Caregiver, Home Health Aide, Healthcare Nursing

Caregivers employed at Antelope Creek Living Center support and provide direct care and behavior intervention to residents as described in each resident's service plan. Caregivers are responsible for activities of daily living and medication assistance. Caregivers also assist with daily housekeeping and meal service.

• Assist residents with personal care and grooming, including bathing, hair care, assistance with clothing and dressing, oral care, toileting, basic skin and nail care.
• Assist with bowel and bladder care, which may include helping the resident to and from the bathroom, assisting with incontinence care, and aiding with peri care as needed.
• Assist the resident in taking medication prescribed by a medical doctor in a timely manner. Assist with self‑administration of routine eye care (caregiver must complete the Medication Assistance class before performing this task). As a medication aid you are responsible for properly documenting and updating medication assistance records, as well as informing administration and nursing of any changes or concerns.
• Assist in preparing and serving meals to residents, ensuring special attention is given to those with food allergies or special diets.
• At times you may be asked to accompany a resident to a doctor or medical appointment or assist with shopping and activities.
• Assist with housekeeping tasks, including changing bed linens, rearranging furniture, laundry, sweeping and mopping, vacuuming, making beds, dishes, emptying trash, cleaning refrigerator, small appliances, bathrooms, and kitchen.
• Take, measure, and record vital signs, height, weight, and food/fluid intake and output.
• Observe and report signs of disability, illness, and changes in condition or behavior in the residents. Perform daily charting of tasks completed on progress notes.
• Keep utility areas, shared spaces, and shower rooms in order.
• Deliver supplies, equipment, food, and correspondence to and from other areas on the campus.
• Report environmental hazards and observe infection control measures and oxygen safety to meet safety needs.
• Perform maintenance exercise regimens.
• Communicate effectively with residents, families, visitors, and staff.
• Meet the needs of residents with special conditions, such as mental illness, developmental disabilities, and behavior disorders.
• Complete 16 hours of in‑service per year.
• Assist residents with comfort and anxiety relief.
• Promote resident safety and environmental cleanliness.
• Document tasks performed for residents.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be eighteen (18) years old, have a high school diploma or GED, or demonstrate the ability to perform each essential task satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Write simple and understandable correspondence.
• Communicate effectively and present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to customers, residents, and other employees.

• Add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Compute rate and percent.

• Apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Follow verbal and written instructions.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk; frequently must use hands to finger, handle or feel;

reach with hands and arms; talk, hear and smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel and crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to adjust focus.

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