Job Information
Maxim Healthcare Direct Care Worker in Hawley, Pennsylvania
Spanish speaking encouraged to apply.
Benefits
- *FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE *
- *Paid Training *
- *Medical Benefits Available *
- Competitive Pay
Responsibilities
- Provides assistance to assigned consumers under supervision determined by the contracting facility; this may include:
- Bathing (tub, shower, bed bath)
- Oral hygiene care including denture care
- Shampoo/hair care
- Nail care; cleaning, filing
- Shaving
- Dressing and undressing
- Toileting activities, including use of bedpan, urinal, bedside commode
- Emptying Foley Catheter drainage bag
- Applying lotion
- Skin care
- Emptying and care of stoma appliances
- Positioning/turning
- Assisting with ambulation and transfer activities, including:
- Transferring in/out of bed, including the use of mechanical lifting equipment with applicable
- Transferring to chair, wheel chair, toilet, bedside commode
- Assisting or providing stand-by assistance with ambulation
- Assisting with walker, cane, crutches, or other ambulation assistance devises
- Assisting with prescribed passive or active Range of Motion (ROM) exercises or other prescribed exercises when patient and the Direct Support Professional have been instructed by the appropriate health professional
- Assisting with nutritional and dietary needs, including: Preparing meals, serving meal(s), Feeding consumers to ensure adequate nutrition and fluid intake, Washing/drying dishes
- Providing for safe and sanitary environment, including: Making bed, changing linen as needed, Dusting and tidying room used by consumer, Washing consumer's personal clothing (if facilities available)
- Utilizing basic infection control technique and procedures:
- Reminding consumer to take medications
- Maintaining consumer confidentiality
- Encouraging consumer control and promoting the independent living philosophy
- Other Direct Support Professional duties as assigned
Requirements
- Be at least (18) years of age; and
- Have graduated from high school or acquired a GED
- Ability to read and write proficiently in English
- Reliable transportation
- Current CPR card