Homespire Careers

Description

Location: Now Hiring Caregivers in Salt Lake County, Utah County, and Davis County 

Position Functions and Responsibilities

• Honors Client Confidentiality, Rights, Privacy, and Reporting Maltreatment Expectations
• Be able to demonstrate competency in all areas of training for personal care
• Maintain a minimum of six hours of in-service per year

• Self-administration of medications by reminding the client to take medications, and opening containers for the client;
• Housekeeping
• Personal grooming and dressing
• Eating and meal preparation
• Oral hygiene and denture care
• Toileting and toilet hygiene
• Arranging for medical and dental care including transportation to and from the appointment
• taking and recording oral temperatures
• Administering emergency first aid
• Providing or arranging for social interaction
• Providing transportation
• Documenting observations and services in the individual client record.

Qualifications

• Prefer a minimum of 1 year of caregiving experience (Home Care, Assisted Living/Memory Care, Skilled Nursing/Nursing Home, Hospital, or Hospice) or be an active nursing student.
• Prefer High School Diploma.
• Minimum of 18 years of age.
• Ability to read, write, and speak the English language.
• Ability to pass a written and skill competency examination.
• Ability to use a smart phone or tablet
• Ability to read and follow written instructions and document care given.
• Self-directing with the ability to work with little direct supervision.
• Empathy for the needs of the ill, injured, frail and the impaired.
• Demonstrates tact, patience and good personal hygiene.
• Prefer Licensed driver with automobile that is insured in accordance with Homespire requirements and is in good working order.

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