Come work near Loma Linda, CA, with the very best care team on the planet! With a team of caregivers in a private residence, you’ll be taking care of my husband, a patient who is paralyzed with a fully functioning mind. You’ll get hands-on experience & comprehensive training with ventilators, trachs, g-tubes, and more. This is an extraordinary opportunity—our caregivers are amazing—and so are the multitude of helpers you’ll meet. If you’re not looking for a longer-term type of commitment, please do not apply.
Features
- Hourly rate is $23-$27+ once you are fully trained (training rate starts between $19-$22 based on experience). We frequently review your progress in learning the skills and give pay increases accordingly. You must be able to do all of the care skills to make the upper range of pay. If you have respiratory therapist experience, the rate can be higher.
- 1.5 times pay for overtime (more than 8 hrs/day) and for some holidays.
- Paid breaks.
- Paid sick leave (40 hours per year).
- Paid training is included. Applicants who have experience with trachs, g-tubes, ventilators, and hoyer lifts are preferred—but this experience is not required (training is provided).
- The job is 20-30 hours per week. Additional hours (day and night) are frequently available. We are not taking students unless you’re taking online courses and have a very flexible schedule (ie you are able to put this job first).
- We use a rotating schedule. Shifts are:
– Morning: 4am to noon
– Day: shifts vary in length from 5 to 9 hours between 7:30am and 8pm.
– Night: 8pm to 4am
We typically book the schedule 1-2 months in advance to help you plan.
Job requirements
- Be fluent in English.
- Be serious about this patient’s care and be professional; even though he becomes close friends with his caregivers over time, he is not seeking companionship or entertainment. He works on his computer with eye-gaze technology most of the day and night.
- Due to the height of his bed, be a minimum of 5’4″ tall and be in good physical condition.
- Work a mix of shifts on weekdays, weeknights, weekend days, weekend nights, and holidays.
- Critical thinking skills are a must. You must be able to assess a situation and identify when procedure changes are needed and quickly adapt to them.
- Have one of the following: caregiving experience outside of caring for a family member -OR- training or experience in the medical field.
Job duties
- Monitoring patient while he is awake and asleep
- Interpreting the patient’s facial expression to identify his needs
- Rolling the patient, positioning patient, and getting him comfortable; you must be strong enough to be able to position him quickly for an airway clearing
- Suctioning patient’s mouth & trach as needed to clear his airway
- Clearing rainout in vent tubing and positioning the vent on the patient
- Understanding equipment alarms and settings
- Operating and positioning the patient’s laptop
- Using a letterboard for communication with the patient
- Moving the patient’s joints for range of motion
- Feeding and administering meds through a g-tube
- Performing daily percussion and lung care
- Performing daily cleaning of g-tube and trach tube areas
- Giving the patient sponge baths and daily skin care
- Cleaning up BMs
- Using medical machines and equipment, including: hoyer, power chair, hospital bed, nebulizers, ventilators, cough assists, percussors, suction machines, urinal, and eye-gaze communication equipment
- Placing the sling and transferring the patient to his wheelchair
- Prepping the patient’s meals, washing feeding equipment, and light housework
To apply
To apply, fill out the form below. We’re looking forward to hearing from you and will typically be in touch with you within 48 hours. We are so excited to meet and work with our next amazing caregiver!
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