Caregiver / CNA / Patient Care Attendant

Job Description

Job Description

Caregiver - Full-Time

Join our team and make a difference to your community. We specialize in caring for residents with complex medical conditions including diabetes, heart and lung disease, dementia and cancer. At McKinley Care, we listen to the needs of our residents. We work with our community members to customize options that will help them lead the lives they want.

This opportunity for a Caregiver who will assist clients in setting and attaining short and long term goals in becoming as independent as possible and utilizes a team approach by sharing insights and information while accepting the same from other team members.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

• Ensure patient administers medication
• Responsible for simple computer based patient charting (point and click, no typing)
• Provide residents with assistance in activities of daily living (ADL's), including but not limited to, walking, dressing, eating, bathing, toileting, and transferring between bed and chair, shower chair and wheelchair
• Escort patients to and from medical appointments, obtain paperwork from physicians, assist with getting prescriptions
• Assist residents with making their bed and AM / PM care
• Change bed linens weekly or as needed
• Vacuum and perform general housekeeping duties in residents' room and in common areas
• Serve meals
• Launder, sort, and put away clothes
• Supervise self-administration of medications
• Must be flexible with services provided for each resident and carefully follow each individual's care plan provided for them
• Maintains resident records in keeping with company and state guidelines
• Adheres to the policies and procedures of the company
• Monitors day-to-day resident progress
• Perform basic office duties, be a presence at the front desk, and be available to address resident concerns while on duty
• Complete required initial training and ongoing continuing training in a timely manner

KEY WORK RELATIONSHIPS

Caregivers will establish and maintain positive, ethical, and professional working relationships with clinical team members, clients, and outside organizations. Relates to a wide variety of people including members of ethnic and sexual minority populations and is respectful of individual and cultural differences.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

POST JOB OFFER REQUIREMENTS

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

If interested, please apply at https : / / mckinleycare.applicantpool.com /

Disclaimer : This is not to be an exclusive list of all responsibilities', duties, and skills required of the person in this job. McKinley Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Successful candidate must pass, comply and adhere to McKinley Care Drug and Alcohol policy / testing requirements and pass a thorough background check including fingerprinting.