If you’re a smart, adaptable caregiver with leadership qualities who is seeking a serious, professional caregiving job, 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 and who has feeling throughout his body. This is an extraordinary opportunity—our care team is amazing—and so are the multitude of helpers you’ll meet, not to mention the patient himself, who works 16 hour days on research projects using only his eyes. You will be inspired hour to hour. If you’re not looking for a longer-term type of commitment (and full time), please do not apply.
Features
- Hourly rate after training period is $26-$30. It can be higher based on competency, reliability, learning speed, etc. The training rate starts between $20-$22 based on experience; it increases quickly, provided you learn quickly/have good learning strategies. To make $30 or above, you must be able to perform all of the job duties listed on this page or have respiratory therapist experience.
- 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 40 hours per week. Additional hours (day and night) are frequently available. We are not taking students.
- We use a rotating schedule. Shifts include a mix of:
– 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.
Vacation is unpaid but we are flexible in the amount you take, provided you can let us know in advance.
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 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
- Lead duties, such as training others and monitoring the patient’s day-to-day vitals and adjusting food/meds/tasks as needed, can be done during your shifts.
- Monitoring the 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
- 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
- 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 percussion and lung care
- Cleaning of g-tube and trach tube areas
- Giving the patient sponge baths and 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 breathing tubing and adaptors, and occasionally 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 team addition!
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