**Caregiver - Home Care - PT All Shifts**

**Description**

**Hey Bismarck, Home Care Companions** is currently seeking compassionate, dedicated and fun-loving individuals to join our team as **Caregivers. Home Care Companions is the home care division of Edgewood Healthcare, a company serving seniors since 1993.**

As a Caregiver at Home Care Companions, you would be responsible for providing excellent client care, **supporting our seniors in maintaining and improving their day-to-day abilities, while helping foster their independence and confidence at home** .

Join a team that puts **HEART** into everything we do! We **CARE** from the heart, **SERVE** from the heart and **OPEN** our hearts to the clients, families and teammates we support each day. Enjoy all of this, in a fun, fast-paced environment, plus opportunities for professional development!

Edgewood's mission is to create an environment that provides our caregivers with the many benefits of working alongside a strong team, but also provides each team member some **autonomy, flexible hours and shifts, control over their own schedule and manageable client care loads.** If youre looking for a place to grow and make a positive impact, apply with us today. Quality care starts with you!

Caregivers are responsible for providing support with activities of daily living, such as personal care (bathing, dressing, grooming) and light homemaking (meal preparation, washing dishes, dusting, making beds) for clients residing in their homes.

**Specific responsibilities may include but are not limited to:**

* Travel to client's homes while building a valued rapport with the clients served.

* Report all changes in the client's condition.

* Assist clients with bath functions (i.e., dressing/undressing, bed/bath, tub or shower bath, etc.), hair care functions (i.e., combing, brushing, shampooing, etc.), nail care (i.e., clipping, trimming, and cleaning the finger/toenails), and shaving.

* Prepare clients for meals, serve food trays and assist with feeding as necessary, record the client's food/fluid intake and report changes in his/her eating habits. Perform after meal care (i.e., remove trays, clean hands, face, clothing, take to bathroom, brush teeth, clean dentures, etc.).

**Minimum Requirements**

**A successful candidate will possess the following:**

* Must be at least 18 years of age.

* Ability to read, write, and verbally report clinical information to clients, representatives, and caregivers, as well as to other home health staff.

* Experience working with the elderly strongly preferred.

* Have dependable transportation and appropriate license to operate vehicle.

Edgewood offers a competitive salary and benefits package for qualifying employees.

***Edgewood maintains a drug-free work environment and offers of employment are contingent upon successfully completing and passing a drug and alcohol test.***