Caregiver, BrightStar - Inglewood, CA
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Measures and records patient’s fluid intake and output
- Provides daily routine care such as bathing, dressing and feeding
- Assists patients in active and passive range of motion, transferring, walking and turning
- Cleans rooms and makes patient beds
- Answers patient’s calls
- Converses with patients to provide assurance
- Assists in care and feeding of infants
- Manages supply inventory and supply requisitions
- Observes Universal Precautions
- Ability to follow written Nursing Care Plan
- Provides patient transportation to doctor appointments, outside activities and shopping
- Provides patient laundry and linen changes
- Light housekeeping
- Provides medication reminders
- Provides medical follow up with exercise regime
- Meal preparation, and clean up
Job Requirements
- EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE : Requires 1 year caregiver experience with an In-Home care or Home Healthagency
- TECHNICAL SKILLS : Requires familiarity with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS : Ability to write routine reports and correspondence as required by BrightStar guidelines as well as the ability to respond professionally and appropriately on behalf of BrightStar.
- BEHAVIORAL SKILLS : Requires the ability to prioritize complete work on time, be detail-oriented, exhibit a service orientation to clients and be team player with a positive attitude. Requires solid organizational skills, thoroughness and multi-tasking. Requires good interpersonal skills and exhibit a service orientation towards others. Must have the ability to demonstrate solid judgment about patient care. Must also demonstrate a sense of understanding and urgency for priorities. Requires the ability to appropriately troubleshoot and escalate where necessary.
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS : 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.
- Successful candidate must submit to post offer, pre-employment physical examination/medical history check, drug screening and background check.
- May be required to submit to annual TB and rubella screening. Ability to safely lift, and physically manipulate patients.
- Work is normally performed in a typical home environment
