1 Heritage Caregiver Job in Kalamazoo, MI
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo is Hiring a Heritage Caregiver Near Kalamazoo, MI
- Flexible schedule
- Get paid as you earn with PayActive
- Other time off including sick time, paid holidays & more
- Health, Dental & Vison insurance
- Referral program
- Opportunities for Advancement
- Retirement Plan with contribution match
- Recognize fellow employees (or be recognized) with WOW Bucks that are redeemed for gift cards
The Heritage Caregiver'spriority will be the delivery of personal/supportive care to clients orresidents in their homes. These visits can include on and off campus. Duties such as bathing, feeding, grooming, medicationreminders, household tasks, and more upon request. Duties performed at a place of residence may includekeeping house (making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes) and preparing mealsto support the client's ability to remain at home. When not performinghomecare duties, the Caregiver provides services for residents of our on-sitecommunities as described below. This position pays $15.45 an hour. This rate does not include shift differentials and other pay incentives.
MajorResponsibilities
The Heritage Caregiver will:
- Administers bedside and personal care such as ambulationand personal hygiene assistance
- Prepares and maintains records of client progress andservices performed, reporting changes in client condition to the Director
- Performs housekeeping duties such as cooking, cleaning,washing clothes and dishes, and running errands
- Performs health care-related tasks such as monitoring vitalsigns and medication under the direction of the Director
- Participates in development and implementationof client's care plan with the Director
- Maintains a clean, safe, and orderly environment
- Uses proper infection control methods inclient's environment per Heritage guidelines
- Assists client with medications as designated bythe Director
- Must have reliabletransportation to and from client's residents, to run errands or forincidental transportation
- Must possess a strong service orientation,including active listening, critical thinking skills, and close monitoring ofclients
- Comfortablein an environment in which patients/clients cannot perform activities of daily living
- Understanding of basic concepts of personal care,housekeeping and other care areas
- Must be over 18 years old
- High School Diploma or GED
- Must have a valid in-state driver's license, provide current registration and insurance, pass a motor vehicle background check
- Ability to stand for prolong periods of time
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times
Job Summary
Full Time
$26k-32k (estimate)
04/30/2024
05/13/2024
heritagecommunity.com
KALAMAZOO, MI
50 - 100
1945
JIM KNEEN
$10M - $50M
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About Heritage Community of Kalamazoo
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo offers a continuum of care that encompasses every need from maintenance-free senior apartment living to full-time skilled nursing care that celebrates life and honors the soul. Heritage Community is a vibrant retirement home community of older adults that is rooted in a 60-year tradition of generations caring for one another. Over the years, we have grown to include seven Michigan Senior Housing communities designed to meet the vastly different needs of Kalamazoo's older adults: Wyndham Apartments Directors Hall Wyndham West Amber Way Amber Place Upjohn Care and... Rehabilitation Center Still led by a volunteer board of directors, Heritage Community of Kalamazoo is the oldest and only locally governed nonprofit Michigan senior housing community in Kalamazoo. Today, Heritage Community of Kalamazoo continues to be an innovator in customer-focused care for older adults in the Kalamazoo community. We are an organization of people who celebrate life and honor the soul: a continuum of caring.
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