Lead Caregiver

JOB SUMMARY:  This caregiver position will be focusing on our new client startups. The position will require a very good set of caregiving skills, experience and the ability to be flexible regarding your daily tasks and responsibilities.  Responsibilities will include care giving, caregiver training, caregiver introductions, client visits and care evaluations, office administrative tasks and on call phone work. The position will be a fulltime position. 

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

·         Provides onsite caregiving with initial focus on new client startups.

·         Participates in on call / off hours coverage of phones and available caregiver.

·         Provides fill in caregiving when normal care givers may call off on a shift or have scheduled time off.

·         Performs on site caregiver training and evaluation visits.   Care giver performance, standard of care and current care plan will be evaluated, documented and communicated to Client Care Manger.

·         Conducts client caregiver introductions.

·         Document care / issues/ events in ClearCare and in client / caregiver files.

·         Conducts client and caregiver in home training visits on a predetermined schedule for the purposes of care plan compliance and the evaluating quality of care and going forward care plan updates.

·         Acts as a liaison between RAH caregiver, RAH clients, client families, office staff, and outside contacts.

·         Pro-actively learns the scheduling role and is able to actively back up this position in times of vacation or illness to the primary scheduler.

·         Actively engages in training and new hire orientation when required.

·         Protect company records and property.

·         Participate in educational opportunities in health care.

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ABILITIES / AVAILABILITY

·         Ability and flexibility including evenings and weekends for off standard hours duties such as introductions, pop ins and shift coverage.  The intent is this is no less than a 40 hour/week position.

·         Reliable transportation, clean (insurable) driving record, and the ability to plan in home visitations with overall efficiency relative to location and priority.

·         Excellent perceptive listening skills, recording information in written format.

·         Proficient with Clear Care.

·         Read, write, clearly speak, and understand English.

·         Good organizational skills and ability to properly prioritize and multi-task.

·         Ability to work autonomously making sound judgment while following standards and guidelines.

QUALIFICAITONS:  4 to 5 years of practical in-home caregiving experience.

In no way are these qualifications and job requirements intended to be an all-inclusive representation of the qualifications needed for this position.  The Lead Caregiver will perform all other duties and activities as requested by Right at Home management team that are reasonable for a person of this staff/management level.