Care Giver (Live in St Francis Bay)

SUMMARY:
We are looking for a qualified and well-trained care giver for a live in position in St Francis bay. You need to be knowledgeable, compassionate and patient to understand clients needs and wants.

POSITION INFO:

Duties 

• Create plans to fulfill patients’ physical and emotional demands and ensure their comfort on a constant level.
• Engage patients in conversation to understand their physical and mental challenges.
• Provide physical assistance such as help with washing, bathing, toileting, and grooming
• Plan and prepare nutritious meals according to each patient’s health plan.
• Assist in partaking meals and ensure that medication is administered in a time-efficient manner.
• Provide emotional support, by counseling patients and encouraging them to be positive.
• Handle groceries and bill paying activities and ensure that family members are made aware of all transactions.
• To observe patients constantly and ensure that any changes in physical or emotional health are communicated to the family or doctor.
• Assist patients to doctors’ appointments and recreational activities and encourage them to participate.
• Must be able to handle emergency situations with tact by ensuring that First Aid and CPR procedures are handled appropriately.
• Assist with therapeutic procedures such as massages and physical therapy
• Ascertain that patients’ surroundings are kept sanitized, clean and comfortable at all times.

Physiotherapy treatment may include exercises on how to increase or maintain:

• Mobility, such as walking and standing without an aid
• The length of tightened muscles
• The range of movement of your joints
• Stamina and exercise tolerance. This can also help to reduce fatigue.
• Balance to help improve confidence and reduce the risk of falling
• Positioning to achieve the best posture possible
• Supportive devices, such as a wheelchair, orthotic devices or other adaptive equipment
• Hydrotherapy treatment

 

 

NB! This job is now closed. You can apply for other jobs by uploading your CV.

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