Home Care Aide

Location

Cookeville, TN | United States

Job description

Home Care Aides at our Silver Angels of Tennessee - Putnam, TN office!

We have positions working both PRN and PT (which include a Benefits plan!)

These positions will be servicing: Pickett, Clay, Fentress, Overton, Jackson, Putnam, Cumberland, White, Dekalb, Morgan, Anderson, Roane, Loudon, Rhea, Meigs, and surrounding counties.

You can apply through the job posting or at our local office:
Silver Angels of Tennessee- Putnam, LLC
225 N. Willow Ave, Ste 6, Cookeville, TN 38501

Silver Angels is a valued partner of Signature HealthCARE, which is a family-based healthcare company that offers integrated services in 8 states across the continuum of care: skilled nursing, rehabilitation, assisted living, memory care, home health, cognitive care, and telemedicine.

How you will make a difference

• Provide assistance in client homes with activities of daily living, household cleaning and the maintenance of a safe home environment. Provide assistance with routine household chores and ensure balanced meals are prepared at or delivered to the home.

How you will spend your time

• Meet physical and sensory requirements stated below and be able to work in the described environment.
• Identify and participate in process improvement initiatives that improve the customer experience, enhance workflow, and/or improve the work environment.
• Provide personal care and assistance with activities of daily living (ADL) (i.e., grooming, bathing, feeding, toileting, oral care, nail care, dressing, etc.), as indicated by the treatment plan.
• Assist with homemaker services/routine household chores (i.e., dusting, sweeping/mopping floors, washing dishes, ironing, cleaning kitchen and bathrooms, providing laundry service, changing bed linen, etc.), as indicated.
• Plan, prepare, deliver meals, grocery shopping.
• Complete errands (i.e., getting a prescription filled, etc.).
• Provide companionship to clients.
• Follow assignment sheet for tasks.
• Ambulate and transfer clients, utilizing appropriate assistive devices and body mechanics.
• Provide reminders to take medication and loosen the cap (do not give medications).
• Complete proper documentation (date and place service provided, times service provided, actual service provided, etc.).
• Observe clients carefully and report changes in condition.
• Recognize client’s ability to make choices and support these within the constraints of care giving environment.
• Assist with the maintenance of a safe environment.
• Provide respite care, on a short-term basis, when there is an absence of, or need for, relief for the caregiver.
• Attend trainings/in-services as required.
• Other special projects and duties, as assigned.

The qualifications you will need

• Valid State Driver’s License (required if transporting clients or driving Company Vehicle) with no more than three (3) entries; counting accidents, moving violations, and failures to appear. All accidents are counted, regardless of fault. (Note: Convictions for DUI/DWI, refusal to test, reckless driving, hit and run or other felony convictions are unacceptable and disqualify the driver from driving on behalf of the facility regardless of the number of MVR entries.)
• High school diploma or GED, preferred.
• Highest level of professionalism with the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of organization and work well within a team environment in support of company objectives.
• Customer service oriented with the ability to work well under pressure.

Signature HealthCARE is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran and other protected categories. 

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Salary

$13.75 per hour