Home Health Aide Caregiver

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.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides personal care including oral hygiene, skin, hair and nail care, and shaving male patients
• Assists with positioning patients to maintain proper body alignment and skin integrity
• Assists with simple exercise programs, transfers, ambulation, and activity as directed by the Home Health Nurse
• Assists patient with medications which are ordinarily self-administered
• Assists patient with use of toilet facilities and durable equipment, bedpan, and commode
• Takes and records blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration
• Assists patient to achieve maximum self-reliance through relearning and modifying activities of daily living
• Plans and prepares nutritious meals, including special diets when required
• Performs household tasks essential to maintain patient in a clean safe environment (changing bed linens, dusting patient's room, patient's laundry, etc)
• Promotes mental alertness of patient through conversation and purposeful activity
• Measures and records fluid intake and output
• Promptly reports changes in the patient's condition, behavior, or appearance to the Home Health Nurse, and/or Supervisor of Patient Services
• Completes appropriate records on a daily basis in accordance with Agency policy and procedure
• Attends staff meeting and in-service programs as scheduled

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• 6 month's documented experience in patient care
• Valid and current driver's license
• Social Security Card
• Auto insurance
• TB record(s) within 1 year
• Recent physical within last 6 months
• Clean background
• Certified as a home health aide by the State of Indiana

Benefits available:

• 401K
• Paid vacation after 1 year of continuous employment
• Fuel incentives
• Mini-Med, Vision, Dental available

How to apply:

• Stop by office to fill out an application and take the mandated state test
  • Monday, Tuesday, or Friday: 10am-4pm
  • See Receptionist upon entering office