouri
Essential
Functions:
- Changes bed linens, washes and irons client's laundry, and cleans client's quarters.
- Cleans kitchen and bath fixtures and appliances, dusts and sweeps floors.
- Purchases, prepares, and serves food for client, may require following special prescribed diets.
- Assists clients into and out of bed, wheelchair, to lavatory, and up and down stairs.
- Assists clients with dressing, bathing, toileting and grooming.
- Assists with mobility and transfer for partial weight-bearing clients .
- Reads and writes essential correspondence for clients unable to do so for themselves.
- Entertains client, reads aloud, and plays cards or other games with client in cases involving respite care.
- Performs variety of miscellaneous duties as requested such as obtaining household supplies and running essential errands.
- Maintains records of services performed and of apparent condition of client.
- Attends regular in-services on relevant care topics .
The following additional duties apply to Home Care Aides providing advanced personal care only and are supervised by a Registered Nurse in addition to the In-Home Coordinator:
- Hygiene care of persons with ostomies and catheters.
- Administering bowel programs.
- Application of aseptic dressings.
- Assistance with non-injectable medicines .
- Passive range of motion.
- Assistance with use of transfer devices.
Additional
Responsibilities:
Performs other related duties as assigned or
requested.
Conforms to all applicable Serve Link Home Care, Inc. policies and procedures. Participates actively in continuing education and in-services.
Maintains confidentiality of patient information and business trade
practices.
Assumes accountability for reporting incidents and complaints according to Serve Link Home Care, Inc.
policy.
Minimum Position
Qualifications:
Education:
High school diploma or
GED
*Experience: *