Caregiver Overnight Shift

Caregiver Needed for 10‑12 hour Overnight Shift

Description: This position provides custodial and personal care services to clients that contract with Assisting Hands for services under the direction of the Staffing Coordinator in compliance with the Plan of Care.

Education: High School Diploma/GED required.

Qualifications: One (1) year experience in the home or long‑term care setting is preferred.

Reports to: Staffing Coordinator.

Primary Duties:

• Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment within client’s residence. Duties may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, sleeping and living areas, washing client’s dishes or laundry, and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety.
• Performing all personal care activities contained in a written Plan of Care, including assisting the client with personal hygiene, ambulation and exercise, eating, dressing, shaving, physical transfer, and other duties as assigned.
• Providing nutritional support as needed.
• Reporting changes in the client’s condition.
• Other activities determined necessary and trained on for a specific client, including: assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair, walker, or hoyer lift; prescribed range‑of‑motion exercises; teaching household routine and skills to family members; measuring intake and output of fluids; measuring and recording vital signs; keeping records of personal health care activities; observing behavioral changes in the client and reporting to the agency supervisor.
• Assisting the client with the self‑administration of medication, limited to the following tasks:
  • Taking the medication in its dispensed, properly labeled container from storage and bringing it to the client.
  • In the presence of the client, reading the label, opening the container, removing a prescribed amount of medication, and closing the container, then placing an oral dosage in the client’s hand or in another container and helping the client lift the container to his or her mouth.
  • Returning the medication container to proper storage.
  • Keeping a record of when a client receives assistance with self‑administration of medication.
• Providing assistance with self‑administrated medication, as needed:
  • Preparing necessary items such as juice, water, cups, or spoons to assist the client in the self‑administration of medication.
  • Opening and closing the medication container or tearing the foil of prepackaged medications.
  • Assisting the client in the self‑administration process, e.g., steadying the arm or hand.
  • Abiding by the agency’s infection control policies, including proper hand‑washing techniques consistent with CDC guidelines.
  • Abiding by all policies and procedures outlined in the agency’s Policy and Procedure Manual, Caregiver Handbook, and Caregiver Training Manual.

Hours: Dependent on assignment; shifts available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Assisting Hands does not guarantee hours.

FLSA Status: Non‑exempt, hourly.

• Mileage/Travel Time Reimbursements
• Referral bonus for new clients & caregivers
• Flexible schedules
• More!