About this opportunity
Comfort Keepers lists this Home Health Aide opportunity in new york, New York. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
You are applying for work with a Comfort Keepers franchisee, not CK Franchising, Inc. or any of its affiliates. If hired, the franchisee will be your only employer. Franchisees are independent business owners who set their own wage and benefit programs that can vary among franchisees.
Job Classification:
Non-Exempt
Description:
Provides personal care and support services to clients in a Comfort Keepers established Personal Care Program
Requirements:
Minimum of 12 th grade education; high school diploma or GED preferred. Must demonstrate satisfactory completions of any stated mandated training. Applicant must be bondable and meet or exceed minimum qualifications for each of the following background checks: Criminal Background Investigation, Professional and Personal Reference Checks, and give permission to submit to random drug and alcohol testing. Must have reliable transportation and fulfill assignments with reliability and punctuality. Must be at least 18 years of age.
Must satisfactorily compete Comfort Keepers training and orientation program. Must accept responsibility for learning and adhering to Comfort Keepers policies and procedures, be able to function in the home setting with minimal direct supervision and maintain satisfactory relationships with administrative staff, clients, and family members. Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions and documentation services provided.
Must be genuinely concerned about helping people and have high moral standards of honesty and integrity.
Responsibilities:
Perform duties as assigned on the personal care Service Plan.
Assists the client in assisting activities of daily living by providing any of the Comfort Keepers approved personal care activities including, but not limited to bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming, oral hygiene, and/or ambulation.
Provides for a clean, safe, and healthy environment for clients and family members.
Provides light housekeeping tasks including laundering of client's garments and linens and changing the bed.
Assists in meeting nutritional needs by providing meal planning, meal preparation, grocery shopping, dishes, and kitchen clean-up.
Assists the client with ambulation/transfers as specified in the Plan of Care.
Reminds clients to take self-administered medications.
Observes and reports any changes in the client's mental, physical, or emotional condition or home situation to immediate supervisor in a timely manner.
Establishes and maintains effective communication and a professional relationship with clients, family members, and co-workers.
Participates in in-service and continuing education programs, staff meetings, and client conferences as requested by immediate supervisor.
Completed required documentation of services delivered, and submits to office in a timely manner according to policy.
Uses equipment and supplies safely and properly.
Maintains confidentiality regarding client information.
Other reasonable related duties as assigned.
Work Environment:
Client home setting
Position Physical Demands:
The work requires moderate physical exertion on a regular and recurring basis, such as assisting clients in transfer activities and ambulation, and light housekeeping. Regularly required to stand, sit, walk, talk, and hear, reach, kneel, and crouch. Lifting only up to 25 pounds is permitted and may be required. Additionally, caregivers may come in contact with blood or other body fluids, depending on their specific duties, and will be expected to protect against exposure to the same.
Worksite address
new york, NY, 10261, US
Who can apply
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