Job Description
Benefits:
- Exceptional support team
- Fun, supportive, and safe working environment
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
Are you compassionate, dedicated, and dependable? Do you love to go above and beyond to help others?
At FirstLight® Home Care, we’re dedicated to hiring the kind of people we would trust with our own families. We’re currently searching for quality caregivers who are committed to making a difference in the lives of others. For these folks, caregiving is not just a job – it’s a calling.
Job Summary: We are seeking a dependable, knowledgeable, and compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) / State Registered Nurse Aide (SRNA) to serve as a Caregiver Training Specialist. This position will work in the office Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM and will be responsible for providing hands-on training and guidance to caregivers.The primary purpose of this position is to ensure caregivers are properly prepared to perform the daily responsibilities of their jobs and provide safe, accurate, adequate, and compassionate care to clients. Training will include practical, hands-on instruction so caregivers can demonstrate their understanding and ability to perform required tasks appropriately.
Certified Nursing Assistant responsibilities include:
Essential job duties for this position include the following items. Other duties must be performed as assigned or required.
- Provide hands-on training to new and existing caregivers on essential client-care responsibilities.
- Demonstrate proper techniques for assisting clients with activities of daily living (ADLs), as appropriate to the caregiver's role.
- Train caregivers on safe and appropriate client-care practices, including personal care, mobility assistance, transfers, positioning, hygiene, meal assistance, and other assigned tasks.
- Observe caregivers performing hands-on skills and provide constructive feedback and correction when needed.
- Ensure caregivers demonstrate adequate understanding and competency before independently performing assigned duties.
- Reinforce company policies, procedures, safety practices, and client-care expectations.
- Educate caregivers on maintaining client dignity, privacy, independence, and respect.
- Help caregivers understand the importance of following individualized care plans and reporting changes in a client's condition or needs.
- Identify areas where additional training or education is needed and provide appropriate follow-up.
- Maintain accurate documentation of training, competency demonstrations, and completed education.
- Communicate caregiver training concerns or performance issues to management.
- Assist with ongoing caregiver education and skills refreshers as needed.
- Maintain a professional, positive, and supportive training environment.
- Serve as a resource and role model for caregivers regarding appropriate client-care practices.
- Perform other training-related duties as assigned by management.
The ideal candidate will have:
To perform this job successfully, the individual in this position must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge, skills, abilities, certifications, and educational experience required.
- Current CNA/SRNA certification in good standing.
- Previous experience providing direct client or patient care.
- Strong understanding of basic caregiving and client-safety practices.
- Ability to demonstrate caregiving skills accurately and effectively.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Patient, encouraging, and professional approach to teaching others.
- Ability to identify mistakes or knowledge gaps and provide appropriate corrective instruction.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Reliable attendance and punctuality.
- Ability to work independently while also collaborating with office and supervisory staff.
Compensation: $38,000.00 per year
Becoming a CaregiverProfessional caregivers go by many names: homemakers, home care aides, home health aides, certified nursing assistants, personal care assistants, direct care workers. No matter the name, what they all have in common is a calling to care for people in the comfort of their own homes.As our population ages, the demand for caregivers is growing every day! Is this career right for you?
This franchise is independently owned and operated by a local franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchisee, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this local office. All inquiries about employment at this location should be made directly to the franchisee, and not to the FirstLight Home Care Support Center.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Grayson, Kentucky |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 50 to 99 employees |
| Website | http://www.eastbrunswick.firstlighthomecare.com |
About Company
At FirstLight Home Care, a leading home care agency, the genuine health and well-being of others is our greatest concern. We vow to provide first-class personal service for our clients so that they may enjoy warmth, independence and relaxed comfort in their own home or any setting.
FirstLight Home Care is built on a solid foundation of core values and dedication to client happiness, peace of mind, and quality of life that supports our Culture of Care—our commitment to service excellence, personal growth, and accountability.
Skills
- Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)unmatched
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)unmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Corporate Policiesunmatched
- Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
- Dental Insuranceunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Develop and Maintain Customersunmatched
- Health Insuranceunmatched
- Health Planunmatched
- Home Careunmatched
- Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
- Office Managementunmatched
- Patient Careunmatched
- Performance Managementunmatched
- Personal Careunmatched
- Registered Nurse (RN)unmatched
- Safety Processunmatched
- Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
- Training/Teachingunmatched
- Vision Planunmatched
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