Attendant/Adult Care Partner - Gilmer, TX

Job Summary 

A compassionate and reliable Attendant/ Adult Care Partner provides essential support and personalized care to clients. The primary goal is to enhance the client's quality of life, maintain a safe and clean environment, and provide respectful assistance while promoting their dignity and independence. Care is provided in accordance with the Individualized Service Plan (ISP). 

Job Qualifications 
Education: High school graduate/GED preferred 
Experience: Six months of working as a Personal Attendant preferred but not required
Skills: Must be competent to provide personal assistance services as demonstrated by experience or testing. Must possess strong interpersonal skills, a compassionate attitude, patience, empathy, and integrity.

Transportation: Reliable transportation and if driving, valid and current driver’s license and auto liability insurance.

Environmental/Working Conditions: Works in a home environment under various conditions and temperatures; clients might have pets; must be able to lift, transfer, and support clients who may be overweight or disabled; must be able to move about in the home, stand for prolonged periods of time. Some exposure to unpleasant weather; exposure to stressful situations related to interpersonal contact with clients and their family, as well as for meeting deadlines so must remain calm and courteous; may be exposed to infections, blood, and/or bodily fluids so will use Standard Precautions. 

Essential Functions
1.    Assist client in the activities of daily living including, but not limited to: bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and oral hygiene.    
2.    Supervises clients during activities to enable client to function safely.    
3.    Maintain compliance with all At Home Health policies, procedures and guidelines as stated now or as amended. Maintain compliance with all state and federal laws and regulatory requirements.    
4.    Immediately reports to Supervisor all significant changes in client’s environment, behaviors, and circumstances.    
5.    Keep constant communication with your supervisor with updates regarding schedule changes immediately as they take place.    
6.    Always communicate with clients and their family respectfully and in a professional manner.    
7.    Responsible for monitoring client environment and identifying any potential safety hazards; takes appropriate actions to eliminate hazard or report potential hazard to supervisor.    
8.    As applicable, accurately logs time and participates in the use of EVV system which is used to monitor time worked; otherwise accurately and timely completes paper timesheets and completes other documentation as required by HHS or At Home Health.    
9.    Attend meetings and training as required.    
10.    Performs other duties as assigned    

Physical, Mental, Miscellaneous Demands
   1.    Prolonged sitting required, with the ability to operate office equipment which may include heavy lifting, bending, and standing.
   2.    Requires the ability to handle stressful situations in a calm and courteous manner at all times.  If required to make patient visits, prolonged standing and walking required, with the ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and move patients.  
   3.    Requires working under some stressful conditions to meet deadlines and Agency needs.
   4.    Must have and maintain valid Driver’s License, and proof of current valid auto liability insurance.
   5.    Requires ability to use up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds continuously to move objects.
   6.    Work deals mostly with areas such as preparing and reading data and figures, records, reports, visual inspection involving small details. Although important, depth perception and field of vision (peripheral) are not as critical as the ability to distinguish small details and markings very near to the observer.
   7.    Requires ability to grasp, pull, push, carry or otherwise manipulate objects; ability to perform tasks requiring action of muscles or groups of muscles and foot and/or hand-eye coordination.
   8.    Requires ability to communicate clearly and make self-understood effectively in face-to-face interactions; articulate with accuracy to communicate using phone. 
   9.    Requires ability to hear and receive verbal instructions correctly, answer phones, communicate professionally with people in situations with some background noise.
   10.    Requires ability to concentrate on fine detail with frequent interruption; ability to focus attention on tasks for 10-20 minutes at a time on a continuous basis, 20-60 minutes on occasion.
   11.    Requires ability to understand and relate to specific ideas one at a time and to the concepts behind specific ideas; ability to remember verbal and written tasks/assignments from a few hours to several day periods. 
   12.    Position requires sitting approximately 60% of time standing/stooping/bending/ climbing approximately 20% of time; and walking approximately 20% of time.
   13.    Excellent computer software skills necessary to produce accurate documents and materials required.
   14.    Working knowledge of MS Office, Excel or similar software required. Proficient knowledge preferred.
   15.    Requires ability to work effectively under minimal supervision; exercise excellent, sound professional judgment and maintain confidentiality.
   16.    Ability to work well both independently and with others in a shared environment while maintaining a courteous and positive attitude in all situations.