Consumer Directed Service Attendant (CDS
Office Hannibal, MO Hannibal, Missouri
CDS ATTENDANTS GET PAID $15 per hour!
If youre seeking a rewarding career in health care, At Home Care is the place for you! OurGREAT MANAGERS believe YOU matter and YOUR voice is heard!
We offer our At Home Care family:
- Top pay wage scale
- Flexible scheduling to fit your lifestyle
- Tuition Scholarships
- Weekly Pay and Direct Deposit
- Paid Travel
- Home Health Aide education
- Short commute times - we try to match you to work opportunities near your home.
Job Purpose: The basic function of a Consumer Directed Service (CDS) Attendant is to perform tasks such as activities of daily living, and household tasks.
Job Responsibilities:
- Planning, preparation and clean-up of meals
- Giving bed baths or assist with shower or tub bath
- Assist with oral care such as brushing teeth or denture care when participant is unable.
- Giving assistance to and from the bed to a wheelchair, walker or chair when a participant is weight bearing.
- Assisting the participants with ordinarily self-administered medications (open bottles, get water)
- Light housekeeping
- Laundering clothes and linens;
- Making beds and changing sheets;
- Shopping for essential items (e.g., groceries, cleaning supplies, etc.);
- Assist with Ostomy Care, assist with catheter care, perform bowel programs, administer non-injectable meds, assist with Insulin set-up and perform vital signs and weights
Skills/Education:
- Must be 18 years of age
- A minimum of one year experience of direct patient care with either a Skilled Nursing facility or an In-Home Care Agency in preferred.
- Must also be able to help assist the patient with walking through use of a cane, walker or gait belt throughout the facility or clients home.
EOE
